... with an offence, the prosecution must try to establish what the defendant was intending to happen at the time of the offence. There are two forms of intention, direct and oblique. When the defendant desires the consequence of an intention, this is known as direct intention. But intent can also be found if the defendant did not desire a result, but it ... is a virtually certain consequence of the act and the accused realises this but still goes ahead. This is known as oblique intention. This can be demonstrated with the example of R v Woollin (1998.) The defendant had lost his temper and...

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... same problems with the Utilitarian's moral reasoning and offers a new solution for the Trolley Problem and similar situations. The doctrine states that "it is sometimes permissible to bring about by oblique intention what it would be not permissible to bring about by direct intention"" (Foot). Unfortunately, I also find this doctrine to have some problems. Take into account a similar example to the ... this doctrine would argue that the reason it is morally permissible to release the gas is because the intention was for five people to live, and it was only an oblique intention that the ...

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... "iron triangle" relationship between interest groups, government agencies, and congressional committees threaten democracy because it allows a small group of people to dominate policy decisions. The issue with iron triangles within Congress is that politicians serve their own political interest and fulfill the wants of pressure groups rather than serving the public good. "As long as they hang together ... out by years of private negotiations among the "insiders" (Johnson). This display of the elite dominating policy making with the use of iron triangles is destroying the privilege of pl...

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... by Pope Julius II to finish work that had been done on the Sistine Chapel in the previous century under Sixtus IV. The Sistine Chapel ceiling consists of four large triangles at the corner, eight triangular spaces on the outside border, an intermediate series of figure and nine central panels. The ... triangles in the corner show heroic action of the Old Testament. The eight triangles depict biblical ancestors of Christ. The nine panels were made into three stories. Three of the panels were devoted to the Creation, three to the story of Adam and ... ...

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... Julius commanded him to fresco the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel to complete the work done in the previous century under Sixtus IV. The overall organization consists of four large triangles at the corner; a series of eight triangular spaces on the outer border; an intermediate series of figures; and nine central panels, all bound together with architectural motifs and nude male ... figures. The corner triangles depict heroic action in the Old Testament, while the other eight triangles depict the biblical ancestors of Jesus Christ. Michelangelo conceived and executed this huge work as a ...

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... Julius commanded him to fresco the ceiling of t! he Sistine Chapel to complete the work done in the previous century under Sixtus IV. The overall organization consists of four large triangles at the corner; a series of eight triangular spaces on the outer border; an intermediate series of figures; and nine central panels, all bound together with architectural motifs and nude male ... figures. The corner triangles depict heroic action in the Old Testament, while the other eight triangles depict the biblical ancestors of Jesus Christ. Michelangelo conceived and executed this huge work as ...

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... Julius commanded him to fresco the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel to complete the work done in the previous century under Sixtus IV. The overall organization consists of four large triangles at the corner; a series of eight triangular spaces on the outer border; an intermediate series of figures; and nine central panels, all bound together with architectural motifs and nude male ... figures. The corner triangles depict heroic action in the Old Testament, while the other eight triangles depict the biblical ancestors of Jesus Christ. Michelangelo conceived and executed this huge work as a ...

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... at the beginning of the novel, and the square comes to examine these views and lead the reader to examine their own. The Flatland society consists of regular shapes - lines, triangles, squares, heptagons, hexagons, all the way to circles. To Flatlanders, the more circular you are, the more perfect you are. The classes are defined as follows: women are lines, isosceles ... triangles are servants and slaves, regular triangles are lower working class, squares are gentlemen, heptagons and above are nobility, circles are priests. The segregation and ill treatment of those below squares is te...

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... , a judgment is true or false with given information. A judgment can be identified as a priori when it is known from experience; for example all triangles have three sides. We do not need to research on the fact that all triangles have three sides because it is world known. A judgment is known as a posterior when it is known from knowledge that we can only ... ...

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... as significant as the overall floor patterns created which had symbolic meanings for the audience. These were based on combinations of geometric shapes such as squares, circles and triangles. Such combinations included two triangles within a circle, which portrayed a monarch's supreme power. Unlike any other production before this point in history, Ballet Comique de la Reine cost several million francs and was considered ... ...

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... important because they write the Nation=s tax legislation. To be on a committee with such prestige allows more pull for those congressmen. The committees have subcommittees that form Airon triangles that decentralize congress. These iron triangles are policy networks of special interest groups, executive bureaucracies, and subcommittees= members and staff. These sub-governments develop and benefit from interest groups; lobbyist benefit from personal ... ...

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... in the painting. The Chi is decorated like a Christmas tree. It contains ornamental pieces on the inside and outside of the letter. This letter is decorated with compressed lines, circles, triangles, and many other strange objects. The compressed lines in the manuscript look as if they are moving. The compressed, moving lines appear throughout the whole painting. The painting is describing ... compressed, moving lines show that their God is Omniscient. The circles are shown throughout the painting also, thus showing that God is in more then one place at a time. The triangles resemble an...

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... the geometry of chaos. The Sierpiński triangle is a good demonstration of simple fractals. Take an equilateral triangle and divide it into four smaller triangles. Take out the middle triangle so that the three remaining triangles have dimensions one-half of the original triangle and repeat the process with each remaining triangle. Repeat this process and the triangle will look like ... ...

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... on the fringing men in the center panel, are in contrast to the mixed colors employed in both wings. The primary colors signify freedom from spiritual impurity. The use of triangles in GUERNICA brings to mind LES DEMOISELLES D" AVIGNON, which seems to be inspired by images reflected by pieces of broken mirror. Picasso usually used sharp triangular shapes to impart negative ... feelings. Some main triangles can be traced out of GUERNICA. On the mural's right, an inverted triangle, extended by the straightened arms of a woman being "devoured" by fire, pins onto the knee of another ... ...

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... is imperative that you are able to manipulate the tube so you can get a good visualization of the anatomy. For instance, if your patient is having difficulty getting into an oblique position for a projection the technologist can angle the tube so it creates that obliquity necessary for the image. Additionally, you should be able to adjust the technique factor to accommodate ... ...

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... tied to the way these statements are evaluated. Some sentences, it seems, can produce cases of self-reference in some contexts but only produce this obliquely in other cases. The oblique cases can be evaluated in a much different way than can the directly self-referential cases. The intuition is a theoretical comment on the nature of the paradox and as such does ... ...

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... , such as in Lautrec's painting. Lautrec's "At the Moulin Rouge" might be remembered as an important painting in art history, perhaps, because of what it represents. The composition, with its oblique perspective, acid palette, bizarre artificial lighting, and mask-like faces, is a haunting image of the dissolute Bohemian life of turn-of-the-century Paris. His supposed interest in the interiors ... ...

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... nostalgic sigh Robert Crumb makes. The angles used in this film vary from a high angle when the cameraman seems to be standing over a hunched over Robert Crumb who illustrates to oblique angles, which again demonstrate the sweeping motions of Robert Crumb's pen in hand. This film lends cooperation to the interactive component in a narrative sense. We never see the director and ... ...

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... scheme of black, white and red, set off with deep shadows, that dominates the Eavesdropper series. The young woman bending over her work is poised between two contagious spaces showing oblique views, one to the outdoors and the other into a further room, where we can just discern a pitcher on a table. Like the eavesdropper pictures, the whole scene is a study in doubles ... ...

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... makes him almost an omnipotent narrator. It often appears as if we perceive things through Ralph's eyes, or more realistically, James". His illness makes him view the events from an oblique point of view, but with an attachment to Isabel that the reader can also identify with. He, perhaps more than anyone else, is an advocate of her freedom, but Ralph ... ...

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... the anguish the young woman is experiencing in order to become a flawless ballerina. The gray color is used for texture and shading while the blue is placed intensely on the oblique area and under the arms. Perhaps Degas did this to represent perspiration from hard work. Dancer Stretching as well as Degas" other creations are from the impressionist period. The form ... ...

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... life so the ka could return and continue its life despite the death of the physical body. The shape/design may be a solar symbol that represents in solid form the oblique rays of sunlight, which are sometimes seen breaking through the clouds. The Giza plateau was probably selected because it holds a commanding position above the Nile Valley and was on the ... ...

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... Chile. Allende responded to this blockade by expressing the pressure felt by Chile, in his speech at the United Nations in New York, 1972. He describes the blockade as, "an oblique, underhanded, indirect form of aggression" and as an attempt to, "prevent the inauguration of a government freely elected by the people". Throughout all this, America remained in a close relationship with the ... ...

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... emotions they believe they convey. For example, his claim that straight lines indicate the infinite while curved lines limit creation seems particularly dwelled upon, as wells as his statement about triangles. He even wonders about the study of numbers (particularly 3 and 7) in relation to visual art. However, he encourages artists to "work freely and passionately." Despite his lofty attitude ... ...

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... work environment less cluttered. This invention greatly changed the amount of tools needed on their desks. An engineer's desk in the 1920's was actually a drafting table and would hold T-squares, triangles, compasses, pens, and pencils. Today, most desks only consist of a calculator and computer in order to make calculations (Mraz). Obviously, this career has changed greatly over the years and will ... ...

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