The realistic tone of ’Save Us From’ seems all too familiar to those who have spent a night driving through an unknown area on the long stretch of interstate. Constantly glancing down at the gas gauge‚ we’ll guess how much farther it is till the next gas station; the next oasis of life amongst the dark‚ impersonal night. This poem by Roo Borson highlights our efforts to seek comfort and beauty in the unnatural. "Save us from night‚ from bleak open highways without end‚ and the fluorescent oases
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The poem entitled “Kid’s race equality” brought instant tears to my eyes when reading it. Although‚ I am a very sentimental person as is‚ this poem struck me in a way that such important issues like ones of race equality aligned with kids will. As children grow up‚ there is a sense “color-blindness” to their peers racial differences‚ class distinctions‚ and individual dissimilarities. It is society‚ media‚ and family who enhance that color in such a bright way that it is almost blinding to see‚ and
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The company’s total losses/expenses as management has estimated are $11 million. The total amount that the auditor might suggest would be about $18.6 million. This means that the materiality threshold is broken for materiality of misstatement of net income‚ even though as shown below‚ each entry itself does not break that threshold by itself. The deferred costs can be divided over the next 2 years. So this year’s entry would be as follows and there should be a disclosure note about the remaining
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Leon manipulates Father Paul’s Ministry to serve his Pueblo’s purpose after the death of Teofilo‚ someone who could be seen as an important figure within the Pueblo’s. Silko changes the short story’s basic structure to accommodate for cultural representation and adaptation throughout the changes of time. The simple way of Silko’s storytelling may seem confusing or strange to some‚ but in the context of the story; it is necessary. Silko does not give any of the characters any type of individual personality
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Ways to save electricity Nowadays many people have electricity‚ but they don’t know how to use it wisely. There is many way to save electricity. We must use electricity wisely. 1. Way is only use electricity when needed. 2. Replace all of your inefficient incandescent light bulbs with energy efficient CFL bulbs. Replace halogen spotlights with much more efficient and longer lasting LED Spotlight. 3. Hang your clothes out to dry rather than using an electric tumble dryer. Ideally use a spin dryer before
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Beginning in the late 1950s‚ the Space Race was a pivotal time for scientific development in both nations it involved‚ The United States of America and the Soviet Union. Initiated by the Soviet launch of Sputnik 1‚ the two nations commenced the race in a frenzy of advancements‚ yielding as a byproduct‚ functional technology for present day use. To what extent has technology originating from the Space Race been developed for widespread use in present day United States? In this investigation two of
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a. The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 b. There is no question or argument that on May 31- June 1921‚ a race riot took place in Tulsa that ultimately left an unknown number of people dead‚ and many more than even the highest estimates of those who killed homeless‚ humiliated‚ and horribly in debt. That these people in the next decade‚ during one of the worst periods of racism against them‚ overcame all that and succeeded in rebuilding is amazing. These are people‚ living and dead‚ are people to honored
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Olivia Castillo Eng. 110 Mr. Lewenstein 10/23/14 Save the Planet Essay In today’s society‚ people are exposing our planet to more harmful chemicals every day. The chemicals are able to help in succeeding with some experiments and new inventions‚ but too much of it is causing great damage to our environment. For example‚ contamination of chemicals can occur in the water we drink. In-taking the water is dangerous for everyone and can most likely affect our health. Also‚ too many chemicals can add
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Save Money on Foodstuffs – Eating Home-cooked Food In today’s economically stressed world‚ people are looking for more ways to save some money. Eating even at a moderately priced restaurant can prove to be too expensive for an average family. Apart from that‚ restaurant food is not healthy too‚ as they have more fats and salts than home-cooked foods. A multitude of office-goers prefer to have their lunch in the canteen as they do not have time to cook food in the morning. But it would be better
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Save More Tomorrow : Using Behavioral Economics to Increase Employee Saving Richard H. Thaler University of Chicago Shlomo Benartzi University of California‚ Los Angeles As firms switch from defined-benefit plans to defined-contribution plans‚ employees bear more responsibility for making decisions about how much to save. The employees who fail to join the plan or who participate at a very low level appear to be saving at less than the predicted life cycle savings rates. Behavioral explanations
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