...WHAT LIES BENEATH What Lies Beneath is a American supernatural drama-horror film directed by Robert Zemeckis. It stars Famous actors Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer which were the only choice for the lead roles. This is one of a few movies in which ford has played a villainous role. Story revolves around the perfect relationship of Norman and Claire Spencer until Claire starts hearing and seeing things. She gets to know the fact that there is a ghost in their house ,Tries to tell her husband about it but he didnt believe her and suggested her to take the therapy which she did. The therapist forces her to make a contact with the ghost to learn what lies beneath and she decides to solve the mystery herself. as released on July 21, 2000 at #1 at the box office, grossing just under $30 million. It continued strongly throughout the summer of 2000, and ended up grossing over $155 million in the United States, and nearly $300 million worldwide. Most of us will think that a thriller teaming Michelle Pfeiffer, Harrison Ford and with director Robert Zemeckis who has produced some great entertainments (like Forrest Gump), would probably be another success and will be worthwatching like his rest of the movies not just because the cast but also because of the traillers that are so promising. Well we have to think again. Because you can never judge the the taste of the cake by just looking at the frosting on top. Norman Spencer (Harrison Ford) a high statused scientific researcher...
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...has been copied from any other person’s work except where due acknowledgement has been made in the text. ● No part of this assignment has been written for me by any other person except where such collaboration has been authorised by the lecturer concerned. ● I hold a copy of this assignment which I can produce if the original is lost or damaged. Signature: _________________________________ Date: ___________________ ● NB: A lecturer or tutor has, and may exercise, the right not to mark this assignment if the above declaration has not been signed. ● If the above declaration is found to be false, appropriate action will be taken. . Little White Lies – Honesty or Dishonesty? Or just an easy way to avoid the painful truth? Lukas Cavalcante Baier Zhejiang University of Science and Technology Abstract Everyone lies. But why do we lie? An often trivial, diplomatic or well-intended untruth, a minor or unimportant lie uttered in the interest to remain polite? Though it is frequently judged, lie-telling is a common and frequent activity in social relations, with ostensible social risks and benefits. Yet, insincerity can become a problem behavior with frequent or inappropriate use over time. The goal of this essay...
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...Lies “Lies” is a short story written by Ethan Cain in 1988. The story is about Jack, an almost 18 – year old boy. He is kicked out of his parent`s house, but that was actually one of his own wishes. He works in a small theatre called Able`s where he sells tickets half of the time and works as a projectionist the other half of the time. Able`s is also the place where he meets his girlfriend, Katy. He does not love Katy at the very beginning, but after a couple of dates, he actually begins to fall in love with her. As the time goes by, Katy invites him to her sister`s wedding, and Jack gets the opportunity to meet Katy`s parents. After that, they plan to get married in November. But Jack has a second wish, which is to go up to Fountain Lake with Katy. One day Jack sees Katy in a red Cadillac, and together they go up to the Fountain Lake, and his dream becomes true. Jack is two months away to be 18 years old. He is not a boy no more, but a man who is about to get married. “Some guys my age are kids, but I`m eighteen and getting married that`s a big difference” (P 8, L 4-5). Jack sees himself as a grown man, who can take care of his own life. He feels that he is different than anybody else. I do not think that he had any role models he could look up to, so he decided to take care of his own. “Nobody ever told me they loved me before, except my mother, which is obvious” (P 2, L 1-2). It seems like Jack did not get any support from his family, especially not from his father. His...
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...Lies. Nothing but lies. My friends we were all lied too back in 2002 when George Brush and Tony Blair declared, falsely, that Iraq possessed “weapons of mass destruction” (WMDs) and that we had to prevent Saddam from unleashing his furry on the World or else we would all be doomed. So with no evidence to support these claims and against the United Nations orders, the United States and the Allied forces brought “freedom” and “democracy” to the people of Iraq. Now, you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to know just how this new found, wonderful freedom and democracy has benefited the people of Iraq. Just take a look at this fact; over four million Iraqis have emigrated from Iraq since 2003. What does this mean? This means that the invasion of Iraq was wrong. Bush and his so called “friends” invaded under false pretences; they were selective about where and when to promote this so-called democracy; and they did not make the world a safer place by eliminating Saddam Hussein. In the lead up to the war, Tony Blair and George Bush claimed that Saddam’s Iraq had developed weapons capable of creating mass destruction and that the only solution was too enter Iraq and exterminate these weapons. However, after seven years of endless searching not a single piece of evidence was found to support Bush and Blair’s claims. The collation forces ended up leaving Iraq WMDless. In any case, even if Iraq did have WMDs, so does other countries such as Israel, Russia and North Korea (which by the...
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...Lies of Silence Written Assignment PAIR WORK Marc & Mikael 2.a. Historical Context The conflict in Ireland and Northern Ireland is a long on going conflict about religion and most importantly whether or not Ireland should be a part of the United Kingdom. The background for the conflict can be dated all the way back to 1169 when the English king Henry the second invaded the country. The conflict in Ireland or the so-called “ The troubles” was a conflict from 1968-1998. On April 10. They made an agreement to a cease-fire. The agreement was called the Belfast agreement and it was a principal agreement of a peace process between the British and Irish governments. The two largest apposing paramilitary groups was the IRA who where fighting for the republic of Ireland and the Ulster defence association (UDA/UFF) who were the largest paramilitary and vigilante group in Northern Ireland. They both conducted terror actions such as bombings etc. against each other and civilians. Sinn Féin is an Irish republican party in Northern Ireland and the republic of Ireland. They are often linked with the IRA, but they refuse any connections between them. Another party is the “New Ulster Political Research Group” which is the political wing of the UDA who has ben active since 1971. Another of the big parties in the Northern Ireland is the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). The Democratic Unionist Party has since 2007 formed government with Sinn Féin. Repetition of “Lies of Silence” ...
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...White Lie Lying is unforgivable. People who lie are disgusting and we should keep distance with them. We are tought taught to tell truth since we were born. I also firmly believed this until one day when I was so nervous of everything. My teacher told me that I was the best student she had seen. It is her white lie that inspired confidence in me. And Then I realized that lying is not necessarily a an intolerable thing. What’s more, We we would rather get a white lie instead of a an intolerable truth. Telling a white lie is not dishonest. Moreover, the people who tell white lies are so considerate as pure angels. I’d like to tell you a beautiful white lie comes from . A dying patient could see a big tree outside from her room. When the leaves fell down off one by one, she became weaker and weaker. So she said,”I’llsaid,” I’ll die as the leaves all gogone.” Yet, there was only one leaf was still hunging hanging on the tree even after a rainstorm. HowerverHowever it is “the firm leaf” which actually was actually a painting of by a warm-hearted painter who had heard of the remark of her that made her go through the crucial point. A lie though it is, it comes from goodwilling and be respected all the time. A white lie not only can give others hope as the last leaf, but also can make life better, prevent arguementargument, protect others. Without the word of “you are the best” from his mother, Forrest Gump would have not gotten the honor. Without the word of “your taste is good”...
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...Everyday people tell lies that seem minor and ineffective on life. These lies are considered white lies or kind lies. A white lie is a cautious, wrong statement which is meant to do no harm or is intended to produce an encouraging result. Adair Lara’s Couple lie shows readers white lies in marriage. She states “This is marital lying. It’s not a white lie, meant to spare your feelings. It’s a pink lie, a couple lie.” In her opinion white lies and couple lies are different, couple lies are acceptable. The author and many people see white lies and couple lies as a way to get through life, but are the results always positive? Couple Lies and White lies may seem innocent and harmless but can potentially cause problems in relationships and friendships. Usually white lies and couple lies aren’t intentional. They are just told at a moment in time when you find yourself in a situation where you may feel as if the truth is harmful, or at least the complete truth. Other times you are uncomfortable answering the question that is asked and rather avoid a problem. Sometimes we fear that the truth may hurt someone’s feelings therefore we use a white lie or couple lie to save face. We lie to those questions like “how do I look?” or “how does the food taste?” You would rather boost someone’s ego rather than be responsible for lowering their self-esteem. We feel that if we bring someone happiness it is a win-win situation. This ideology seems quite simple and fool proof which is why people choose...
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...Did you know people lie 100 times a day! For example, The Crucible by Arthur Miller, there are lies that cost many innocent people. Especially in the salem witch trials. Some of these lies that were told were because of vengence. Lying comes at a cost because Elizabeth Proctor got her husband hanged, Abigail Williams got most the people accused and killed in salem, Samuel Parris and Thomas Putnam lie but there's not much effect on what they lied about. First off, Elizabeth Proctor is a holy women, but when she told a lie to show that John Proctor is a good man, it lead to having her husband being condemned and then hanged. She has never lied before and she has always been a christian women. However, this is one of the reasons why lying is dangerous, “I come to think he fancied her. And so one night I lost my wits, I think, and put her out on the highroad,”(190). In this quote Elizabeth says that abigail and proctor never had an affair but that clearly happened. Then Proctor tells her that he told the judges and Elizabeth’s heart drops and realizes that she had made a mistake....
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...Sparepærens lys Josephine Engelbæk Samarbejdspartner: Oscar & Anas Formål: Formålet med dette forsøg er, at vi skal finde ud af om der er Natrium eller Kviksølv i sparepæren. Teori: Et optisk gitter består af et højt antal parallelle spalter med samme afstand ml. hindanden (. Denne d ) afstand kaldes gitterets gitterkonstant. Sendes ensfarvet lys gennem et optisk gitter, vil der på en skærm bagved gitteret fremkomme en række skarpt, lysende linjer. De to lysende pletter til hver sin side af den lysende central plet kaldes 1.ordenspletterne etc. For afbøjningen af lys i et gitter gælder gitterformlen λ = d∙sin(V n) . n Materialeliste: Spektrometer Sparepære Glødepære “Red tide” spektrometer (digitalt program) Gitter Kviksølvlampe Natriumlampe Lysleder Rør (blokerede for, at lyset ikke var for skarpt) Fremgangsmåde: Opsætning af gitterspektromeret: 1. Det parallelle lys, der skal afbøjes af gitteret, leveres af kollimatoren, når man belyser dens spalte. Kollimatoren sidder fast i forhold til apparatets gradskala og bund. 2. Gitteret anbringes i en gitter holder, sig fastspændt på det drejelige bord. 3. Det afbøjede, parallelle lys bliver samlet af kikkerten. Kikkerten drejes og skal efterfølgende indstilles. 4. Ved at dreje kikkerten, kan man få billedet af spalten til at falde sammen med billedet af et trådkors, som er indbygget i kikkerten...
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...Jinwoo Hur EH 216 Poetry Analysis 7/7/11 White Lies Part: 1 In the poem “White Lies,” Natasha Tretheway describes a girl telling white lies as a child in a first person narrative. In the first stanza, she describes herself as “light-bright’ near white, high-yellow, red-boned, in a black place.” Red boned means a racially mixed person, and she is describing her skin as a light and near white color. The next stanza shows the readers what kind of lies she said. She told the white folks that she lived uptown, her homemade dresses were straight from Mason Blanche, and she kept quiet when a white girl called her white. Her lies shows that she wants to hide the fact that she lives in a black neighborhood, and she wants to pass as a white. The third stanza describes the punishment she received when her mom found out she was telling the lies. Her mom cleaned her mouth with “ivory soap,” claiming it would purify and cleanse the lying tongue. Part: 2 * Step 1: the technical aspects Yellow highlight: internal rhymes Green highlight: alliteration White lies –Natasha Tretheway- The lies I could tell, when I was growing up light-bright, near white, commas separate 2words each rhythmic high-yellow, red-boned, in a black place, were just white lies. metaphor First stanza is one sentence with commas for end stopping and caesuras. Introduces her background. A lot of imagery used such as “light-bright, near white high-yellow, red-boned, in a black place.” It is literal meaning...
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...Lying seems to be part of our daily lives because everyone has lied at least once in their lifetime. Lying is either done deliberately or involuntarily because, sometimes, it is hard for us to control our lies. People sometimes lie on purpose for selfish reasons or in order to help others. Although people believe that lying is never to be acceptable, it is hard to control what seems to be human nature. More than just being acceptable, lying used to assist another human being is morally correct. In the Unvanquished granny uses multiple lies to help the boys escape from unfortunate circumstances. “You are mistaken” She says, “There are no children in this house nor this place” (Unvanquished 28). When the Yankees invade their home asking the grandmother if they’ve seen any...
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...“The truth will never hurt as much as the exposure of a lie” (Unknown). Lies can protect someone, or lies can destroy ones life. In the book, The Pigman by paul Zindel, John and Lorraine lie constantly. John and Lorraine learn throughout their journey with Mr. Pignati, that one individual can suffer tremendously from one's mistakes. When one lies their lie can can make either a good, or bad impact on someone's life. Lies can protect someone, or destroy their life. People lie to use people. Likewise, People lie to take advantage of people. In the book, Lorraine and John use Mr. Pignati for money, alcohol, ect. Lorraine says to Mr. Pignati ‘“The L and J fund Mr. Pignati.” I bite my lip. “I’ll be glad to send you ten dollars…”’ (Zindel 28). This shows that Lorraine was using Mr. Pignati for money, by tricking Mr. Pignati into thinking that she was a charity worker. Furthermore, Lorraine lied to her mother about leaving the house, and Mrs. Jensen let Lorraine take advantage her. However, people can lie to save someone from hurting themselves, or ruining a surprise. Mrs. Jensen, however, lied to get ahead in life. Mrs. Jensen would lie and steal from her dying patient’s and this resulted in Lorraine following her mother's behavior....
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...Alesia White Extra Credit Prof. Franklin Alesia.White@usm.edu 4 November 2009 Secrets and Lies The movie starts with us witnessing a Funeral. There is a young woman, Hortence Cumberbatch, played by Marianne Jean-Baptiste at the funeral that the camera focuses on, she is crying. The funeral is for the young woman’s adoptive mother. The death of her adoptive mother and her father a few years earlier made Hortence want to find her biological mother, so she decided to go through the ordeal to start the search. Hortence is a successful black woman. On the other side of the social class there is a woman, Cynthia Rose Purley, played by Brenda Blethyn; in which Hortence Cumberbatch traces her birth mother back to this lower-class white woman and she denies it. Cynthia works at a factory and is emotionally unstable, bitter and drinks and smokes heavily. Her twenty year old daughter, Roxanne, played by Claire Rushbrook, lives with her in a rundown house. The two have a strained relationship, they don’t really talk to one another. Roxanne is the product of her mother, she is mean and unhappy. Cynthia has a brother, Maurice, who she use to be very close to. Her brother has a successful photographer’s business and is married to a woman who dislikes his sister very much. Maurice lives close to his sister, in a more upper class area, but they hardly see one another. Even though him and his wife has been in the house for a year, Cynthia and her daughter has never been invited...
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...BBC Learning English News Words 25th February 2010 Intelligence The BBC's Clare Arthurs looks at some of the words and phrases often used in the news and their meanings in various contexts. In this feature she talks about the word intelligence. Intelligence. You'll hear it used quite a lot in the news; as a noun, as in, Intelligence Ministry or intelligence agents. Put simply, we use it in the news to refer to information or analysis, provided by government agencies on matters of national interest or state security. Who is the information, intelligence or the analysis of knowledge provided to? It goes to the government of the day, and it’s usually gathered, and given, in secret. To quote from the American secret service, the CIA or Central Intelligence Agency: "We are the eyes and ears of the nation and at times its hidden hand." Britain's security service, MI5, says it exists to protect national security, using techniques such as surveillance, or following people, and listening to their conversations. We most often hear about the activities of intelligence agencies when things go wrong, or their work crosses into the political arena. You'll hear talk of intelligence agents, secret service people, spies, or, very informally, spooks. You'll also hear intelligence used in other news stories, stories about human intelligence, or how clever we are; whether there's intelligent life on other planets, another reference to the ability of the brain; and artificial intelligence...
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...The Environmental Protection Agency will unveil a draft proposal on Monday to cut carbon pollution from the nation’s power plants 30 percent from 2005 levels by 2030, according to people briefed on the plan. The proposed rule amounts to the strongest action ever taken by the United States government to fight climate change. Coal-fired power plants are the largest source of the greenhouse gas emissions that scientists blame for trapping heat in the atmosphere and dangerously warming the planet. The rule could trigger a fundamental transformation of the nation’s energy systems – if it withstands an expected onslaught of legal and legislative attacks. In his first term, Mr. Obama tried but failed to push a sweeping climate change bill through Congress. But now, as many Republicans question the science of climate change, and even as many Democrats from coal-dependent states fear that a climate change bill could damage their economies, Mr. Obama is moving ahead on his own. He is using the executive authority under the 1970 Clean Air Act to issue the regulation. Under the proposal to be unveiled on Monday, states will be given a wide menu of policy options to achieve the pollution cuts. Rather than immediately shutting down coal plants, states will be allowed to reduce emissions by making changes across their electricity systems – by installing new wind and solar generation, energy-efficiency technology and by starting or joining state and regional “cap-and-trade” programs...
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