...Living Alone in a Different World :An analysis of theme in The Pedestrian “The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury develops the theme of “People are very dependant on technology” through Mr. Mead, society, and conflict. Mr. Mead is an average guy who keeps old habits in a new society. The society is very dependant on technology and seems to not converse with each other. The conflict is when the police interrogated Mr. Mead for walking outdoors. Mr. Mead is a writer, was not married, and was an outcast in society. The reader finds out that he is a writer and isn’t married when the police interrogated him. He was walking outdoors when the police had stopped him. The police had asked him rather unusual questions like “is air...
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...Have you ever thought of hunting as exceptional or a vicious thing before? Well whenever you think about it, you should take this into consideration, the tradition of hunting and the management for deer. Plus there is other thing that are good for hunting such as money and the food it produces for people who can’t afford to buy food in the store to survive. Hunting is a great bonding experience. It is relaxing, and you have solitude so you can think. It allows you to release stress while exercising at the same time. You can stay in good mental health by being in nature and getting fresh air with some exercise in there. According to the text, “Camaraderie of family and friends in the outdoors, all contribute to maintaining mental and physical...
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...Conflict is a recurring theme amongst humanity. It can be argued that humanity in some ways breeds most conflict from itself. Although some conflict humanity faces are self-created, some conflict is pre-ordained in nature. Author of the short story “The Shawl” set in a concentration camp during the Holocaust, Cynthia Ozick, uses both types of conflict in her story, Both natural and self-created. The second, being the self-created conflict of the holocaust, that our main characters have to endure, and the other conflict being natural. The natural conflict of nurturing your baby and keeping her safe. Self-created conflict can have its roots sprung from various settings, people and actions. Cynthia Ozick roots her story’s conflict right in the...
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...has acid in it affects human beings also. The way this affects us is because of the fact that there are so many pollutants in the rain every time we breathe this in our lungs it results in humans having a great amount of upper respiratory health problems that are dangerous. These kind of pollutants are present in spaces in the home making a variety of amount of problems occur like people dying early and some people start having asthma. Discuss the effort to mitigate the effects of acid rain and indoor pollution: In a world that is changing constantly on a daily,weekly, and monthly basis there are many different ways to lower the effects of acid rain and air pollution as a regular person individually. The very first way you can conserve energy is realizing that gasoline,diesel, and wood contribute to making our earth’s air pollution worse all the time. The second way is when you’re at home deciding where you would like to travel using your automobile sacrifice a couple of times and use your...
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...Introduction In Gilstrap v. United Air Lines, Inc., the Ninth Circuit saved a discrimination victim’s suit from dismissal when it held that state-law tort claims against an air carrier were not preempted by federal law. The panel did agree with the lower court that an airline terminal is not a “place of public accommodation” governed by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Nevertheless, the court concluded that the plaintiff could sustain her action against the airline under state law for injuries she allegedly received due to the carrier’s violations of the Airline Carrier Access Act (ACAA)—despite the fact that the ACAA itself does not provide for a private right of action. II. Background: ADA v. ACAA In 1990, Congress enacted the ADA “to provide a clear and comprehensive national mandate for the elimination of discrimination against individuals with disabilities.” Title III of the ADA specifically prohibits discrimination in “public accommodations,” i.e., publicly accessible yet privately owned businesses. Examples of these “public accommodations” include “terminal[s], depot[s], or other station[s] used for specified public transportation.” Notably, however, transportation by aircraft is expressly excluded from the definition of “public transportation,” and therefore, the ADA does not apply to airline terminals. The likely reason for this exclusion is that, four years earlier, Congress prohibited discriminatory conduct by air carriers against individuals with...
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...Background Walking with high-heeled shoes is a common cause of venous complaints such as pain, fatigue, and heavy-feeling legs. The aim of the study was to clarify the influence of high-heeled shoes on the venous return and test the hypothesis that women wearing different styles of high-heeled shoes present an impaired venous return when compared with their values when they are barefoot. Methods Thirty asymptomatic women (mean age, 26.4 years) wearing appropriately sized shoes were evaluated by air plethysmography (APG), a test that measures changes in air volume on a cuff placed on the calf, while they performed orthostatic flexion and extension foot movements and altered standing up and lying down. The test was repeated in four situations: barefoot (0 cm), medium heels (3.5 cm), stiletto high heels (7 cm), and platform high heels (7 cm). The APG values of venous filling index (VFI), ejection fraction (EF), and residual volume fraction (RVF) were divided into four groups according to heel height and compared by repeated-measures analysis of variance. Results RVF was increased in the groups wearing high heels (stiletto and platform) compared with the barefoot group (P < .05). RVF was increased in the medium-heel group (3.5 cm) compared with the barefoot group (P < .05), and despite the lack of statistical significance, the medium-heel group showed lower values of RVF compared with the two high-heel groups. The EF parameter followed the opposite tendency, showing higher...
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...Desperate Air Managers are constantly faced with ethical dilemmas. The book, Managing Business Ethics: Straight talk how to do it right, defines an ethical dilemma as a situation when two or more “right” values are in conflict (Trevino & Nelson, 2010). A decision can sometimes be legally correct, but it does mean it is always ethically correct. A decision may not always maximize the benefits to society or stakeholders. In the following essay, I will review Dash decision and how the RDCAR approach helps me make a better decision. The case of Desperate Air Corporation (DAC) is a company going through financial difficulties. In hopes to turn the company around the CEO, Benton Williams, wants to sell a large underdeveloped ocean front property on the east coast of Florida (McGraw-Hill). He requests DAC’s Vice President of Real Estate, George Nash, to find a buyer. Nash is able to find a buyer. A developer, Fledgling Industries, wants to turn the land into condominiums, walking trails and recreational facilities (McGraw-Hill). DAC had conducted a full environmental review of the land and found no problems. The buyer and the seller proceeded to negotiate with the sale. During the early stages of negotiations, Dash finds out that the land had toxic waste. Dash confirmed the news by walking over to the site and sees signs of radioactive medical waste. Dash reported his findings to Williams and Williams made it clear to Dash that this sale needs to happen. The state of Florida does...
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...All across America, conflicts with policemen are being highly focused on in the media especially if it involves a black American man or Latino. The media has chosen to pick this racial conflict with aggressive policemen and to broadcast any video they can find online to use to further increase the outrage in the black community. It has become a national issue of unnecessary police violence that seems to be along the lines of past racial profiling. Only incidents where the suspect has an ethnic background have seem to make national news. This past week’s news broadcasts an unfortunate event on April 2 in Oklahoma where a reserve deputy pulled the wrong weapon from his belt and shot a man instead of using his taser in the struggle. This man unfortunately died from his gunshot. This event was followed by another event on April 4 in South Carolina where another police officer shot a fleeing unarmed man eight times which also resulted in death. Both men were of color with their deaths shocking their communities. This had been a routine traffic stop that turned deadly which looked unnecessary from watching a video. In both of these cases the policemen have been charged. Shocking video released just days ago show a male suspect walking the streets holding a rifle and then suddenly being struck with speeding a police car. This incident occurred in February but the video was just released. The police are saying that the suspect refused to listen and follow police directions by...
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...COVER PAGE The inevitable changes among vehicular modal share in the Transport system thirty years from now Phumelela Kubheka, 200675320 This Assignment is submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the Bachelor of Technology Degree in Transportation Management In the Department of Transport and Supply Chain Management Faculty of Management At the University of Johannesburg 03 April 2014 Table of contents 1.1 Introduction …………………………………………....3 2. Transport issues …………………………………….….5 2.1 Amount of travel ……………………………………....5 2.2 Purpose of travel ……………………………………...6 2.3 Public Transport accessibility ………………………..7 2.4 Affordability …………………………………………....8 2.5 Accessibility to shopping complexes, and medical facilities …………………………….…...10 3. The Bicycle modal share ………………………………11 4. Conclusion………………………………………………14 5. References………………………………………………15 Introduction It is important to remember that transport should be made accessible and affordable to people of all income groups. Poverty is seen as a relative concept, and the view is taken that we should not be considering one South African poverty problem, but rather strategies for developing the metropolitan, urban and rural poor households. The households have been further grouped into quintiles according to their incomes. In my quest to answer how likely trends are going to change, I will give an analysis of a broad range of...
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...pieces share is presented differently in each inditing. Robert Frost designed “The Road Not Taken” with specific designs in the narrative that revealed for me as the reader that there was a forthcoming journey. Frost also utilized the word “I” many times, which sanctioned me to imagine him alone. Comparative to this example let us compare “A Worn Path” where Welty utilized the word “she” throughout the writing piece. The linguistic choice inspired my imagination to visualize a woman walking alone. This visualization was reinforced in other places of the writing when the character spoke to animals to get out of her way: “Out of my way, all you foxes, owls, and beetles”. When Welty posed this conversation in the story, it gave me a sense of solitude. The submission that the woman also was walking a uphill path provided the symbolic comparison to a ‘hard life’. Walking uphill for any length of time is exhausting for anyone and when you add the notion of being elderly, it brings pity to this woman walking...
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...vs. dark symbolism is prevalent throughout the boy's quest. “The street light from the kitchen windows had filled the areas”.(91) The dark, blind street also represents as a symbol for Ireland. So here the light becomes a symbol for the country’s future. The boys neighborhood is dark and "brown" drawing attention to the plainness and dreariness of Dublin. (91)He also uses brown to describe the figure of his crush. The "bicycle pump", rusting in the backyard is the decay of Roman Catholicism.(91) The dead priest's home lingers a restraint on the boy. The priest is a symbol of Roman Catholicism in Ireland, and the description of the room where he died reveals, "Air, musty from having been long enclosed, hung in all the rooms, and the waste room behind the kitchen was littered with old useless papers." (91) The stagnant air symbolizes the strong Catholic presence that represses the boys desires. "I imagined that I bore my chalice safely through a throng of foes." (92) The...
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...Leverage, a book by author Joshua Cohen, earned a score of 7 out of 10 because Cohen effectively used foreshadowing. Kurt Brodsky, one of the two main characters in the novel, recently moved into Oregrove from his old school Lincoln after being transferred to a different foster guardian. On his first day at Oregrove Kurt thinks to himself, “My cheeks grow hot and the scars start to itch, uglifying me even more” (Cohen 9). When the author uses the phrase, “uglifying me even more”, it shows how Kurt feels about his scars. Kurt feels as though his scars are what makes him an outlier in the school, and he also thinks that people will make fun of him because of the scars on his face. The reader can conclude that this will be a major conflict in Kurt’s life as he struggles getting...
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...SUCCESSES IN TECHNOLOGY Successes in Technology Leah Andersen Allied American University Author Note This paper was prepared for SOC250, Module 1 Homework Assignment taught by Instructor Jesse Kleis. Successes in Technology Technology has had a major impact on human successes over the past million years. Possibly the single most influential event in the public’s interest when it comes to science and technology, would be the Apollo II mission. The space field has had a major impact and also has provided us with the ability to learn new technology and advance in our latest technologies. Since the first man walked on the moon, science has advanced at a rapid pace; nuclear power, television, jet engines, satellites and computers proved that only the scope of our imaginations could possibility limit our progress. Ever since the first human walked on the moon, humans have looked beyond the moon to Earth’s neighbor planet, Mars. The Apollo mission showed us looking back at a fragile planet adrift in a void, making us second guess who we were and are in terms of species as well as our species’ place in a vast universe. Discovery of alien life, amounting to nothing more but only a string of protein or some nucleotides, most certainly changed our perspective on the role of life in the cosmos. The space technology has vastly changed our life and our way of living. The automobile is a major human success as well when it comes to technology. The early...
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...long ago when he had to fight beasts in order to secure a shelter from the rain. And now... the rain was his only shelter on this civilized island. Udyr gave his wound an indifferent look. He cupped water from the pond and spattered it on the cut. "At least they know how to fight back. In the open world it's not an everyday event to push myself to the edge of my limits and beyond." He closed his eyes and concentrated on the rhythmic, violent song of the raindrops. Hours passed but the wave of relaxation refused to come. Frustrated Udyr stood up and started walking without any thought as to where he was going. "I'm not myself as of late. All that effort the monks put into trying to calm me down was a waste of time." It was now that he realized the rain had stopped and a new dawn has broken. His pace quickened. "I tried to get a hold over my anger, but the animal in me would not die. Maybe it's this place of constant conflict with no real purpose that is destroying my last shreds of humanity." When he finally came into a halt, Udyr felt excited. The inane chatter around him was nothing more than a buzz. His whole body tensioned, his mind almost completely blank. The rage filling his heart gave his eyes a dark crimson glow. A ferocious smile formed on his face with the last sane though in his mind "Then again... Is it slavery when you get what you want?" A loud, clear voice ripped through the...
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...In some works of literature, childhood and adolescence are portrayed as times graced by innocence and a sense of wonder; in other works, they are depicted as times of tribulation and terror. In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the meaning of adolescence is represented by innocence as well as terror which shapes the theme, savagery vs. civilization. The boys’ adolescence is represented by the amount of innocence they present when first arriving on the island. “Ralph pursed his lips and squirted air into the shell, which emitted a low, farting noise. This amused both boys so much that Ralph went on squirting for some minutes, between bouts of laughter”, (Golding, 17). Ralph and Piggy find a shell while walking around the island and try to figure out how to use it. Their innocence is shown through the happiness and enjoyment they get from making a funny noise with the shell. The scene represents their innocent characters before conflicts arise and change them for the worst....
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