Refugee Blues W. H. Auden’s poem of despair‚ misery‚ and isolation‚ “Refugee Blues”‚ describes the hardships faced by two German Jewish refugees attempting to escape Hitler’s Germany. Published in autumn‚ 1939‚ Auden is surrounded by the anti-Sematic hatred that is growing in Germany six months prior to the outbreak of World War II. Auden utilizes this environment and the experiences of German Jews to express the abuse of human rights and the sentiments of refugees. For the near two thousand
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The Blue Bouquet Have you even been in a situation when you have gone from total innocence to experience in a short period of time? In the short story “The Blue Bouquet” written by Octavio Paz‚ the main character starts off by waking up from a nap and going on a walk even after being warned not to by the owner of the boardinghouse. Whilst out the protagonist gets stopped in the middle of the night by another man with a knife who wanted something very unusual. It wasn’t money or jewelry; it was
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The Blue Zones The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who’ve Lived the Longest by Dan Buettner talks about the author’s research in different places who have people who live into very long years of their life in a few areas of the world who claim to have the highest number of the oldest people. Blue Zone is a concept used to identify a demographic and/or geographic area of the world where people live measurably longer lives‚ as Dan Buettner describes in his book. The concept had
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David Sibbitt Texting and Driving‚ You Never Know Not a care in the world. Teenage years are supposed to be the best time in my life‚ because all I have to worry about is me. Why should I care about the next person? Who can I hurt by sending out this text? My girls and I are just fooling around and having some fun and I’m just texting some boy teasing my friend in the back. It will only take a second to send this text and then I’m right back to being focused on the road. What can happen in a second
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Time to erase ’blue laws’ Sell a turkey‚ be prosecuted? Faced with that ominous threat‚ managers of Whole Foods Markets quickly dropped advertised plans to open their 16 stores in Massachusetts on Thanksgiving. Last-minute shoppers searching for trimmings were out of luck. So were employees who wanted a chance to earn double pay. (Related: Opposing view) The natural-foods grocery chain could have faced criminal penalties for running afoul of the state’s laws that bar most commercial activity on
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subconscious state. When the brain is in this state‚ it triggers the first response problem solving tactics known as defense mechanisms in order to help find a solution to the crises at hand. In the nonfiction article Defense Mechanisms‚ David Straker shows the common types of defense mechanisms that humans use to solve stressful situations and crises. These types of Defense Mechanisms that Straker talks about in his article are clearly seen in the fictional text The Turn
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Ashlynn Smith Mrs.Nowlin 3A November 8‚ 2012 Drunk Driving Every year thousands of people die from drunk driving. Some survive a car accident‚ but others aren’t so lucky. Drunk drivers should have more punishments than what we have today. It would make the roads a lot safer if we had more cops out‚ make the blood alcohol level lower than it is now‚ and make the punishments stricter. This would of professional cops and law enforcements are highly trained‚ competent professionals
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and Cognition: Investigating Driving and Divided Attention Shamsi T. Iqbal‚ Yun-Cheng Ju‚ and Eric Horvitz Microsoft Research One Microsoft Way‚ Redmond‚ WA 98052 {shamsi‚ yuncj‚ horvitz}@microsoft.com ABSTRACT Conversing on cell phones while driving an automobile is a common practice. We examine the interference of the cognitive load of conversational dialog with driving tasks‚ with the goal of identifying better and worse times for conversations during driving. We present results from a controlled
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Abstract: The objective of Experiment 1 was to observe some chemical changes. While observing the chemical changes in elements I also experimented with household cleaners to see how much chemical properties relate to our daily lives. Chemical changes occur all around me and I go without noticing them all the time without a second thought. This experiment opens my eyes to different chemical reactions occurring around me. This experiment also shows the importance of dilution. If I did not dilute something
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Driving under the influence has affected many people’s lives and families. Today I would like to talk to you about the problems of drinking and driving‚ and why it is a concern for all of us. Driving under the influence is one of the most common and dangerous situations you can put yourself or someone else in. The fact is that drinking and driving is a huge deal and can leave a long trail of broken dreams and hearts. If you drink and drive‚ not only are you putting yourself at risk‚ but your
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