Light Pollution is a threat to Wildlife‚ Safety and the Starry Sky A After hours of driving south in the pitch-black darkness of the Nevada desert‚ a dome of hazy gold suddenly appears on the horizon. Soon‚ a road sign confirms the obvious: Las Vegas 30 miles. Looking skyward‚ you notice that the Big Dipper is harder to find than it was an hour ago. B Light pollution—the artificial light that illuminates more than its intended target area—has become a problem of increasing concern across the
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I’m comfortably sitting‚ watching a frozen landscape of farmland‚ forests and tiny villages fly by my window. Drifts of snow rise and fall like endless frozen waves as skeletal trees scratch at the sky across the distance‚ disappearing over the horizon‚ as the sun sets in a radiant arc of crimson fire. The world is bare‚ open and‚ above all else‚ interesting and full of wonder. This is what should make train rides important to travellers. Modern conveniences like email‚ smartphones and supermarkets
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The first day of the trip to Florida started off with the cars on the highway being bumper to bumper; we were at a stand still. My parents spoke to me in a tone that sounded like they were using a blow horn. The first day made me want to explode‚ for my blood started to boil every time my parents spoke to me. Later on that same day‚ we all decided that it would be a good idea to go to the beach. The tension between my parents and I began to grow‚ because I just stopped talking. After another thirty
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Every Sunday morning‚ I set my alarm clock early and get out of bed as if it were any regular school day. After quickly eating my breakfast and freshening up‚ I hop in the driver’s seat of my car with my dad guiding me as I drive down Highway 96‚ wind around the lake‚ and arrive at the nursing home. I began volunteering at Johanna Shores August of my sophomore year. When I first started‚ I still felt strangely new to the idea of leadership. I was so used to talking to people my age that conversing
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a burning fever. With all of this going on Craig prepared for their evacuation by getting the house in order before Katrina hit on Sunday. Around mid-day they decided to get on the road; unfortunately‚ the highway was backed up. Craig then decided to take a different route on a two-lane highway; traffic flowed at first but that too got backed up. Due to the extensive amount of traffic and the effects of the storm‚ they stopped at a hotel. They had wanted to stay with Alice’s parents but there were
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nature‚ as I stand outside on the back porch‚ the sun is shining and the birds are singing‚ the smell of freshly cut grass fills the air and the mild breeze feels so refreshing on my skin. In the background I can hear the faint sound of traffic on the highway‚ cars busily heading to their destinations. It has been breezy for a couple of days now‚ but the sun is shining and the clouds are moving. As the day progresses‚ the wind speed increases and the temperature steadily decreases making a visit to the
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River and flood the valley. In a famous quote Muir says‚ “no holier temple has ever been consecrated by the heart of man” (Muir 112). Abbey employs a highly sarcastic and satirical tone to outline the consequences of further expansion of roads and highways into national parks. He aims to incite anger with sharp language and insults to draw the reader in emotionally. “This is a courageous view‚ admirable in its simplicity and power… It is also quite insane” (Abbey 422). Both pieces easily stand alone
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anyone seeing her dead body on the highway would know at once she was a lady” (O’Conner p.446). It seems morbid that the grandmother has chosen her outfit with the thought in mind of how she would look if she was found dead on the side of the road. The inclusion of the grandmother’s line of thinking here foreshadows her death. As the family continues on their trip‚ O’Connor continues to give the reader clues on the tragic outcome. While driving down the highway‚ the family “passed a large cotton
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the inconvenience of the homes loss when the bridge and freeway were build‚ but no action were taken to build the park. In April 22‚1970 the final straw had arise‚ Mario Solis a Chicano student had found out that the city was planning to build a highway patrol station. He decided that was the end of it‚ he went door to door handing out flyers to spread the word. By the next day 250 people had gather to at the spot to but an end to it‚ the occupation of the Chicano park lasted twelve days and the
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Desiring Transportation 1NC A. Transportation infrastructure striates space by channeling mobility through government-approved conduits of desire. This excludes minorities from the planning process and allows for the segregation of entire communities in the name of efficiency. Cresswell 2012 (Tim‚ Department of Geography Royal Holloway‚ University of London‚ “Constellations of Mobility‚” www.dtesis.univr.it/documenti/Avviso/all/all181066.pdf.) Mobility is channelled. It moves along routes
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