Essays on Spat

I fought the law, and the law almost lost. I was born in Los Angeles flower garden on the wrong side of town. My earliest memories are scrabbling through refuse for food and clothing. One day I was casing a 7-11 when I saw another kid my age eying the candy rack. A thief knows a thief when he sees one, and this guy clearly didn’t know how to do the job right. I could see the Pakistani man who ran the place staring at him. His brow was furrowed, and I knew he was close to coming ...

Introduction

Australia is one of the many countries in which moral panics have resulted to elevated racism. The concerns about crime and the fear of crime in many Australian cities including Sydney have greatly shaped lifestyles and have influenced the qualities of life. It is evidently that crime in many Australian cities is continually being linked to immigrants and other ethnic minorities. In Australia, in the recent years, the issue of crime committed by ethnic minorities and immigrants has been the subject of many media headlines and has greatly shaped policies, both domestic and international. The 9/11 attacks in the ...

Criminal Liability of Joe

Joe is liable for possession, supply, and permitting premises to be used for the supply of controlled drugs under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The law provides that it is “unlawful for a person to have a controlled drug in his possession”. Joe is a user of illegal drugs. Any controlled drugs found on his person and place of residence renders him liable for possession. When Karla overdosed, Joe was in possession of the heroin that Karla injected on herself. It is also unlawful for any individual “to supply or offer to supply a controlled drug to another”. ...

British Petroleum (BP) originated from the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) in the early 1900s. Over the years, it has had a long history of working with the Russians that includes its investment in Sidanco and management control. TNK (Tyumenskaya Neftyanaya Kompaniya Tyumen Oil Company), controlled by Alpha Access/Renova, had a series of disputes over Chernogorneft with Sidanco. While Sidanco gained control over Chernogorneft, TNK had a lot of stakes in Sidanco. As a result of the working relationship, both the Russian government and BP exercised good opportunity to work together. However, BP had an insight into the challenges that lies ahead of ...

Abstract

This report acknowledges the various properties associated with plastics and their behaviour when subjected to different conditions of loading. This experiment investigates the mechanical behaviour of five types of polymers which include Silly putty, six pack rings, nylon cable ties, Ply Doh, and Splat Ball. The properties of plastics can be altered to introduce cross-links and thereby introducing constraints to prevent sliding or rotation. The findings of the experiment concluded that temperatures, speed of loading and chemical composition of plastics are determinants of their mechanical behaviours.

Introduction

Polymers play a critical part in day-to-day life as manifested in the numerous applications. ...

Pero Vaz Caminha Letter, also known as the Brazil’s Birth Certificate is a document that Pero Vaz Caminha wrote in 1500. Pero was one of the scribes in a ship carrying explorers from Portugal to landfall in Brazil; people used to call it a “new world”. He had been commissioned to accompany the voyage that was under Pedro Alvarez Cabral’s command. Pero was a Portuguese knight who acted as the royal factory’s secretary. The letter was a detailed official report detailing the month of April 1500 in Brazil. The author of the letter addressed Manuel I, the king of Portugal. It ...

‘You have to close your eyes,’ Megan said. Smiling, Frankie closed her eyes and allowed Megan to lead her into the room.‘Okay,’ said Megan, ‘open!’

Frankie opened her eyes and stared. There, on her chest of drawers, propped against the wall, was a beautiful mirror. It was large in size – Frankie could see her and Megan’s full reflections from their thighs upwards – and it was framed in white marble, carved into the shapes of flowers and leaves, running down the side of the mirror.

‘It’s beautiful.’ Frankie ran her hand down the side of the mirror, pausing ...