... More specifically and the topic I want to focus more on is that people should avoid taking the handicap parking spaces for granted. Some people absolutely need this option to limit the amount of distance they have to cover to get to their destination. So people need to avoid taking the spaces because they’ll be right back, or no one needs to park here, or whatever reason they can concoct to justify their decision. The only exception of course is if you have a state issued handicap sticker or license plate. Without either these two things it should be off limits to you. What some people do to cheat the system is to drive handicap relatives’ vehicles to reap the rewards of a closer parking spot. This is another case where people are just flat out rude. People with this option available to them, should do the honorable thing. Working at King Soopers, there are a lot of different people that come through the store. Some elderly people take advantage of their stickers and use these parking spaces in order to have a more efficient shopping experience. Which is the way it should be. There are some unfortunate instances where some people expect to be in and out quickly, but don’t respect that there might be someone else trying to use the spot. There was one instance where an older lady in a wheelchair had to park further away from Kings because a car was in the last available handicap spot without state issued stickers. She came to me about this matter because I was outside pushing...
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...The scenario case for this is a case decision for a college student who was in an accident and is now in a wheelchair. The young man now needs handicap accessible ramp for entering one of the music buildings which he finds detrimental to his music degree. The problem that has arisen is trying to find a solution to this situation without the obstruction of an historic school building. Historic landmark building vs. handicap accessible alterations. The lesson at hand provides us with the case and scenario in which “A second-year student at State College is majoring in music and uses a wheelchair to get around. Since he has been at State College he has been unable to use the music building on campus because it has really tall steps and no ramps. He has had others carry him into the building at times to use the facilities but considers this to be a hassle and detrimental to his music studies. State College counters that due to the age (200 years) and historical architectural significance of the building it would cost over $1 million to add ramps to make the building ADA compliant.” The ADA law states that the definition of disability is defined as (A) a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities of such individual;(B) a record of such an impairment; or(C) being regarded as having such an impairment. ("U.s. equal employment," 1990) In learning from our text, any person(s) with a disability also is required to have fair accommodations...
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...INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS AND GROUP PROCESSES Going Green to Be Seen: Status, Reputation, and Conspicuous Conservation Vladas Griskevicius Joshua M. Tybur University of Minnesota University of New Mexico Bram Van den Bergh Rotterdam School of Management Why do people purchase proenvironmental “green” products? We argue that buying such products can be construed as altruistic, since green products often cost more and are of lower quality than their conventional counterparts, but green goods benefit the environment for everyone. Because biologists have observed that altruism might function as a “costly signal” associated with status, we examined in 3 experiments how status motives influenced desire for green products. Activating status motives led people to choose green products over more luxurious nongreen products. Supporting the notion that altruism signals one’s willingness and ability to incur costs for others’ benefit, status motives increased desire for green products when shopping in public (but not private) and when green products cost more (but not less) than nongreen products. Findings suggest that status competition can be used to promote proenvironmental behavior. Keywords: altruism, environmental conservation, costly signaling, status competition, consumer behavior ported that the number one reason for purchasing the car is because it “makes a statement about me.” What statement does the Prius make? “It shows the world that its owner...
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...1. Chapter 13: Page 184 – “Extraordinary” – he had delivered a smashing performance, and everyone was comparing it to Seabiscuit’s extraordinary run in the Santa Anita Handicap. “Extraordinary” means very unusual or remarkable. This means that everyone was surprised that Seabiscuit had such a run that he wasn’t used to. Page 191 – “Masterminded” – Howard had masterminded a situation that made refusal costly. “Masterminded” means plan and direct. This means that Howard was in a position that he didn’t want to refuse because it would cost him. Page 194 – “Undulating” – The grandstand became undulating, endless sea of earth-tone fedoras and ladies’ spring hats. “Undulating” means to move with a smooth wave like motion. I am not sure about this one but I believe that the ladies hats was floating and going around the grandstand Page 194 – “Straddle-legged” – The horse stood straddle-legged, as if perpetually bracing himself against a strong wind. “Straddle-legged” means that the legs are wide apart. This means that Seabiscuit was resting his legs since he was injured he had his legs wide open to rest them up. Page 217 – “Shimmered” – A smile shimmered over smith’s face. “Shimmered” means shine with a soft tremulous light. This means that Smith had a bright smile on his face. 2. Chapter 14: I really like the picture on chapter1 that’s when Howard was driving his Buick race car. this car is an antique and that was his first business which...
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...Twenty years cannot handicap your mind for your future English 219 Jan. 28, 2015 It was time. It was overdue. She tossed the empty water bottle into the trash and opens the front door to leave her home, in the quiet neighborhood. As Laney walked into a clean updated looking office, with her scarf around her neck, she didn't want to be too late for the job interview. After all, these years, a real job interview first time in a long time. She handed the security guard an appointment card and went into the elevator, she exhaled noisily. "I'm never doing this again, I can’t believe I’m doing it now." she said, closing her blue colored eyes for a moment. Now on the second floor, she opened the glass door to Suite 2 and glanced at the welcome sign of the Medical Facility. The receptionist looked up from her desk with a smile and asked Laney to hand over her resume. Once she took Laney’s resume the receptionist let her know that it would be a few moments until Rachel, the head of HR, finished with a client and invited her to sit in the lobby to wait. With her sitting straight in a modern mustard chair by the door, Laney folded her hands on top of her legs to wait and couldn’t help but ponder her past. It was May of last year, three months after she had turned 45 and over 20 years since she had held any kind of a job. Laney never intended to become a stay-at-home mother for this long. "I loved the whole thing," Laney...
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...characters, Vonnegut implies that equality is impossible to achieve if you don’t fight for it. The character of George Bergeron symbolizes all the people who are upset because they have to wear handicaps,...
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...every way. No one is smarter, stronger, or better looking than anyone else. Some people are perfectly average and don’t need handicaps, like Hazel. On the other hand, her husband, George, has to wear a mental and physical handicap. Everyone is required, by law, to be equal. However, their son, Harrison, is so far from average and so powerful, that they have to lock him up in prison. Harrison wants to overthrow the government. He realized that this “equality” was taking away everyone’s individuality and it wasn’t really equality anymore. A lesson that shines through this story is that equality can only go so far...
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...For example, in “Harrison Bergeron”, the Handicapper General and the people of the government weighed Harrison down so much physically and mentally because they knew what he was capable of without those handicaps. (Vonnegut 197) Any society is in danger of not thinking and Vonnegut uses the character Harrison Bergeron to show what can happen when someone breaks out of the handicaps that they were given and thinks for themselves. “Even as I stand here -…crippled, hobbled, sickened- I am a greater ruler than any man who ever lived” (Vonnegut 198) This is what Harrison said right before he broke free of his handicaps. He gave the people in the audience a chance to think for themselves when he asked who wanted to be his “Empress”. (198) This was not received well by the Handicapper General and she shot both Harrison and his Empress. However, in this short time of freedom some people experienced life without their handicaps and even with the General’s attempts to keep Harrison’s rebellion quiet, it was seen by everyone. This one moment of a person thinking for himself could have given someone in the audience the idea and courage to overcome the handicaps given to them by those who wanted to hold them...
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...ballerinas. The ballerinas littered with handicaps to hide their talent and beauty. All of a sudden the tv program is interrupted by a new bulletin. The news bulletin proclaims that Harrison Bergeron has escaped out of prison and should be considered extremely dangerous. Right then Harrison busts in the studio and appears on stage. He declares to everyone “ I am the emperor, and i will be the greatest of all time” . He then asks for someone to some forward and be his empress. A beautiful ballerina steps forward and takes off her handicaps to join him. They fly up into the air sharing a kiss. Suddenly Diana Moon Glampers rushes into the room with a...
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...H-G men taking their son away because, they had short thoughts. Georges short of thought where due to a handicap in his ear that went off every few seconds. The H-G men and government made Harrison wear major handicaps. Harrison wore a tremendous pair of headphones, and spectacles with thick wavy lenses. Harrison’s spectacles were to make him not only half-blind but to give major headaches. Scrap metal was hung all over him. He looked like a walking junkyard. Harrison carried three hundred pounds. To offset his looks the H-G men required that he...
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...If you force people to be equal it could kill them. The characters in Harrison Bergeron and the Scarlet Ibis get forced to be equal. Then they figure out that they won’t be equal and then when they are close to being like the others they both die. Harrison and Doodle show that it's harmful to treat people equality because Harrison and Doodle both die because they were pushed past their handicaps. In Harrison Bergeron The Handicap General put Harrison in handicaps so he could be equal to everybody else. They did this so no one was different from another. It was harmful to Harrison because he is strong and with more weighted handicaps he has the stronger he’ll get. “Nobody had ever born heavier handicaps. He had outgrown hindrances faster than...
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...beauty, strength, speed, and mental capability through the use of handicaps, such as a mental handicap that emits a loud noise every twenty seconds or a canvas bag padlocked around a person’s neck carrying varying weights of birdshot. George wore strength and mental handicaps, but Hazel had none. However, their son, Harrison Bergeron, handicapped to the maximum, wearing the bags of birdshot as well as a large assortment of scrap metal and headphones...
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...about his symbolism in this piece. The handicaps, in the story, are given to people, these devices are used in order to cripple one's specialties, who are smart, fast, strong, or even pretty. The symbolism in the piece of literature’s purpose is to show a struggle. The handicaps in the short story are used to convey this, this is relevant since throughout the story mental handicaps get worse and worse, every one of the ballerinas have hideous bags over their face, this just shows that in the real world if we truly strive for everyone to be absolutely equal would come with a great deal of a struggle will...
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...Specifically on page 40, “‘...You can rest your handicap bag on the pillows, honeybunch.’ She was referring to the forty-seven pounds of birdshot in a canvas bag, which was padlocked around George's neck.” The handicaps represent the government’s “solution” to equality, but it’s only causing harm to the citizens because of the different weight they all have to carry. Vonnegut also includes symbolism to help us realize the government also plays a role in the society by including “It was then that Diana Moon Glampers, the Handicapper General, came into the studio with a double-barreled ten-gauge shotgun. She fired twice, and the Emperor and the Empress were dead before they hit the floor.” Diana M. Glampers symbolizes the government’s manipulation of making their citizens think that an equal society with handicaps would be better, however the government has more power which isn’t a true equal society. Vonnegut describes the removal of handicaps as “...tore the straps of his handicap harness like wet tissue paper” when Harrison was freed and “revealed a man that would have awed Thor, the god of thunder.” (Page 43) Harrison portrays defiance and instead of following the law of wearing handicaps, he removes them to relay a message that an equal society isn’t fair. In essence, Vonnegut uses symbols throughout his story to elevate the distinction of an equal and an...
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...must be easy access for disabled people. The regulations cover all sorts of disabilities from those who need a cane to walk to those who are visually impaired or blind. Most property owners or managers, and people in general now understand the importance of the inclusion ADA signage, handicap signage, ADA tactile signs and other similar signage inside buildings. Make Disabled Visitors and Customers Feel Welcome in Your Establishment One benefit to displaying ADA signage, handicap signage and ADA tactile signs throughout your building is that you make all handicapped people feel comfortable and welcome in your building. They will be able to find their way around your building and locate the various rooms they need to visit without a hassle. Whether they need the restrooms, stairwells or area of refuge, the Handicap Signage and ADA Tactile Signs will help guide them....
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