Fatalism is the view that human deliberation and actions are pointless and ineffectual in determining events, because whatever will be will be. One ancient argument, called the idle argument, went like this: If it is fated for you to recover from your illness, then you will recover whether you call a doctor or not. Likewise, if you are fated not to recover, you will not do so even if you call a doctor. S ...

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Fatality, Fatality - The Beginning, Fatality - Reaction, Fatality - Variations, Fatality - Stage Fatalities, Fatality - Hara Kiri, Fatality - Trivia, Fatality - External link

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Fatalism. See FATE; KARMA

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Ashrah is a character in the Mortal Kombat fighting game series. Ashrah - About Ashrah. Ashrah - Biography. Contrary to her angelic appearance, Ashrah is actually a demon from the Netherealm. She used to be a member of Quan Chi's Brotherhood of the Shadow, which worships the fallen Elder God Shinnok. Ashrah dresses completely in white and appears as a tall, mysterious woman, a blend between aristocracy and girlishness. She made her first appearance in Mortal Kombat: De ...

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• Ashrah - Kombat highlights
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Motor-vehicle collisions are damaging events involving road traffic, particularly automobiles. They can cause damage to vehicles, people or structures. Motor-vehicle collisions — also called traffic collisions, auto accidents, road accidents, car accidents and motor vehicle collisions — kill an estimated 1.2 million people worldwide each year, and injure about forty times this number (WHO, 2004). Motor-vehicle collision - First fatality. The first fatality in a steam d ...

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• Motor-vehicle collision - Legal consequences
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Cube is a 1997 Canadian sci-fi movie directed by Vincenzo Natali. Seven people, who are complete strangers to each other, awaken inside a maze of cubes with no memory of how they got there. They find each other and are forced to work together to survive while trying to escape and, along the way, they have various (sometimes frightening) personality clashes. Despite its low budget, the film achieved moderate commercial success and has acquired something of a cult status as a niche science-fiction title. Much of the film's ...

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• Cube film - The fatal cubes
• Cube film - Purpose of the cube puzzle
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A bicycle helmet is designed to provide head protection for cyclists. An number of jurisdictions have enacted legislation requiring cyclists to wear these helmets as well as other items of safety equipment. This legislation is controversial for a number of reasons (see below). The helmet issue stirs strong passions among cyclists, with some committed to their use and others much more sceptical. A strong pro-helmet lobby exists, funded in part by the helmet industry itself. There is also a substantial but diverse sceptical group ...

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• Bicycle helmet - Do helmets reduce fatalities or serious injuries?
• Bicycle helmet - Reduction in bicycle participation
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• Bicycle helmet - Inadequate design
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Diazepam, market under brand names of: Valium, Seduxen; and in Europe Apozepam, Diapam, is a 1,4-benzodiazepine derivative, which possesses anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, sedative and skeletal muscle relaxant properties. Diazepam is used to treat anxiety and tension, and is the most effective benzodiazepine for treating muscle spasms. It is also used as a sedative premedication for various medical procedures, and to treat alcohol and opiate withdrawal symptoms. Occasionally, diazepam is used by military and pa ...

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• Diazepam - High Risk patients for abuse and dependence
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• Diazepam - Dose Recommendations
• Diazepam - Dose Forms
• Diazepam - Recreational Use
• Diazepam - Overdose
• Diazepam - Fatal Reaction
• Diazepam - Occurrence in plants
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A Christian theological definition of Fatalism according to CARM - The Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry:

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Before the fatality was discovered by arcade gamers, Mortal Kombat was yet another fighting game with seven characters. Many gamers left Street Fighter II and other games for Mortal Kombat, because it featured blood and the ability to perform fatalities. The new feature addition helped make Mortal Kombat a successful game franchise that challenged the supremacy of Street Fighter II. The fatality concept caused considerable controversy, and many parents disapproved of the violence and the brutal ending ...

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Fatality, Fatality - The Beginning, Fatality - Reaction, Fatality - Variations, Fatality - Stage Fatalities, Fatality - Hara Kiri, Fatality - Trivia, Fatality - External link

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With Street Fighter II dominating arcades, Mortal Kombat co-creators Ed Boon and John Tobias wanted to create a fighting game that retained Street Fighter's gameplay without being a complete copy. Originally, the project revolved around actor Jean Claude Van Damme; this idea was eventually dropped and Mortal Kombat was born. Tobias and Boon, wanting to produce the best game they could, spent a great deal of time brainstorming and evaluating ideas. They started with Street Fighter II and retained many ...

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Fatality, Fatality - The Beginning, Fatality - Reaction, Fatality - Variations, Fatality - Stage Fatalities, Fatality - Hara Kiri, Fatality - Trivia, Fatality - External link

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Another interesting type of fatality is the Hara Kiri. The Hara Kiri (which is Japanese for a certain type of suicide) that the person finks one knife on its belly, is a special move in which the player can perform upon defeat at the end of the last match. Rather than be finished off by his opponent, the loser takes his or her own life. The Hara Kiri usually has the player stab himself with a weapon, cut off his or her own head, etc. The Hara Kiri made its debut in Deception and seems to be a popular feature with the fans. It is unknown whether or not the Hara Kiri will remain ...

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Fatality, Fatality - The Beginning, Fatality - Reaction, Fatality - Variations, Fatality - Stage Fatalities, Fatality - Hara Kiri, Fatality - Trivia, Fatality - External link

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Both fictional and factional are listed. Femme fatale - Fictional characters. Poison Ivy Catwoman, one of whose nicknames is actually the wordplay feline fatale. BloodRayne Ada Wong Ava Lord from Sin City Morrigan Aensland Carmen Circe Darla from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel Delilah Inque of Batman Beyond Minerva Mink Mirage Medea Morgause Faith (character) From Buffy the Vampire Slayer La Bel ...

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Femme fatale - Fictional characters. Poison Ivy Catwoman, one of whose nicknames is actually the wordplay feline fatale. BloodRayne Ada Wong Morrigan Aensland Carmen Circe Delilah Inque of Batman Beyond Minerva Mink Mirage Medea Morgause Faith (character) From Buffy the Vampire Slayer La Belle Dame sans Merci: A Ballad by John Keats Justine ...

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She has existed, in one form or another, in folklore and myth in nearly all cultures. Some of the earliest examples include the Sumerian goddess Ishtar and the Biblical Delilah. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, the femme fatale became ubiquitous in Western culture and can be found in the works of Oscar Wilde, Edvard Munch, Gustav Klimt, among others. This is likely to have been a reaction to women's movements and the changing role of women at the time. With the introduction of film noir in the 1940's, the femme ...

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Femme fatale, Femme fatale - History, Femme fatale - Famous femmes fatale, Femme fatale - Fictional characters, Femme fatale - Mythology, Femme fatale - Historical figures, Femme fatale - Films, Femme fatale - Games

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The book Fatal Vision was written by Joe McGinnis, the author of Selling of the President 1968. McGinniss and MacDonald made arrangements to work together shortly after the murders with the expectation, at least on MacDonald's part, that the subsequent book would show MacDonald's innoncence. McGinnis had special access to MacDonald and his legal team, even living with MacDonald during the murder trial. The book covers events until MacDonald ...

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Fatal Vision, Fatal Vision - Book, Fatal Vision - Miniseries

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She has existed, in one form or another, in folklore and myth in nearly all cultures. Some of the earliest examples include the Sumerian goddess Ishtar and the Biblical characters Lilith, Eve, Delilah and Salomé. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, the femme fatale became ubiquitous in Western culture and can be found in the works of Oscar Wilde, Edvard Munch, Gustav Klimt, among others. This is likely to have been a reaction to women's movements and the changing role of women at the time. With the introduction of ...

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Femme fatale, Femme fatale - History, Femme fatale - Famous femmes fatale, Femme fatale - Fictional characters, Femme fatale - Mythology, Femme fatale - Historical figures, Femme fatale - Films

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According to the urban legend reference website Snopes.com, there have been at least two documented instances in which people have died apparently of laughter, one in 1975 and one in 2003 [1]. Since asthma attacks are fatal more often than is usually thought, and since laughter is a strong trigger for a minority of sufferers, the numbers of people who have died of laughter may very well be much larger. On 24 March 1975 Alex Mitchell, a 50-year-old bricklayer from King's Lynn, England, literally died laughing while watching an e ...

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Fatal hilarity, Fatal hilarity - In fiction, Fatal hilarity - In reality, Fatal hilarity - In history

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Dan Gallagher appears to be a happily married New York attorney living in Manhattan with his beautiful wife and his young daughter whom he adores. They have a wonderful life until the day he becomes acquainted with Alex Forrest, an editor from a publishing company, at a business party where he and Alex immediately connect and strike up a conversation. Dan and his wife, Beth, are interested in buying a house in Bedford where she and her daughter travel for the weekend. Dan spends the weekend with Alex while his wife and daughter are away. Wha ...

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Fatal Attraction, Fatal Attraction - Synopsis, Fatal Attraction - Awards, Fatal Attraction - Finances, Fatal Attraction - Main cast, Fatal Attraction - Trivia

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David Foster Wallace's novel Infinite Jest deals with a video tape containing a movie so entertaining that anyone watching it loses all desire to do anything else, eventually becoming comatose and dying. The only person who could watch the movie was the director, who was too insane to be affected by its humor. In the Monty Python sketch "The Funniest Joke in the World", the eponymous joke is so lethal that it is used against the Germans by the British during World War II. The team of translators tasked with translating it to German survive their assignment only by translating a single word per person. Germany ...

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Fatal hilarity, Fatal hilarity - In fiction, Fatal hilarity - In reality, Fatal hilarity - In history

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