Road accidents have earned India a dubious distinction. With over 130‚000 deaths annually‚ the country has overtaken China and now has the worst road traffic accident rate worldwide.This has been revealed by the World Health Organization (WHO) in its first ever Global Status Report on Road Safety. The report pointed to speeding‚ drunk driving and low use of helmets‚ seat belts and child restraints in vehicles as the main contributing factors .Every hour‚ 40 people under the age of 25 die in road
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“The Step Not Taken” by Paul D’Angelo is a short story that demonstrates the archetype of monomyth‚ or hero’s journey. The three stages of a monomyth are separation‚ struggle or initiation and return and reintegration. This essay will examine how these three stages are prevalent in “The Step not Taken‚” by examining the narrative and other popular stories featuring a monomyth archetype. To begin‚ the narrator is our protagonist and hero. The protagonist is called to an adventure in the first stage
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“Dead Man Path” The short story‚ “Dead Men’s Path‚” by Chinua Achebe‚ in the short story Achebe addresses the cultural conflicts that exists between Michael Obi’s the central character “European” ideas verses “old” African customs. Obi has a total disregard for the people of the village and his colleagues. The story is set in 1949‚ a rural village in southeast Nigeria. Obi is willing to do anything to ensure that his educational mission is satisfied. He makes every effort to change everything
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Roads and Aqueducts Roads Perhaps one of the more visible signs of Roman influence in modern culture is that of roads. Before Rome‚ roads as we know them today‚ did not exist. In ancient times there were two means of travel: one foot or horseback through the country‚ and ships. In order to connect the capitol to its minors cities and make travel easier‚ roads were built. The Via Appia‚ Rome’s first national highway‚ stretched 32‚000 miles from the capitol to Rome’s southern province of Campania
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Road Accident Road accident is a global tragedy with ever-raising trend. In Malaysia‚ it represents a major public problem because of the high number of victims involved and also the seriousness of the consequences for the victim themselves and to their families as well. Accidents are generally classified as single vehicle accidents in which the vehicle is either colliding with fixed objects or with pedestrians or the vehicle may fall in a ditch and multiple vehicle accidents in which two or more
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Introduction The career path as a surgeon is a physician who specialises in a specific treatment of injury‚ disease‚ or deformity through operations. Surgeon’s correct physical deformities‚ repair bone and tissue after certain impairment‚ or perform defensive surgeries on patients with a major disease or disorder. The changing nature of surgeons has changed in expeditious manner during the past 20-30 years and yet is still planning to change dramatically over the future. The job demands of a surgeon
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In the story‚ with the descriptions of the pretentious headmaster and his lack of respect for the elders and their traditions the narrator clearly has taken sides with the villagers. Chinua Achebe writes‚ "The whole purpose of our school is to eradicate such beliefs as that. Dead men do not require footpaths. The whole idea is just fantastic. Our duty is to teach your children to laugh at such ideas." The main point in question in the story is in reference to the villager’s beliefs and customs and
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Taken The movie Taken written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen and directed by Pierre Morel‚ hit theaters across the country in January of 2009. This movie was a mix between an action‚ adventure and thrilling film. The story started with a man named Liam‚ his ex wife named Lenore and their seventeen year old daughter‚ Kim. The trouble started when Kim convinced her father to let her go to France with her friend Amanda. The girls traveled to Paris‚ and when they first arrived in the unknown
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A Light to My Path by Lynn Austin parallels the stories of two people‚ beginning with their realization of slavery. Anna only has vague memories of her parents‚ of a dream that fades into a nightmare that she can’t remember the end. When she pretends to be a kitten for Missy Claire‚ the plantation owner’s daughter‚ Anna is taken into the big house and dubbed Kitty. Grady has only known life with his mama and playing with Missy Caroline (from A Candle in the Darkness) when he’s sold away from the
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A road trip is the ultimate getaway. It’s the journey‚ not the destination‚ so don’t hurry. Absorb the scenery‚ visit unusual attractions‚ eat in roadside diners‚ knock back a few cold ones in local taverns‚ and strike up conversations with strangers. The unexpected is part of any memorable road trip. During 4 1/2 decades‚ the two of us have driven more than 250‚000 miles while touring the USA in a variety of vehicles including four VW campers. We have motored through all 50 states (we flew to Hawaii)
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