The Ultimate Gift

The Gift of Mauss is about an economic system based on gifts and reciprocity that was common, under different forms, in many “archaic” societies. The author used various ethnographies to develop a new economic theory different from the barter theory and called gift economy. An important compound of this new theory is the reciprocity, but in order to understand what is it for Mauss, the gift economy need to be explained. First, this new kind of economy is based on the exchange of services. This…

proximate cause of her death was her witnessing the death of her husband which resulted from the wrongful action of the Jackson brothers. However, the sequence of event is broken by Nola’s bad heart that resulted into a heart attack, which is the ultimate cause of her death. Therefore, the Jackson brother’s wrongful act that lead to Burt’s death may not be a proximate cause of Nola’s death because it is an unforeseeable occurrence of events and relieving them from the wrongful death of Nola…

WEC until the pair met again at UFC 128 where Cruz defeated Faber to win the inaugural UFC bantamweight championship. Faber and Cruz over the next few years will continue to exchange words with each other and even coached against each other on The Ultimate Fighter: Live but their trilogy and final fight would not come until UFC 199. In the last fight of the saga Cruz was able to one-up Faber where he defeated Faber via unanimous decision to remain the bantamweight championship. Their UFC 199…

Snowflakes fall gently from the sky, tickling the end of [Y/N]’s nose, tempting to stick out her tongue and have a taste. But that’s ruined by the icy air whistles around [Y/N]’s air, causing her skin to tingle and sting. Fingers and toes are numb. [Y/N] tries to warm her hands as she gets to school. “Man, why can’t they cancel school today?” [Y/N] manage to say. “It’s so freaking cold!” She adjusted her hat and scarf as she snuggles inside the many layers of clothes. Nobody attempts to try…

Relieving Tensions through Unconventional Methods Mehmet Oz once declared “What happens when you have great grief in your life is the arteries of that heart begins to spasms down, just literally squeezes down like this because you’re feeling the tension of your life and then the heart muscle itself also begin- to get stressed out.” While my mind was more attentive and energized due to the continuous use of my meditation regime, my body still experienced tensions and soreness. As discussed in…

high altitude of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Holm thrived when Rousey tried a highly flawed fight plan of a stand-up bout, instead of trying to fight on the mat. Holm stunned the sporting world with a second-round knockout victory over Rousey in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women’s bantamweight title bout, with both fighters weighing under the 135-pound limit. Rousey was sent to a hospital for stitches in her cut lip, and although a CT brain scan was negative, she remained in the…

In a society where men are seen as the superior sex and gender, women are constantly put down when they break through the “glass ceiling” that men and society create. Women are expected to follow a certain look and physicality that will let them fit into society's “mold”. According to Devor, femininity is described by how a woman acts, looks, and portrays herself. However, there is one woman who disallows that from happening. Ronda Rousey, an American mixed martial artist and judoka, who…

This year is expected to be a huge year for the WBU Novice World Champion Rock Blackwell. Blackwell was born in Baltimore, Maryland. His heritage is of African Hebrew and Yahudah Isreal descent. Blackwell began boxing at just seven years old and holds an amateur record of 156-28. It hasn't been a cake walk for Blackwell. He lost his first professional fight in 2009, due to a broken right hand and life threatening levels of dehydration. Not to mention, he was forced to jump up a class to super…

On Nov. 14, 2015, UFC fighter Ronda Rousey’s world came crashing down around her. When she woke up, she realized her life would never be the same. In the moments prior, the former women’s bantamweight champion was knocked out by a vicious head kick and several hammerfists to the face at UFC 193 in Melbourne, Australia. The beating came via current women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm, who not only stripped Rousey of her belt but everything she had come to believe she was. Rousey, who…

1. Explain the complexities of proximate cause. - The complexity of proximate cause is determined when the question to how the crime was committed arises. According to Schmalleger F & Hall D (p. 74, 2017),” The complexity of causation can be seen in the 2014 case Paroline v. United States. In this case, the Supreme Court had to determine how to measure the harm which was proximately caused by the possession of child pornography. The statute in question required that restitution be paid by…