essentially hunter-gatherers; they forage for opportunities to commit crimes," said Brantingham. "The behaviors that a hunter-gatherer uses to choose a wildebeest versus a gazelle are the same calculations a criminal uses to choose a Honda versus a Lexus." What he means by this is based on the cost to benefit ratio, a criminal can determine whether or not it is worth it to commit the crime. The rate of burglaries tends to be higher for houses that have been burglarized before or are close…
This included buying the country’s former president Hipolito Mejia, as well as Leonardo Fernandez bulletproof Lexus sport utility vehicles (Kashian & Drago, 2016). All these expensive gifts would be paid off by the bank. The dishonesty of Figueroa was shown when he used his influence in the bank to award credit card vouchers to his friends, including the $2 million…
What constitutes the ideal body is in constant flux, due to shifts in the cultural zeitgeist (influenced by factors including scientific and technological advancement). As such, the consensus of what currently constitutes the ideal body in the Western world is fundamentally different to that of the 1980’s. While the effects of scientific and technological advancement are important, it is necessary to question whether the changing notion of body image is due to changing social values or whether,…
She said that her firm has a contract subscription with Westlaw currently. She said that was purely a budgetary decision, had Lexus offered a lower bid they would have gone with them. They also have a full legal library, and utilize other online resources such as LowisLaw. Another unique answer she gave was that her firm often utilizes the CLE materials they are given at the various…
Question 1 Indy Racing League IRL, an open wheel racing automobile racing series formed due to the split between Indy Car and CART, a sanctioning body of open wheel auto racing. The split was due to many conflicts between both the bodies out of which the main conflict is widely believed to be the Indian Polis 500, the most popular racing event owned by Tony George of Indy Racing League. CART allotted some points to drivers taking part in the Indian Polis 500 despite the event being the most…
On January 7, 2015 Empire premiered on Fox. The show quickly gained a strong fan base. Not far into the first season Empire was ranked one of Fox’s number hit television shows. Empire is about the hip hop and entertainment company, Empire Entertainment, and the drama among the members of the founders’ family. It is about their fight for control of the company. It stars Terrence Howard as Lucious Lyon, who was a former drug dealer turned hip hop mogul and CEO of Empire. After Lucious learns that…
2016 brought a whole new look to the golf. With the luxury of a lexus and the performance of and audi the mk7 races to become the best hatchback of all time. The mk7 has a price of just $26,415 but, nothing is cheap when it comes to this hot hatch. It comes equipped with the traditional GTI plaid cloth seats and its…
I went through the doors of the arena nervously, but with excitement rapidly filling my body. My tassel kept falling off of my hat and I kept readjusting my red graduation robes as I went into my row. I’ve been looking forward to my high school graduation for weeks now, and with my whole family in the audience I was more anxious than ever to receive my diploma. I considered about what led me up to this moment. All the hard work, struggles, and perseverance were leading up to this. Getting…
We are not at all close at witnessing a hoverboard, like in Back to the Future. But we are making steady progress towards it. Lexus a reputable company, recently featured their own hoverboard. In their advertisement they show off their recent attempts in producing a hoverboard. And in all honesty it stood up to the test. The hoverboard uses electromagnets and liquid nitrogen to…
Introduction A vehicle becomes hybrid when it combines two or more power sources. In fact many people have probably owned a hybrids vehicle at some point. Hybrid vehicles are powered by two energy sources such as a combustion engine or fuel cell. These are the vehicles having the potential to be two to three times more fuel- efficient than conventional vehicles .In general hybrids capture energy lost during braking and return it to the on-board battery. Hybrid vehicle operates the alternative…