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  • Why Is Altruistic Behaviour Problematic for the Theory of Natural Selection?

    Why Is Altruistic Behaviour Problematic for the Theory of Natural Selection?

    Nice guys finish first, a chapter title in R. Dawkins’ revolutionary popular science book the Selfish Gene. Although true altruism can not exist according to the classical theory of natural selection if such an evolutionary protagonist as RD has time for it, then there must be a good reason. In fact, we see much behaviour in nature that appears altruistic: alarm calling, guarding, defence and foraging by non-reproductives and grooming are just a few examples.

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    Submitted: March 21, 2010 By: Kevin
  • International Law

    International Law

    International Law International law is the body of legal rules that apply between sovereign states and such other entities as have been granted international personality (status acknowledged by the international community). The rules of international law are of a normative character, that is, they prescribe towards conduct, and are potentially designed for authoritative interpretation by an international judicial authority and by being capable of enforcement by the application of external sanctions. The International Court of

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    Submitted: March 21, 2010 By: Monika
  • A Critical Appraisal of the Components of Taxation in Nigeria and Proposals for Law Reforms

    A Critical Appraisal of the Components of Taxation in Nigeria and Proposals for Law Reforms

    INTRODUCTION Tax has been variously defined over the years. These definitions, when looked at as a whole gives a more comprehensive picture of the phenomenon as opposed to a single definition. According to the Oxford English Dictionary the word ‘tax’ refers to a compulsory contribution to the support of government levied on persons, property, income, commodities, transactions, etc, now at a fixed rate mostly proportionate to the amount on which the contribution is levied. While

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    Submitted: March 22, 2010 By: Mike
  • Business Law - Shares

    Business Law - Shares

    INTRODUCTION As financial accountant of zafer plc I have been asked to advise the board of directors on certain matters listed below…. 1. Differences between preference shares and redeemable shares. 2. Purposes for which share premium a/c and the revaluation reserve can be used. 3. Procedure, which must be satisfied before the shares, can be used. And conditions, which must be satisfied before the premium to be paid. 4. Can the entire premium be written

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    Submitted: March 22, 2010 By: Mike
  • International Business Law - General Terms of Sale

    International Business Law - General Terms of Sale

    SEAFOOD X __________________________________________________ GENERAL TERMS OF SALE 1. General 1.1 These General Terms and Conditions of Sale (“Conditions”) govern the offering, sale and delivery of all goods and/or services (the goods and services herein both separately and jointly referred to as: the “Goods”) from or on behalf of Seafood X (“Seller”) to customer (“Customer”) and apply to all similar dealings between Seller and Customer. 1.2 “Conditions” means the standard terms and conditions set out

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    Submitted: March 22, 2010 By: Janna
  • Adoption Laws in North Carolina

    Adoption Laws in North Carolina

    Adoption is an exciting and rewarding decision for many couples, single persons, or blended families and should be done in an informed manner since adoption is a decision that involves long term commitment. The process of adopting a child differs from state to state in the United States and there are many federal laws involving the adoption process. It is important that families planning for adoption are familiar with and understand the adoption laws and

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    Essay Length: 624 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 22, 2010 By: Bred
  • Call of Nature

    Call of Nature

    Many people look at Al Capone and bad thoughts come to mind. Yes, for the most part he was a bad influence on people, but in some ways he was a leader both for good and bad. In the ways of organized crime Al Capone was at the top of his game throughout his life he influenced many and has left a tremendous legacy behind him. The life of Capone could not have been lead

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    Essay Length: 443 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 24, 2010 By: Jack
  • The Chageable Nature of Life

    The Chageable Nature of Life

    Life is constantly changing, like clouds in the sky; always shifting and turning. People never really know which way life will turn next, bringing them fortune or failure. When you look at how things change it is best to compare it to something that you can relate it to. The changeable nature of life can be related to the novel “The Bean Trees.” This is a book written almost entirely on dealing with changes in

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    Submitted: March 25, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Three Strikes Law

    Three Strikes Law

    Today there is a growing awareness of repeat offenders among society in reference to crime. Starting around 1980 there was noticeable increase in crime rates in the U.S.. In many of these cases it was noted that these individuals were in fact repeat offenders. So, on March 7, 1994 California enacted the Three-Strikes and You're Out Law. This laws and other laws like it are currently being utilized today all around the Untied States. This

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    Submitted: March 25, 2010 By: Fonta
  • The State of Nature and Its Implications for Civilization in Hobbes and Rousseau

    The State of Nature and Its Implications for Civilization in Hobbes and Rousseau

    The State of Nature and its Implications for Civilization in Hobbes and Rousseau In his Leviathan Thomas Hobbes expresses a philosophy of civilization which is both practical and just and stems from a clear moral imperative. He begins with the assertion that in the state of nature man is condemned to live a life "solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short." It is in the interest of every man to rise above this "state of nature"

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    Submitted: March 25, 2010 By: Jon
  • Law Enforcement Code of Ethics

    Law Enforcement Code of Ethics

    As a law enforcement officer, my fundamental duty is to serve the community; to safeguard lives and property; to protect the innocent against deception, the weak against oppression or intimidation and the peaceful against violence or disorder; and to respect the constitutional rights of all to liberty, equality and justice. I will keep my private life unsullied as an example to all and will behave in a manner that does not bring discredit to me

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    Submitted: March 26, 2010 By: Edward
  • Alienation: The Fall of Man Through The Breaking of Moral Law

    Alienation: The Fall of Man Through The Breaking of Moral Law

    Alienation: The Fall of Man through the Breaking of Moral Law Is it possible to attain or remain in a state of true happiness when you break a moral law? To many of us, road signs have been handed down through the generations and are posted clearly as the 10 Commandments delivered to us through Moses. These commandments are generally viewed as religious moral laws, but can they be viewed also as natural laws of

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    Submitted: March 26, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Definition, Nature, Scope and Importance of Demography

    Definition, Nature, Scope and Importance of Demography

    Definition, Nature, Scope and Importance of Demography The term �demography’ is derived from two Greek Words, �Demas’ the people and �Grapho’, to draw or write. Thus its meaning is to draw or Write about people. The credit for fusing together the two Greek words and coining the term demography goes to Achilles Guillard in 1855 wrote his book. �Elements de statistique humaine en demographic camparee’. In fact John Graunt is the real founder of demography,

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    Submitted: March 27, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Laws Were Meant to Be Broken: Perpetual Motion Devices

    Laws Were Meant to Be Broken: Perpetual Motion Devices

    Laws were Meant to be Broken: Perpetual Motion Devices D. S. C. and P.C. K. (Created 4 October 2005) Introduction Perpetual motion devices have always been seen as a feat unattainable with the current laws of thermodynamics. Accordingly, the second law of thermodynamics states that thermal energy (heat) is special by concluding all forms of energy can be converted into heat, but it is not possible to convert the heat back fully in its original

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    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Victor
  • Struggling with Subjectivity: A Comparative Critique of Susan Faludi's

    Struggling with Subjectivity: A Comparative Critique of Susan Faludi's

    Struggling With Subjectivity: A Comparative Critique of Susan Faludi’s “The Betrayal of the American Man, At Ground Zero of the Masculine Crisis, The Ornamental Culture, Beyond the Politics of Confrontation” and George L. Mosse’s “Toward A New Masculinity?“ If identification and study of any current “generally accepted” societal belief, image, or stereotype is considered a difficult undertaking, to identify and place that which is “generally accepted” into historical context is a Herculean task. As one

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    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Tasha
  • The Two Facets of Love: The Contrasting Nature of Love Explored in Beloved

    The Two Facets of Love: The Contrasting Nature of Love Explored in Beloved

    In her novel Beloved, Toni Morrison explores the paradoxical nature of love both as a dangerous presence that promises suffering and a life-giving force that gives the strength to proceed; through the experiences of the run-away slave Sethe. The dangerous aspect of love is revealed through the comments of Paul D and Ella regarding the motherly love of Sethe towards her children. Sethe’s deep attachment to her children is deemed dangerous due to their social

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    Essay Length: 1,381 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: July
  • Law and Ethics

    Law and Ethics

    Law in the western world before the 12th Century consisted of written laws called Civil Laws which were traced backed to Roman law. In many countries and the state of Louisiana this basic system still exists today. Common law started to develop in England in 1066 after the Norman conquest of Britain. Common law is different than civil law. During the rein of Henry II in the 1100s court decisions were written down. They were

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    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: Steve
  • Criminal Law

    Criminal Law

    On January 13, 1984 Joseph Clark, a 57 year old man from Columbus Ohio, shot a Marine reservist and father of two, David Manning, and stole $65 from the gas station where Manning was working. Harris was filling in for a friend at a convenience store when Clark entered and demanded the contents of the store's safe. Harris said he did not know the safe's combination, and was shot in the back of the head.

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    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: Yan
  • Scarborough's Network Centric - Warfare Meets the Laws of the Navy

    Scarborough's Network Centric - Warfare Meets the Laws of the Navy

    Scarborough's Network Centric Warfare Meets the Laws of the Navy Scarborough intends to persuade the reader that “Network-Centric Warfare (NCW) Or, in other words, the use of information technology in the Navy gives the appearance that a technological revolution and its cyberspace tools will improve friendly awareness on the battlefield. The opening sentence of the article grabs your attention with a calculated negative tone inferring that the author’s opinion is one that will attempt to

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    Submitted: March 31, 2010 By: Fonta
  • The Influence of Realism and Naturalism on 20th Century American Fiction

    The Influence of Realism and Naturalism on 20th Century American Fiction

    The Influence of Realism and Naturalism on 20th Century American Fiction After World War I, American people and the authors among them were left disillusioned by the effects that war had on their society. America needed a literature that would explain what had happened and what was happening to their society. American writers turned to what is now known as modernism. The influence of 19th Century realism and naturalism and their truthful representation of American

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    Submitted: April 1, 2010 By: Janna
  • Presentation Critique

    Presentation Critique

    I enjoyed going to the town of Randolph Selectmen Meeting. I felt that Selectmen Bill Alexopoulos was on the right track and had good arguments and points throughout his whole Presentation. However, I noticed a few things that, hopefully, might improve it. For his introduction, Bill mentioned about how race relations are so tense and rocky are due in part to the inflexible and judgmental ideas of white people. I don't what he meant by

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    Submitted: April 1, 2010 By: Mike
  • Response of Law to New Technology: Contraception

    Response of Law to New Technology: Contraception

    The rapid advances in science and medicine since 1950, and especially the advances in computer technology since 1980, have revolutionized the way society functions. It is widely recognized that our society is making a transition from the industrial manufacturing age to an information age. In contrast, the U.S. Constitution and most of our common law was written when people lived in an agrarian economy prior to 1850. Law has been slow to adapt to the

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    Submitted: April 1, 2010 By: Artur
  • Robert Frost’s Use of Nature

    Robert Frost’s Use of Nature

    Robert frost has many themes in his poetry. One of the main themes that is always repeated, is nature. He always discusses how beautiful nature is or how destructive it can be. Frost always discusses nature in his poems. First, in the poem Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening there is a lot of nature expresses. Frost s very first sentence already talks about the woods. whose woods these are I think I

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    Submitted: April 1, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Between 1861 and 1917, Russian Society Had Undergone Many Changes. It Is Safe to Say That Every Aspect of That Society Had Been Some How Modified. These Changes Led up to the Bolshevik Revolution in November of 1917. Given the Nature of Russian Society, W

    Between 1861 and 1917, Russian Society Had Undergone Many Changes. It Is Safe to Say That Every Aspect of That Society Had Been Some How Modified. These Changes Led up to the Bolshevik Revolution in November of 1917. Given the Nature of Russian Society, W

    Between 1861 and 1917, Russian society had undergone many changes. It is safe to say that every aspect of that society had been some how modified. These changes led up to the Bolshevik revolution in November of 1917. Given the nature of Russian society, was the Bolshevik revolution unavoidable? Among the changes Russian society had undergone, one starts off the whole chain of events. This was the emancipation of the serfs, in 1861, by Czar

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    Submitted: April 2, 2010 By: Jon
  • The Role of Nature

    The Role of Nature

    Introduction Considering the history of literature, the conception of Nature seems to be a quite complex question. 'Nature' is not a concept that can be grasped easily and it often requires discussing some great philosophical conceptions like 'Pantheism' or 'Deism'. However, my paper will not deal in detail with such vast enquiries. I rather want to focus more accurately on how 'Nature' is used by Pope and Coleridge, respectively. With other words, I would like

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    Submitted: April 2, 2010 By: Venidikt