Living Large Driving Less Tom Vanderbilt Journal # 3 Summary In the early 1970s‚ slightly more than half of all American children walked or biked to school. However‚ only 15 percent do today. Some of that is attributable to fear‚ be it of "stranger danger". In many cases‚ new schools
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The author Simone de Beauvoir is a woman that discusses the instances of women being oppressed through history in the story "Woman as Other". She talks about how men have been able to maintain dominant roles in virtually all cultures because women have resigned themselves to‚ instead of rebelling against‚ their assigned subordinate status. The author states that men fundamentally oppress women by characterizing them‚ on every level‚ as the Other‚ defined exclusively in opposition to men. Throughout
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idealisms in todays’ world‚ families were indeed much more united in the past‚ rather than how they are today. In the 50’s for instance‚ some say families tended to spend more time together. In the article “What we really miss about the 50’s” author Stephanie Coonts explained how times have changed. “Many families found it possible to put together a good imitation of a way of living‚ in the 1950s’ and the 1960’s. Couples were often able to construct marriages that were much more harmonious‚ than
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The title sounds easy right? Eat to live‚ don’t live to eat. Simple enough. So why do I go to the park and half of the people I see are overweight or severely obese? Why are their kids fat? Why do my coworkers have fat rolls that hang off the back of their chairs? It’s a question I have asked myself over and over again. There have been many theories as to why people are fatter today than they were 100 years ago. Now you can choose to believe the BS about good calories and bad calories or
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project is a mini windmill that uses wind energy to generate electricity. This process is achieved by creating a propeller and connecting it to a motor. This motor lies on a free rotating base that rotates above a stand (truss) that supports the whole mill. Rotating the base to face the direction of the wind is achieved by connecting a back rudder to the base. • How does it work? Electric energy generation starts when the wind rotates the propeller blades – that have
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When a person tells a lie‚ they steal someone else’s right to the truth. Stephanie Ericsson in “The Ways We Lie” explains ten specific lies that she believes are prevalent in today’s society. The reading begins by the “The White Lie” being the most harmless lie. Then she describes “Out-and-Out Lies” being the worst lie because it ignores the truth to escape responsibility. Ericsson attempted to go an entire week without telling a lie to analyze how conversation would be if it were all honest
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COMPANY PROFILE PHILIPPINE FLOUR MILLS INC. (History) PHILIPPINE FLOUR MILLS is engaged in wheat flour milling on 3 April 1961 as wholly owned by GUNZALO PUYAT & SONS‚ INC. The Machineries & Equipments were acquired in the same year from the BUHLER BROTHERS‚ UZWIL SWITZERLAND. Construction of the building; Mill Bldg‚ Silos‚ Flour Bind/ packaging and warehouses were completed in early 1962. The factory was constructed on 49square meters. Production started July 1962 at the initial daily
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Could Have In the poem “Could Have” by Wislawa Szymborska‚ she constructs the poem in such a way that she is speaking not to one singular person‚ but everyone affected by the Holocaust. Szymborska writes‚ “You were saved because you were the first. You were saved because you were the last.” I believe this is her way of broadening the horizon of who she is talking to. From what we know about Szymborska and her past careers as a poetry editor‚ a columnist‚ and a translator we can see that right off
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Outline Readings An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (1789) (Jeremy Bentham) Chapter I: Of the Principle of Utility I. Nature has placed mankind under 2 sovereign masters. a. Pain – What is needed to be given up to achieve happiness. b. Pleasure – What is recognized to make us happy. II. The principal of utility is the foundation of present work. III. Utility = property in any object that produces benefits: if for the community then the community:
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their children from worries and violence. While it may be the instinctional path‚ both Gemma and I want to understand our parents and take a glimpse at their personal struggles to help guide them as they guide us. In “Able‚ Baker‚ Charlie‚ Dog”‚ Stephanie Vaughn writes from a twelve-year-old’s perspective to emphasize the blurred view Gemma has of her parents. When Gemma talks with her mother about going through puberty Gemma observes that “[her mother] must have known immediately what the problem
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