Randomness

of the Blair kidnapping into his own hands, eventually finding the man responsible and killing him in a cruel and sadistic manner. Kovacs then goes on the explain to the doctor that everything is random, and only humans can impose order on this randomness (204). He uses this as justification for all of his actions, in a way trying to set right the imbalances in the world. He also delights in playing with people, preferring to let his actions speak louder than his words. This is evidenced when he…

The article H. J. McCloskey wrote, On Being an Atheist, discusses how arguments presented are proof that God does not exist. As I learned from Dr. Foreman’s presentation, Arguments for God’s Existence, there is nothing that can be proven with one-hundred percent certainty. We need not use arguments, but we should use evidence, just as an attorney in building a case against or for an accused. (Foreman, Approaching the Question of God 's Existence n.d.) Evidence sometimes is circumstantial, full…

The biggest difficulty historians face in relying heavily on the trial reports is their varying form and content. Although the 1700 Piracy Act required registers to keep minutes of the proceedings, like much of everything surrounding piracy law, there were no specifics on what that meant. It is clear from the collection of these trials that the point of the recorder was not to capture every word uttered in court. Depending on the court the narrative changes between first and third person, and…

As there are inherent flaws with legislation in historical analysis, so too are there issues with these trial reports. The most obvious concern is that we must rely on the competence and impartiality of court registers which at times was questionable. William Norris, the register of the vice-Admiralty court of Jamaica, recorded little defense for John Rackam and his crew, noting their response to the judge’s inquiries was that “they had no Witnesses, That they had never committed any Acts of…

In his novel Thinks… David Lodge addresses topics of religion, faith and death by examining the main characters’, Helen and Ralph’s, differing views on the subjects. Helen, though having had a Catholic upbringing, is not a firm believer in Christianity, yet she still wants to hold onto her beliefs in afterlife and dualism between soul and body. In contrast, Ralph sees such beliefs simply as a way to cope with the fear of death and he scorns Helen’s faith in ”immortal souls”, arguing that human…

Race is a fairly new concept getting it 's roots during the Renaissance.Chapter five of Our Origins covers the idea of race. Moving into the 1700s, an anatomist by the name of Johann Friedrich Blumenbach began to categorize humans he encountered during his travels into different races. The process for forming his taxonomy of the people he encountered was based on skin color and skull shape. His conclusions stated that there were five different races of people and also argued that these races…

3. Results and Discussion 3.1. Spatial distribution of salinity, temperature, and CDOM absorption coefficient Spatial distribution of mean salinity, temperature, and CDOM absorption coefficient along transect with station 1 being a marine water end member while station 15 being a freshwater end member is illustrated in Figure 3. It is characterized by surface mean salinity gradient, ranging from (12.04±4.23) psu to (7.18±5.73) psu in spring, (24.26±0.91) psu to (0.31±0.30) psu in summer,…

Essay I: Ideology, a term that we all know exists, but very few truly understand the essence that lies behind such a word. Many questions arise when one thinks of ideology such as, but not limited to, “What is ideology?” and “Where do individuals come to acquire their ideology, as in is it born into the genetics that make up who they are, or is it created through the experiences of their life?”. Louis Althusser was a 20th century French philosopher that devoted much of his life to the study of…

Constituency Al-Qaeda and its jihadist members use more social media than you would have ever guessed. Though these jihadist websites Al-Qaeda encourages the faithful and also threatens their enemy on the same web page. Al-Qaeda has its own production company known as As-Sahab. Similar to a Hollywood studio. The production company has a good understanding of what content will attract an audience and how to shape the Al-Qaeda message (citation needed research page). You won’t be able to find…

One of the main concerns surrounding solar energy is the endangerment of birds that pass over these solar farms. These birds, including threatened and endangered species, often mistake the reflective solar facilities for a body of water, a phenomenon known as the “lake effect.” Honing in on these water bodies, many birds have been fatally singed or crippled due to these desert solar power plants (Upton, 2014). These plants produce a solar flux that is the sum of the focused rays of light…