Road accidents have earned India a dubious distinction. With over 130‚000 deaths annually‚ the country has overtaken China and now has the worst road traffic accident rate worldwide.This has been revealed by the World Health Organization (WHO) in its first ever Global Status Report on Road Safety. The report pointed to speeding‚ drunk driving and low use of helmets‚ seat belts and child restraints in vehicles as the main contributing factors .Every hour‚ 40 people under the age of 25 die in road
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Many literatures follow a Monomyth‚ which is a hero’s journey. The story‚ “The Step Not Taken" by Paul D’Angelo is an example. The narrator is seen as a hero involved in a personal quest on how to react to other’s suffering. The hero of the story goes through three sequential stages. These stages are called separation‚ struggle or initiation‚ and return or reintegration with gift or power. This essay will detail the three stages of the monomyth. The story first begins with the separation stage
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Drawing on what you have learned from the Making Social Lives DVD and Learning Companion 1‚ describe some inequalities on City Road. Contemporary Britain over the last fifty years has come to welcome a wide and diverse community made up of nationalities‚ races and religions‚ none more so‚ as seen on City Road in Cardiff. This particular street is featured in the Making Social Lives DVD and Learning Companion 1 (LC1)‚ from which it is evident that there are noticeable differences and inequalities
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Question: To what extend would you agree with this description of the Silk Road (Internet of Antiquity) and his (Yo-Yo Ma) comparison of it to the Internet of our world today? A comparison of the Silk Road and the Modern Internet surprisingly reveals that these two systems share their own similarities and differences. From analyzing both systems‚ it came up that the modern internet could be a repeat of what happened in the Silk Road‚ although in a more advances and modernized way! Now‚ although these
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Financial Times discuss the economic argument for extending road tolls across the country. Road tolls cure form of road pricing and have already been introduced by the M6 spur road “M6 Toll road opens‚ the barriers at the M6 Toll booths were raised for the first time at 1010 GMT after a ribbon-cutting ceremony at which Transport Secretary Alistair Darling was the guest of honour” stated in the bbc article online and in the article “M6 toll road around Birmingham opened in 2003” ‚ as it means of correcting
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make the roads safer for all who use them. This work involves driver licensing and ensuring that new and renewing drivers are aware of safety’s critical role when behind the wheel. For the state’s youngest drivers‚ obtaining your license is a time of joy and freedom‚ but it comes with great responsibility. Two years ago Connecticut imposed tougher teen driving laws for 16and 17-year-old drivers. These laws‚ along with stiffer penalties‚ were put into place to keep you safe on the road as you learn
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If you notice warning signs at your company that clearly say‚ "Somebody’s going to be leaving here on short notice‚" don’t wait until you’re handed a pink slip to start thinking about your next career move. Here are nine tips that can help make a layoff less traumatic‚ and put you on track to quickly land a new job. Assess Your Next Move It can be unnerving to show up for work every day knowing that a layoff is looming. Help relieve some of that tension by taking stock of your professional situation
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Morons in Miami (and Other Cities and Countries‚ but Mostly Miami): Analysis of Dave Barry’s “Road Warrior” While driving on any road in America‚ and perhaps any other road on earth‚ motorists are not calm‚ not cool‚ not collected. They disobey the rules of the road by driving slowly in the left-hand lane; they disobey the rules of the road by trailing in extremely close vicinity behind the drivers ahead of them (so close that their front bumper occasionally collides with the alleged normal driver’s
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The Road to a Revolution The American Revolution was a major event‚ which resulted in America gaining its freedom from England‚ during the last half of the eighteenth century. From the very founding of each settlement‚ America promised people a new life in which one could live in happiness without being prosecuted. The founding fathers of America knew the potential the colonies had to offer to its people and chose to fight against the British for freedom. Many events had occurred that lead the
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president Kennedy to the lunar landing in 1969 was ham packed with events that shaped American history. Although America was engaged in the Vietnam War‚ there was plenty of development at home to run the idea that a new era has arrived. With influential speakers such as MLK and JFK‚ it was obvious that change was coming to the then segregated America and would leave America not only less racist but willing to help other minorities. The lunar landing in the late 60s showed Americans what the human potential
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