...the left side of the road. This gives you the best chance to see traffic approaching closest to you and take evasive action when needed. • Cross Safely: Mom was right: look both ways before crossing any street. At controlled intersections, it is wise to cross only when you have the pedestrian crossing light, but even then, drivers and bikers may have a green light to turn and won't be expecting you to be in the crosswalk. Make eye contact with any drivers who may be turning. Give them a wave. Make sure they see you. In a car-walker interaction, you can only lose. • Walk Single File: Unless you are on a sidewalk separated from the road or a wide bike lane, you should walk in single file. This is especially important on a road with lots curves, where traffic has only a split second chance of seeing you before hitting you. While it can be enjoyable to walk down the road two to three abreast chatting merrily, drivers don't expect it and you may lose your best walking buddies. • Stay Aware of Bikes and Runners: Share the road and path with bikes and runners. Bike riders should alert you when approaching from behind with a bike bell or a "passing on the left/right." Listen for them, and move to walk single file, allowing them to pass safely. Runners should also call out for passing. Bike-walker collisions can result in broken bones or head injury for either — and you aren't wearing a helmet. • Be Visible: Wear bright colors when walking in daytime. When walking at night, wear light-colored...
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...Take this test! But don't scroll down until you finish! * First, write 1 through 11 in a column. * Then, in the first and second spaces, fill in any two numbers you want. * In the 3rd and 7th spaces, write down the names of members of the opposite sex. * Write anyone's name (like friends or family...) in the 4th, 5th, and 6th spots. * Write down four song titles in 8, 9, 10 and 11. Scroll down to see results. Do not scroll until you finish writing! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Results * The name in space 3 is the one you love. * The person in 7 is the one you like but can't work out. * You care most about the person you put in 4. * Number 5 is the one who knows you very well. * The name in 6 is your lucky star. * The song in 8 is the song that matches with the person in 3. * The title in 9 is the song for 7. * The tenth space is the song that tells you most about your mind. * And 11 is the song telling how you feel about sex! From the following sixteen facts, try to determine: A. Who drinks the water? B. Who owns the zebra? 1. There are five houses. 2. The Englishman lives in the red house 3. The Spaniard owns a dog 4. Coffee is drunk in the green house 5. The Ukranian drinks tea 6. The green house is immediately to the right of the ivory house 7. The Old Gold smoker owns snails 8. Kools are smoked in the yellow house 9. Milk is drunk in the middle house 10. The Norwegian...
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...Katy Humphrey, was on her way to visit her grandparents. She had been driving by herself to meet up with her brother halfway to their grandparents. It was pitch black out and her car had ran out of gas. She had no cell service and at the last gas station she had passed a half hour ago said the next gas station is 300 miles away. She had no cell service and no way of calling anyone. The last gas station she passed, about an hour ago, was the between 300 miles. She had gotten out of her car waving her arms to see if anyone would stop and help her. No cars had stopped instead they kept on passing by. She couldn't see much with it being dark out but with the lights shining from the cars she an outline of a little car on the side of the road. She ran across the street to see if anyone was in the car. She couldn't see...
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...On Thursday, June 9, 2016, I responded to 3457 Hillsborough Road, the Kroger’s fuel center in reference to a trespassing call. Upon arrival, I met Mr. Willie Marcus Brown an armed security guard with Dunbar Company. Mr. Brown stated he was at the fuel center. He exited his vehicle to purchase an item when he heard his vehicle’s door close and witnessed a white male in the driver seat of his vehicle. The suspect locked the doors and was revving the engine but could not place the vehicle in the drive gear. Mr. Brown at this point said he used his spare key to unlock the vehicle’s door. As he open the vehicle’s door he was struck several times by the suspect who was attempting to get away in the vehicle. Mr. Brown over powered the suspect and...
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...I Used to Live Here Once, is the journey through life; comfort in the predictable elements of life. The theme of the story is best supported by two literary elements: symbolism and the point of view of the story. The point of view, third person omniscient helps develop the familiar tone of the journey. It helps the reader feel the comfort and security in the journey. The symbolism, for example, the fragility of the sky, helps develop this idea that even though there is predictability in the journey, there is still this element of uncertainty or hope. It’s like thinking you know what comes next in the journey, but when it actually happens as the traveler was hoping, there is this sense of relief and comfort. There’s nothing worse than walking a “familiar” journey that suddenly becomes “unfamiliar.” Even after reading the story I went back and read it again, knowing the end, and actually felt that I could relate even closer to the familiarity of the journey. As the traveler steps across each...
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...Critically discuss the lack of rural roads and its impacts on female headed households. Female headed households are households which are dependent on women for all the household duties, and managing of the house both financially and getting all the duties in the household done. (gupta, et al, 1997).This essay will therefore be focused on the challenges female headed household members get through on a daily basis,and issues of service delivery and access to services in relation to their surrounding environment. Female headed rural households deal with a wide range of challenges on an everyday basis, and because these homesteads are based in rural areas.one of the major issues for them is transportation. Due to lack rural roads transportation may be limited or very expensive for them to afford. (Biljana, et al, 2014). Moreover the lack of transportation hinders the efficiency of getting everyday activities done.this would then result in them having no other option but to walk long distances, to get everyday activities such as water and wood fetching,accessing healthcare and educational facilities,selling and buying products from the markets as a way of genereating income and getting employment. Moreover walking long distances would mean that they have to carry all the loads with them and the most efficient way of doing this is by head loading ,although carrying the heavy loads on an evryday basis may seem as a way of life, it also poses an enormous strain on their bodies...
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...the article “ There’s Never Been a Safer Time to be a Kid in America,” by Christopher Ingraham, spring folds the spotlight parents are put on about letting their kids have free range while being unsupervised or having to be by their side while the child is wanting to go somewhere just down the road. This has parents contemplating on letting their child be alone even though there really is no reason to be dwelling over the worst that can happen. Marc Elrich, chairman of the Montgomery County Council’s Public Safety Committee, refers to Ingraham by stating “walked more than a mile on his own to school” and baffled that “All of our parents would have been in jail” if there was a problem with letting your kids walk safely down the road. Thus persuading the fact that kids should be able to be unsupervised because it is safer than it used to be; for example, child mortality rates have decreased, abduction rates have dropped, and children pedestrians being struck in traffic had fallen tremendously. The importance of imagery in this article is used to give the audience a sense of direction in order to see Ingraham’s point of view. He gives a clear analogy of how two siblings, 6 and 10, were walking home when they got picked up by the police and detain them in the car for three hours. Ingraham uses the words “searching for you frantically” to give the audience an image of what the parents would be doing if their children didn’t make it home. The image, “the sun sets, night falls,” gives...
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...It’s easier to ignore the truth and live in fear but once we get over our doubts, though it’s difficult we can change the darkness to light. We can live in truth and goodness but it’s scary, suffer through much and sometimes there are consequences but living the right way in truth without fear is worth getting there. Although this was hard to live by because my world was turning upside down. Asking myself why now? Why her? She meant so much to me and my family. My aunt was a loving person, always caring for others and focusing on the good. My aunt Jamie was a very passionate kindergarten teacher at Sugar Creek Elementary School. She loved the field of knowledge and brought it to the classroom. She sincerely cared for her kids and encouraged them to be better. She had an impact on almost all the students she had, everyone loved her as a teacher because she was upbeat and enjoyed the kids. The other teachers also loved working with her throughout the years. Aunt Jamie always did more than what was required because she thought that the kids should deserve more. Another great thing my aunt did was adopt a child who I am thankful for today to have as a cousin. Shauna was always part of the family because my aunt would invite her to the annual cooks forest trip every summer. Although one day she decided to ask Shauna if she wanted to officially be apart of the family and to live with my aunt, uncle and other cousins. My aunt was able to provide Shauna with a better life...
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...Milk It was a very calm and cold night of winter; my boyfriend and I were studying very hard for our last tests of the semester. We needed to buy milk, hence, we decided to make a little break and go to the supermarket. We got in the car while we decided that was better to go to Monroe, a little town next to our town, thereby, we could take some air. When we were on the road we saw a house full of police cars, we got nervous and just kept going. Suddenly a police car appears behind us, we didn’t know what to do, therefore, the police turn the lights on, they obviously wanted to pull us over. We finally stopped and they got out of their car, we opened our car windows and felt even colder. They started asking so many questions for hours, we didn’t know what was happening; the only thing we knew was that we are Chilean, they are American racist and they didn’t like us. They took Sebastian, my boyfriend, out of the car and kept interrogating us. I remember perfectly them saying, “What´s your name? Where are you from? Where are you going? Why are you going so far? Who are you? What were you doing at home? Why do you have this car? How did you get this car?” we felt like we were suspicious of a murder. After an hour of rude interrogation, neither Sebastian nor I understood what was going on, they just kept asking and asking. When the police finally decided to stop asking questions, they told us why we got pulled over, “We stopped you, because your light in the back is not working...
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...becomes conscious of the situation, they are getting robbed. “It took place in the beginning of summer at about 9 p., by the Neighborhood Walmart,” says Connor. *** Connor and his friend Luke Mullen are starving and craving food. They came upon the agreement to go to Walmart by Harrison by South 168th street. Instead of walking or getting a ride, they decided to use the two hoverboards that Connor owns. “We just really didn't want to walk,” says Connor. As the sun sets, it surprisingly did not seem to get colder. It was “pretty warm” says Connor. It is around 10:30 p.m when they arrived at Walmart. They hung around, picked out...
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...Lifting Up While Helping Out I believe that ***** could benefit from a program that allows people in need to help other people in need. This program would be run by people who are not only needing help, but are helping others who are in need themselves. Driving through St. James on any morning when school is in session you are sure to see children walking. Some walk with their parents, some walk alone. One might think that the reason for walking comes from a desire for fresh air or exercise, but the observant passerby will notice that these same people are walking, regardless of the weather. It may be pouring down rain or below freezing temperatures, and you will surely see the same familiar faces, walking to school, cold and wet. Strike up a conversation with the carhop at Sonic and you will soon find that she is a widower trying to raise her mentally-handicapped son alone. She lives in the motel down the road because she doesn’t have enough money for a car or for the deposits needed to get into a rental property. She will tell you that she is slowly sinking and knows not what to do. I have heard the same desperation, over and over, throughout the years. All one needs to do is take the time to care about another human. Take the time to ask and you will hear their stories and feel their desperation. The program I would like to introduce would take these same people who so desperately need help and pair them up with others who also need help. Almost like a bartering system:...
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...One day, not so long ago a family of Steers went on a vacation. The long road trip to Myrtle Beach consisted of many stops, arguments, and exhaustion. When they were traveling along the borders, they couldn't help but stop for some grass. There were certain areas in which no rich grass was planted. The herd would constantly go into panic mode until they approached the thick, tasty greens. The beach was calling their name. Finally they reached the space in which they were going to camp out for the week. The cows specifically had a conversation about not messing with the dolphins, and to walk off. As the day went on Nosey little Bessy decided to take an adventure. Approaching the beach, she found the giant mansion in which the dolphins live. She began to pick up the shiny pearls and start throwing them at the door. Minutes later the main dolphin Nelly was bursting out the door full of anger. This was just the start of an amazing...
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...Surprisingly, I was starting to warm up a little right about the time we arrived at the swamp. Although it was still dark, we could tell that the swamp stood iced over. Jamie went in first breaking the ice as he crept on the way up the duck blind about forty yards from the water’s edge. The rest of us followed behind him carrying our gear and also, the decoy bags his gun, shell bag, etc. At the time, it looked to me that the water level was down a little because Chevy and Piper actually swam out to the blind the last time we were here. Now, Chevy and Alex are still walking most of the way to the blind. Now comes the time to spread out the decoys. Though, first, we need to go out and bust up the ice in front of the blind so that the ducks we plot to call at, and decoy, can land in open water. Now, finally we are finished setting up and are getting back into the blind. Waiting for sunrise, we all lock and load our shotguns and pull out our duck calls and dog whistles. Still waiting for sunrise, we quietly sit still and are listing to the sounds of nature. We can hear Mallard ducks in the sky, nevertheless, cannot see them. Chevy is shaking with adrenaline and looking at us wondering why we are not shooting yet. Alex remains on the floor of the blind...
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...Visiting Mukuvisi Beautiful scenery and well cut paths make visiting Mukivisi Woodland a pleasure for the entire family. Learn more about what is available at the Woodland by also looking at our Events and FAQs page. Hope to see you soon! Opening hours are 8am to 5pm every day of the year. Admission - Weekends and Public Holidays * Pensioners over 65 years: free Adults: 4 USD Children 5 to 12 years old: 3 USD Children 0 to 4 years old: free Church groups: 10 people for the admission price of 8 Activities at the Woodland * Bird Park Entrance: * Adults: 1 USD Child 5-12 years: 0.50 USD * Horseback safaris: * Adults: 12 USD Child 5-12 years: 10 USD Child 0-4, riding with adult: 5 USD * Walking Safari with guide: * Adults and children: 6 USD per person. * Bird Walk with guide in Animal Reserve: * Adults and children: 20 USD per person. * Bike Ride or walk (without guide): * Adults and children: 5 USD per person. * Weekend Pony Ride: * children: 2 USD. * Conference and Functions: * Rondavel hire - individual party: 60 USD + entry fees per person Electricity: 5 USD Photographer for special functions: 20 USD * * Special bird walks: 20 USD per person for a three hour birding experience. 10 USD for each additional hour. * Braai stand hire: 3 USD Charcoal per bag: 7 USD Wood per bundle: 3 USD * Bush Camps for children: These are ideal for up to 30 Grade 7 children...
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...Liw Panichakornkul Professor Crowe LANG 120.013 30 November 2011 I think the purpose of this essay is to show? How she was scared about leaving, not knowing anyone. But at the same time she loved it and missed her home town. Good Things Fall Apart, So Better Things Can Come Together When I regularly came home from school and hanging out with friends around 7 in the evening, my mother surprised me with some news. She grinded and said that she had something to tell me. When I saw a smile on her face, I was excited to hear it. “You are going to America.” she said. I stopped smiling and turned my face into a frown. I didn’t want to go. I didn’t want to leave my house, school, families, and best friends that I have for my entire life. “But mom, everything is expensive over there. ” I tried to give her as many excuses as I could think. I added, “I’m not going to have any friends. I don’t know how to speak English. It is impossible for me to study over there. I don’t want to go. Please, let me stay here.” “You will be fine. You have your brother and your dad there. What are you afraid of? Your dad has been there for many years. All he wants is to see his kids succeed with good education. Look at your brother; he is fine over there. So you will be ok.” she said. I was sitting on a mountain of wet tissues. I would miss my friends a lot. I wouldn’t be able to hang out with them after school every day until 7 o’ clock anymore. Since I had no other choice, I had to come...
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