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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independence of all ages. America’s economy propagated leaps and bounds during the 1920s due to the introduction of the automobile by expanding the horizons of business tenfold. Firstly‚ the automobile industry gave way to jobs never seen before. In regards to new business‚ “New jobs due to the impact of the automobile such as fast food‚ city/highway construction‚ state police‚ convenient stores‚ auto repair shops‚ and auto part shops” (Brancheau). The new availabilities in professions enabled a
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A few clouds spread around the sky forming interesting shapes. On the horizon a vapor trail of an airplane draws a perfect straight line. The bright sunshine makes me squint. A cold wind occasionally whips around and causes me to shiver. I go inside of the car to get some cover. As I lean on the seat to get more comfortable‚ I start driving and I continue to look outside. Constant noise of the cars driving by on Sunrise Highway distracts me from being worried about what is going to happen soon. I
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spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences‚ and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon‚ for each day to have a new and different sun . Why does this happen? Mostly because after people get accustomed to a certain way they will usually gain a sense of security within their lives. Plato had an interesting quote about this stating “Here
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Sharnika Buckham Neil Conway ENG1010 P01 April 2014 Life Living With My Grandparents I remember my grandmother being here as if it was yesterday. She passed away in October 2011. She died from an enlarged heart and silent killer cancer. Going to her funeral in her hometown in Jamaica was a devastating and hurtful moment for me. The days I spent thinking of her brought tears to my eyes. My heart felt swollen; I would think to myself this couldn’t be real; she is still here with me. How could
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Drive down the congested coast highway‚ past the Santa Monica Pier. Take a right at Chautauqua Boulevard and for the first time you are finally driving at the speed limit uphill on a winding bourgeois road. Walk to the end of an unsuspecting alleyway‚ past all the gated post-modern mansions that seem to each exist in their own worlds behind lines of lush green foliage and stark white concrete walls. At the end of the road is The Eames House‚ Case Study House #8—the archetypal symbol of post-modernism
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Our Vanishing Night Most city skies have become virtually empty of stars. By Verlyn Klinkenborg If humans were truly at home under the light of the moon and stars‚ we would go in darkness happily‚ the midnight world as visible to us as it is to the vast number of nocturnal species on this planet. Instead‚ we are diurnal creatures‚ with eyes adapted to living in the sun’s light. This is a basic evolutionary fact‚ even though most of us don’t think of ourselves as diurnal beings any more than we think
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APES Semester 1 Review Name______________________________ Date________________ Per___________ 1. What are the primary factors that determine an individual’s ecological footprint? _______________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Why is the average ecological footprint higher in the United States than in many other countries? __________________ ____________________________________________________________
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include city police and sheriff departments such as the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department. Each state has its level of law enforcement as well; example of state law enforcement agencies include the California Highway Patrol and the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) Warden. On the federal level agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)‚ the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Bureau of Alcohol‚ Tobacco‚ Firearms and Explosives
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I was giddy‚ like a five year old practically hopping up and down in my seat. As we exited the highway and began going through town‚ my anticipation grew; everything was beautiful and glistening with the summer sun. Heat waves from the concrete licked at the car tires as we made our way through the furiously hot city. Up ahead a bridge loomed‚ and I was in such a hurry to cross it. We started moving up over the city and then‚ through the shiny window glass‚ I saw the blue-green waters‚ reflecting
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