Essays on Coincidence

At common law, a felony murder was defined as the unlawful killing of a human being while in the commission of a felony crimes (LaFave). However, the modern concept of felony murder has widely been interpreted to mean an unlawful killing that occurred in the commission of only a certain type of felony crime, or acts that are deemed, by the totality of circumstances, to be inherently dangerous (LaFave). Under the federal criminal code, a person is guilty of felony murder if in “preparation of, or attempt to perpetrate, any” robbery (LII). Robbery, under the federal criminal code, is ...

Gothic Literature Gothic novel originated in England, in the last quarter of the XVIII century. It opens up a world, freed from the everyday plausibility. This world is fantastic, with a gloomy color and plot, covered with historical and geographical romance and sinister atmosphere. Gothic novel is more than two hundred years; it has changed, has become modern, but have not lost its essential characteristics – pleasant horror, tension and excitement.

British Gothic Novel

Gothic novel in England has been very popular since the XVIII century. The “father” of this genre of literature is considered to be Horace Walpole, with the novel The ...

The industrial revolution changed the face of American society in a multitude of ways, not least of which was the role of the government in the relationship between businesses and workers. The emancipation of slaves in the aftermath of the Civil War irrevocably altered the way aspects of the economy operated—especially that of the Southern states and of the agricultural sector. From that point clear through to the present, the relationship between employer and employee has been in constant question and flux, with labor unions and government regulations having significant impacts on the overall state of workers’ rights ...

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1. Cognition refers to the process of human activity, the main content of which is the reflection of objective reality resulted in obtaining of new knowledge about the world. The main feature of social cognition as a form of cognitive activity is the coincidence of the subject and object of knowledge. In the course of social knowledge society cognizes and experiences itself. This coincidence of subject and object of knowledge has an enormous impact on both the process of cognition and its results. The resulting social knowledge is always associated with the interests of individuals - the subjects of ...

Introduction

This report is a consumer research project. It provides advice on sustainable consumption to a client who seeks to examine and identify the motivation and desires of people who consume sustainably. This will be done in two parts. The first part will examine and review the main factors that affect consumers in choosing to undertake sustainable consumption. The second part will be a set of recommendations on how sustainable consumption can be effectively promoted.

Part 1: Key Factors Affecting Consumers in Choosing Sustainable Consumption

There are several perceptions of the concept of “sustainable consumption”. One definition states that it is “the use of products and services that have a ...

Von Daniken’s Evidence of Extraterrestrials Visits to Earth

Von Daniken mentions the Tassili sphere where Henri Lhote found images underneath a semicircular rock. In the image, a woman is pulling a man and behind her is a sphere with concentric circles. On the upper side of the sphere, a hatch is open with a television aerial protruding from it. There are hands with outspread fingers on the right half of the sphere. There are also five floating figures wearing helmets with white and red dots accompanying the sphere. Von Daniken also uses a gigantic stone egg discovered in 1940 by an archeologist known as Professor Marcel Homet ( ...

Introduction

Our galaxy, the star system of our solar system, is called the Milky Way. The Milky Way is a grand cluster of stars visible in the sky as a bright band of fog. In the ancient Greek, the word "galaktikos" means "milk", "milky", so the Milky Way and stellar systems similar to it are called galaxies. In our galaxy, there are more than 200 billion stars of very different luminosity and color ("The Milky Way Galaxy - 200 billion stars", 2016). The Solar neighborhood is the volume of the galaxy, where we can observe and study the stars of ...

Empirical research should be utilized in the field of health care to provide excellent and safe care to patients. In the area of medicine and its related sources, such as health care policies, there are many different approaches to gathering information to utilize to improve the art of health care. Some researchers prefer to use causal models versus empirical methods. The testing that is utilized for such research depends on those completing the investigation and what is being studied. Causal models examine what happens to a dependent variable while an independent variable changes over time (McLaughlin). These types of ...

There has always been an opposition between religion and science, despite the confession and the type of scientific data. The reasons behind this battle are understandable, as each of paradigms tries to explain the development of the universe differently. Each of the sides has its own arguments. A religious view is based on faith, while scientific point of view roots in theory, logic, and facts proved or disproved by experimental design. In his editorial “Science Increasingly Makes the Case for God” Eric Metaxas tries to argue that today scholars admit God’s authorship of the universe (Metaxas). In order ...

Movies are media works of action targeted to entertain, teach or reveal an aspect of life. Psychology on the other hand refers to our behaviors as a result of trainings of interests by the society that we live. Like all art, movies are saturated with humankind. They are created by humans, they depict human action, and they are viewed by a human audience. Movies are usually vivid art form, making use of striking moving images and vibrant sounds connect filmmakers to the audience through celluloid and the senses. In defending a purposive psychology, a number of submerged philosophical themes surface from time ...

Best phrase that anticipates a new discovery is not "Eureka!" but "Wow, cool!"

Throughout the history of science, many discoveries have been made by accident. Sometimes the researcher saw the potential in a completely irrelevant things, or even in the remnants of a failed experiment, making a mistake a manifestation of intuition. Other discoveries took place after a period of despair that engulfed the scientist following a failed experiment. As a result of an error or "unfortunate" coincidence of circumstances, there appeared not a single discovery, but a large set of findings, ideas and discoveries in various fields of science Penicillin. The penicillin was discovered in 1928. The author of the accidental invention was Alexander Fleming, who, at the time, ...

I. Introduction In this research paper, the relationship between science and religion is examined in terms of the potential for a harmonious coexistence. This is an old debate and currently it is a vitally significant one. The view of science and religion as warring enemies has historic roots. The Catholic Inquisition was known to persecute and execute people considered heretics because of their belief in science and scientific things. The Church found science as an explanation offensive. Galileo Galilei is one of the most well known of the victims of the Inquisition. He was imprisoned and forced to do penance ...

The theory of the continental drift was proposed by the German geographer and geologist Alfred Wegener on basis of the accumulated scientific facts. He formulated the first scientific theory of the slow continental drift in 1912. He mentioned the numerous similarities in the geological structure of the continents and the generality of the fossilized flora and fauna in the geological past. The weighty proof also was the coincidence of the climate in the distant geological eras. Alfred Wegener was born on first of November in 1880 in the center of Brooklyn in the family of the famous scientist. ...

The movie “Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring” starts with showing a small Buddhist temple on the river. In the temple, there were both old and young Buddhist monks. Leafy trees and clear spring weather evoke peaceful background of this movie. To gather medical herbs and to get into land, two monks have to take a small boat. A young monk teases small animals like frogs, snakes, and fish by suspending stones to them with his innocent smile; at the same time, the old monk observes young monk without any comments. That night an old monk suspends rock to young monk ...

The ‘fast five movie’ commonly known as the Fast and Furious 5 is an American action movie written by Chris Morgan and directed by Justin Lin. The following describes the plot of the movie; with the help of his sister and friends, Dom is rescued from the hands of the authorities. The team is the pursued hotly by Hobbs, who follows them to Rio de Janeiro in South America. Hobbs is caught in between two gangs fighting each other i.e. Dam’s team and Reyes’ team. Although the movie has a lot of action and heavy compact, it presents clear ...

Philosophy

The Traditional Analysis of Knowledge (TAK) maintains that the propositional knowledge is justified, true belief. The TAK defined knowledge in the following structure. If person A believes that S is true, it follows that A believes that S, implying that A knows S. The definition of knowledge presents some problems of epistemology (Lemos 102). Traditionally, people use the term knowledge to refer to various abilities or skills, such as displayed while performing a given task (Lemos 102). For example, if a person knows how to drive a car, that knowledge might be referred to as ability knowledge. Another knowledge involves acknowledging that ...

Comparison / Contrast of “Mrs. Dalloway” and “To the Lighthouse” by Virginia Woolf. The Significance of Marine Imagery in Both Novels as Metaphoric for Human Existence Two novels by Virginia Woolf named “Mrs. Dalloway” and “To the Lighthouse” present a great interest for researchers in many crucial aspects that can be regarded in the variety of contexts and in the variety of themes, like natural human feelings, expectations, desires, the essence of finding the way to happiness. Many characters in both of these novels are depicted from the widest perceptions of close interactions with nature, specifically with sea, waves ...

Introduction: Summary of article

The article correlation versus causation is meant to give a different approach towards the two relationships. The article implies that correlation does not mean causation is a scientific phrase. It actually tries to put emphasis that the state of correlation between two variables barely means that one results into the other. The article continues to state that statistical methods can be used to calculate correlation between variables. However, it is also made clear that it is possible to calculate the possibility of a true causal relationship. The examples that are given involve the Granger causality test and the convergent cross mapping. ...

Dawkins Richard compares religion to a virus, which spreads and infects the weak-minded people, making them produce aberrant behavior. Like a virus, religion begins as a by- product, and use human beings to propagate its spread. Religions are costly to those infected in them, just as the idea of viruses. Religions demand large amounts of time and money impose health risks and make people believe in things that are contradicting. Religions and viruses succeed by using threats and promises, which People accept and want to pass. This is evident in Michael Blume’s speech, “The reproductive advantage of religion.” In his graph, ...

People who choose not to eat meat adopt a vegetarian diet for a variety of reasons. Some people do it for ethical reasons, believing that is unmoral to eat animals. Others do it for health reasons, since there has been a growing mass of evidence that a vegetarian lifestyle is good for a person’s health. The health benefits vary, and not all experts agree upon the interpretations of studies. One advantage though to a vegetarian diet, is that it is better for the skin than eating a traditional diet of meat and processed junk food. More and more, dieticians are encouraging people to eat ...

My research topic is imperfect competition in labor market. I started to search about the studies about the effects of a firm’s monopoly or monopsony power on wages and hiring. I evaluate my paper with the major features of U.S. labor legislation which is about the evolution of the labor union movement, the effects of wage discrimination on the efficiency of the labor market and the overall effects of unions on economic performance. Imperfect competition means perfectly competitive markets which maximize economic surplus and reduce economic surplus to varying degrees. This market type is very common. There are various ...

Introduction

This paper explores the various forms of economic systems and their methods of allocating resources. Economic resource allocation seeks to achieve economic efficiency in all dimensions of resource allocation among the various economic actors within any economic set up. The major focus will mainly entail the command economy as well as the market system of economy. A market system of economy, normally known as capitalism or free economy is a system of resource allocation in which the factors of production are allowed to move freely, the economy is allowed to operate freely without intervention from the central governments. It is ...

Aaron Ralston’s Story

Aaron Ralston's Story Aaron Ralston, a 27-year-old mountain sports fanatic from Colorado in the United States, found himself in dire straits* alone in a canyon* in the desert when a 500kg rock came crashing down the canyon to smash his right hand and trap it against the canyon wall. A terrible accident, but the situation was made all the more serious because on this occasion Aaron had failed to tell anyone where he was going. At the last minute the plans for a trip with his climbing partners had fallen through, and on the spur of the moment he decided to head ...

Analysis of Autobiographical Character of the Novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Introduction Charles Dickens was one of the most popular English writers whose novels were known all over the world. His name was associated with realism trend in English classic literature. The two novels, David Copperfield and Great Expectations, are considered the most autobiographical of all other works created by Charles Dickens. This paper is devoted to the analysis of autobiographical facts of Dickens’ life in comparison with the life of the main hero of his novel Great Expectations, Philip Pirrip (Pip). Many critics cannot achieve a unified opinion with regard to the statement that Great Expectations is autobiographical. ...

The life of Pi is a story about a young boy named Piscine Molitor Patel who experiences immeasurable hardships while at sea. Patel is a zoo keeper’s son born in Pondicherry, India. When growing up Piscine was always teased about his name that he decided to shorten it so that he was known as Pi, just like π, the Mathematical symbol. At age sixteen, Pi survives on a life boat while at sea for 227 days after a shipwreck that makes him lose all his family members. The story therefore centers on Pi’s attempts at survival and explores the dehumanizing situation the young ...

Movie Review of Strangers on a Train

The film Strangers on a Train is a study in irony, coincidence, and good versus evil. The film’s plot revolves around a chance meeting between a famous tennis player, Guy Haines (Haines) and a pampered, spoiled, mama’s boy named Bruno Antony (Antony). It is obvious from the beginning that Antony is mentally unbalanced. It is Haines’ misfortune to run into Antony. While watching this film, many questions come to mind.

The first question is regarding the meeting of Haines and Antony. The meeting between Haines and Antony appears to be coincidental. Is it? Antony recognizes Haines and tries to engage Haines in ...

Abstract

This paper describes fusion cuisine and its historical influences. It describes pre-modern culinary exchange between remote cultures. The spread of curry and noodles are observed as cases that help explain the pre-modern spread of culinary influences. Combining of different ethnic cuisines in 1970s led to the development of a special fusion style in California. A simple approach and high regard for fresh local foods were especially important. Several chefs initiated the practice that soon spread throughout the world. Principles of successful combining of different cooking styles in fusion cuisine are explained at the end.

Keywords: Fusion cuisine, culinary exchange, California, ...

Introduction

Biometrics, being the scientific study of mathematical or statistical properties of human physiological and behavioral characteristics, is widely used in the sphere of information security (Jain, 1999). And the use of fingerprint as means of biometrics is one of the oldest methods of automatic identification and also the most common one in our time. The factors that promote the use of such systems are: small size and cost of equipment for processing of fingerprint images, high-performance hardware, power and speed of recognition, which meets the requirements of the software, a sharp growth and development of network technologies and the Internet, ...

19 May 2011

Black Masculinity in the Media

Introduction

Representation of black masculinity in the modern mass media is one of the most topical themes of our times. At present time there are a lot of studies which analyze portrayals of Afro-American men in the media and also play one of the crucial roles in creation of these images. However, still there are certain gaps in research. That is why in terms of this paper we would like also to focus our attention on the black masculinity and analyze images, which are shown in a variety of the media sources. In the course of our ...

To Whom It May Concern, I am writing this letter in reference to a grave concern I have for my well-being and safety. For the past few months, I have been experiencing increasing harassment and what I believe to be gross invasion of my privacy on the part of my neighbors. I have good reason to think that they have been using cameras and other forms of investigation to peer in on my private life and watch me no matter where I go. Their reasons for watching me to this extended, uncomfortable level are unknown, not to mention extremely disconcerting. ...