One out of every ten cars sold in the United States has a manual transmission. Being able to operate a manual transmission is a very important skill to have available. There are many reasons that manual transmission cars are the better choice to drive‚ but the only downfall that manual transmissions have is that the learning curve when starting out can be hard to get used to. What makes operating a manual transmission harder is that there is a third pedal‚ and you can stall out your car. Once the
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I can’t begin to explain how reading has enriched my life. I live in a small fishing village called Lancaster‚ 200 miles northeast of Anchorage‚ Alaska. It’s strictly a fishing and mining town with a year-long population of 424. We’re a loyal‚ self-sufficent group‚ and count among our ranks five teachers‚ an architecht‚ two medical doctors and a dentist. Unfortunately‚ we are over three hours from the nearest city‚ limiting our access to most cultural events‚ athletics and other typical extracuricular
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announced that the cleanliness drive will be implemented for one whole month. If any associations come forward to clean the mess‚ then the MCC will extend its helping hand by providing needed materials and men‚ he had said. Mayor said that a few schools and colleges had responded to the drive for two to three days. “There was no good response from the public. A total of 31 associations including schools and colleges had approached the MCC. A few had taken up the drive on October 2‚ on its own. The
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The first scene of Drive (Nicolas Winding Refn‚ 2011)‚ has the audience following the main character on a fast paced‚ high suspense getaway scene. This first scene introduces the main character and his job as a getaway driver and creates a suspenseful hook to bring the audience into the film’s world. The scene starts out with a black screen. A man’s voice is heard in the background. The shot fades in to a map of downtown Los Angeles with words and annotations scrawled all over the page. The audience’s
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Drive When I saw the trailer to Drive‚ I wasn’t to thrilled to see it. The night it came out‚ my friends asked me to see it. I said yes but my decision was based on the fact that Bryan Cranston had a roll in it. I had pretty low expectations walking in but when I walked out I remember telling myself “that is one of the best movies I have ever seen”. I couldn’t pinpoint exactly what about the movie I really liked. It wasn’t until a second viewing‚ through seeing the movie from within‚ that
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DATE : October 5 ‚ 2006 TO : Board of Directors ‚ Pechanga Casino Entertainment Center FROM :SUBJECT : Red Cross Blood Drive Despite being responsible for half the nation ‘s supply of blood and blood products ‚ the American Red Cross ‘ supply for donated blood has fallen dangerously low . Although during highly publicized disasters when people are eager to help out by donating blood ‚ it is a fact that in calmer times ‚ only 5 percent of eligible donors think of donating blood .Donated blood
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Jade Johnson November 30‚ 2010 SA 5005 Social Welfare Policy and Services Drug Addiction: A Hobby or a Disease What is Drug Addiction Whether talking about any drug addiction: alcohol addiction‚ cocaine addiction‚ methamphetamine addiction‚ or even heroin addiction‚ the pattern is the same‚ the person tries to escape some physical or emotional pain by taking drugs. This could be a physical or emotional pain‚ or the discomfort of boredom‚ peer pressure‚ and/or lack of social skills. The
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Don’t text and drive Victoria Guerriero Image Analysis “Five seconds is the average time your eyes are off the road while texting. When traveling at 55mph‚ that ’s enough time to cover the length of a football field.” (2009‚ VTTI). While texting and driving has always been an issue since people were able to text on phones‚ it has not gained much media attention until recently. People may have sent an occasional text while driving ten years ago‚ but because the keyboard was
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Film analysis - Drive The movie Drive stars Ryan Gossling as the dark and mysterious “Driver”. He works as a wheelman for hire in Los Angeles. At daytime he stunt drives for film productions‚ and at night he’s steering getaway vehicles for armed heists. When he meets his neighbour Irene (Carey Mulligan)‚ a vulnerable mother‚ he falls in love. When her boyfriend Standard (Oscar Isaac) returns from prison‚ Irene and her son gets dragged into a dangerous underworld. Driver acts as the superhero in
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drivers and passengers on the road. A common reason responsible for these accidents involve texting while driving. Texting and driving projects horrific accidents whose consequences can be fatal and life changing. AT&T supports drivers to not text and drive on the road through their “Don’t text while driving” advertisements. In one of the short stories‚ a young man suffers from brain damage as a consequence to the text message “Where r” he was sending while operating a motor vehicle. Another one of AT&T’s
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