Luis Farfan 3/25/12 Red & Purple The CTA Red line and Purple line have been around for a century‚ and now their durability is running out. CTA have proposed multiple plans for fixing the stations and tracks. There are four plans; no action‚ basic rehabilitation‚ modernization‚ and modernization without consolidation. All of these plans do have a supportive reason on why it should be chosen‚ but modernization without consolidation is the strongest option. Modernization without consolidation
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The Philosophy of The Old Man and the Sea and Ernest Hemmingway Ernest Hemmingway often portrayed his general beliefs about life and his pursuit of purpose in life through his characters. More specifically‚ Hemmingway used Santiago‚ the protagonist in The Old Man and the Sea and his (often illogical) fervor to represent his own moral code. Hemmingway’s life philosophy according to Critic Nemi D’Agostino is portrayed throughout his novel through Santiago’s actions‚ thoughts‚ and beliefs during
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Jesus and his disciples were on a fishing boat in the sea of Galilee‚ and while Jesus was inside‚ sleeping‚ a storm brewed. The disciples‚ many of which were experienced fishermen‚ feared for their lives and woke Jesus in a panic‚ and he said to them‚ “oh‚ ye of little faith.” He “rebuked” the storm; at the sound of his voice‚ the waves fell into calm waters‚ and the storm stopped. When alluded to‚ it can have several meanings. “Calming the sea” can be used in the context of a conflict or issue being
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00 Comparing The Red Room And The Signal Man I am going to write my essay on two very good short stories. The Red Room by H.G Wells and the Signal man by Charles Dickens. I am going to explain how the author progressively builds tension and suspense. The authors use different techniques such as the use of light‚ darkness and colour. The techniques that they use create moods and feelings towards the characters and rooms. The Signalman‚ is written in the first person‚ set in an old cutting
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The Old Man and the Sea Heros are made and remember in many different ways‚ in The Old Man and the Sea by Earnest Hemingway an old man named Santiago show just how he is ideal everyman hero. The Old Man and the Sea symbolizes man different things that we are able to experience in our lives. In this book the great fish I believe represents the struggles and challenges that we must try and over come even if the only person you are doing it for is yourself. Sometimes in life we must do things
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Sea Otter Metabolics and Thermoregulation Sea Otters (Enhydra lutris) have always intrigued me because they are one of the most recent additions to the marine environment having only been fully aquatic for about 1-3 million years‚ but what really peaked my interest was the fact that they maintain homeostasis as far north as Alaska without blubber in 13-17 degree water‚ and that the metabolic rate that they would have to have must be enormous so I decided to look into what it takes to keep an
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At Sea - Simon Armitage The Title to this poem ’At Sea ’ is a neutral title and doesn ’t give away a lot of the meaning to the poem. It doesn ’t necessarily commit to anything specific; it ’s just a statement. This is just like the poem. Armitage hasn ’t completely stated what the poem is about‚ there is nothing to say that it is definitely describing someone/something ’At Sea ’. However‚ there are small links that suggest the ’Sea ’ is being used metaphorically. I think that the summary of
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The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered by teenage shepherds who were treating to their goats and sheep near the settlement of Qumran‚ located on the shore of the Dead Sea. One of the teenagers was throwing rocks into the sea and suddenly he heard a glass break so then he and the other shepherds join him and they go into the cave and they found numerous amounts of large jars containing the scrolls. The Scrolls are thought to have been written by a group of people called the Essenes‚ which are people
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Drama Objective Review: I really enjoyed reading Riders to the Sea. Although it was not always very clear and was slightly confusing it always kept me interested and I couldn’t keep my eyes of the page. I loved the vocabulary that they used in the early 1900s. I thought that it seemed very classy and intelligent. I love the way John Millington Synge described how Maurya (the old woman) lost all of her sons to the sea. He uses very brief and to the point explanations of how Maurya’s sons
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of a white dominated society. However‚ as one examines the American society today‚ such stereotypes still exists and may have been influential in the opportunities presented to the Native American communities or the lack thereof. In the story “The Red Convertible”‚ Louise Erdrich employs images associated with freedom as ironies in order to argue that the “American Dream” is a farce as the stereotypes attached to individual communities‚ in this case‚ the Native American communities will never be
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