We are expected to discover new things about ourselves and our morality by using the online simulation titled, “Should You Kill The Fat Man?” By navigating through a scenario involving a runaway train and an evil fat man, the user of the simulation should finish the scenario feeling as if they learned something new about themselves. To begin, the answer four preliminary questions that establish our morality, and the extremes we will go to in order to make the best decision. Next, the simulation describes a scenario in which a runaway train has the potential to kill people. As the user of the situation, we are faced with many questions and options regarding who the train should kill, if we should torture the man who cut the brakes, and how many…
The British also began seizing American ships and demanded that all American vessels had to check in at British ports before they could trade with any other nation. Historians tend to agree with the Americans; of the approximately ten thousand men captured from American ships, only about a thousand were actually British citizens. Britain claimed the right to board American ships and take into custody men who were thought to be deserters from the British navy. The British boarded the Chesapeake and seized four men, only one of whom was actually British.…
The truth has been held captive by the conflict of the fear of Erik. Erik is the all-star player in Lake Windsor, with his father living through his dream. However, Erik is not as quintessential as you think. On page 211, Arthur swung a blackjack right into Luis’ head, with a follow up statement from Erik, “Arthur takes care of all of my light work.” Although Paul acknowledges that the actions of Erik, he refuses to let out the truth because he still fears him.…
Free the Blackfish In summer of 2013 the documentary Blackfish premiered in select theaters and on CNN. This film highlights the unbearable reality of SeaWorld -- behind closed doors. It focuses on Tilikum, a 12,500 pound bull Orca (Cowperthwaite). Tilikum’s tragic story became the inspiration for the documentary.…
Mike Cawthon BIO106-Topics in Environmental Science Professor Julie Allman October 22nd, 2014 An exotic predator's ecological impact on Florida ecosystems The sub-tropical environment of southern Florida supports a wide variety of introduced exotic reptile and amphibian species. The majority of these species were introduced by human activities. Irresponsible keepers, animal dealers, and the international trade has released large predators like African and Asian pythons, South American tegu lizards, and African monitor lizards into new ecosystems, which have the potential to create environmental havoc in ecosystems where no such predators exist. Varanus niloticus, the Nile monitor, is an African monitor lizard which was introduced into…
Styles make the fights that is what boxing promoters always say when they choose two fighters to encounter each other in the ring. A boxer's repertoire, speed, ferociousness, capability to yield a punch, and persona determines the style. Boxing styles are more instinct than a learned feature. Once someone boxes more and more they will find themselves suiting into one of the four styles swarmer, slugger, boxer, and a boxer-puncher.…
In Chris Bachelder's “Bear v. Shark”, he presents us with a frightening view of American society and culture. He shows us that we are constantly looking into a void of thousands of pixels creating images and relaying useless yet interesting information and promotions. Just like our society, Bear v. Shark is a fast paced entertainment system that’s more concerned with information regarding simple insignificant things than important major events. However, unlike our society, Bear v. Shark does not present the paradox leading to the mindless pursuit of our zombification.…
In Rules of Prey the criminal disguises himself as someone else to his victims, knocks them out, rapes them and then kills them. The police haven’t been able to find him, because he follows a set of rules, which leaves at the crime scene for police to find. Lucas Davenport, one of the detectives working on the case to catch the criminal, known as ‘Maddog’, gives a report about the case to a reporter saying, “We’ve got a serial killer. He killed his third victim today. Rapes them and then stabs them to death.”…
Do you like how diverse and different we all are, making us all a little bit unique in our own way? Well, all of that is gone after a nuclear war begins and the world is plugged into chaos. Old politicians take over, determined to make america great again. The book “The Prey” by Tom Isbell is a thrilling action adventure set in the point of view in first person following our two protagonist Book and Hope. The book is 404 pages long but it feels like only a few pages because you are sitting on the edge of your seat the whole time you are reading it To start what they call the purge which is when they take all people that have different political views, spiritual views aswell and even go far as to take them for what race they are ,but mostly…
The article came from an online source which I was exposed to a year ago. The online source was from the “Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture, 14,(1), 2007” which it is from the School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany in 2007. The title of the scholarly article is “Juvenile “Super-Predators” in the News: A Comparison of Adults and Juvenile Homicides” by Pizarro, Chermak, and Gruenewald from Michigan State University. This article is highly interesting because I am pursuing a career working with Juveniles as a Probation Corrections Officer in the County of San Bernardino. Therefore, be aware of these history facts puts me in a stand of what type of people I will be working with.…
Live simulations are enactments or reenactments in real-time by real performers to conduct the event—in T&E, so that the operational effectiveness and suitability of a solution can be determined through the measurements of the parameters associated with the live enactment of events and use of the solution/system. A virtual simulation is similar to a live simulation with the exception that parts of the environment are created and injected into the simulation by artificial means—e.g., a computer program is used to simulate (during the simulation, in real or near-real time) a system’s actions or a portion of the simulation environment during the simulation. Constructive simulations are non-real-time functions (almost exclusively conducted by computers because of the complexity of data manipulation and measurement) that take input associated with the simulation and provide output about the simulation—e.g., take environmental information about the simulation and determine a system’s state and/or output based on that…
Second, Your cat, being the solitary stalker of prey, will naturally be built differently than your dog, the pack hunter. Cats, because of their instinct desire to stalk quietly, pouncing once close, tend to be built more lithely, with lean muscles meant for leaping and snatching at a surprised foe. Their build, then, is built for stealth and agility, sacrificing the brute force and athletic endurance of your other household hunter. Your dog, on the other hand, has a build far less concerned with stealth and agility. In the wild, your dog would have relied on his ability to outrun his prey over long periods of time, rather than the sneaking surprise of your cat, to catch his next meal.…
The velociraptor is my favorite dinosaur due to its high level of intelligence. The velociraptor was a carnivore and when it hunted in packs one of the top predators of its time. When it was alone the velociraptor ate mainly lizards and other small animals. It could also be a scavenger. When the velociraptor hunted in packs though it could take down much larger dinosaurs like the hadrosaur.…
In The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga portrays a gut-wrenching, vivid display of a country that is defined by the oppression of the proletariat by both the super-structure and bourgeoisie. India is a relatively new “free” country, and can be defined by three periods: the early caste/pre-colonization, the British rule/colonization, and Western globalization/post-colonization. During the last period, an economy based in capitalism grew from the ashes of the previous British colonization where a vacuum for power was left after India received freedom from their previous oppressors. However, a transition into running their own country saw a government that only cared about making the rich, richer put into place, therefore further suppressing the proletariat,…
Introduction Fishbanks Simulation is a resource management simulation created by Dennis L. Meadows. Teams play the roles of fishing companies in the simulation and compete with each other, dealing with the variations in fish populations and catches for the purpose of maximizing the net worth. Given three ships and same bank statement, each team has an equal start to make decisions about selling, bidding, and ordering ships, as well as the allocation of ships in harbour, coast, and deep sea. There are three sources of income, including fish sales, ship sales, and interests, while the expenses come from operating costs, ship purchases, new ship orders, and interest charges. Up until present, the ships and catches have been increasing almost 1:1…