The concept of ride sharing has evolved immensely over the last 50 years from its onset – as carpooling served as a way for commuters to circumvent the high gas prices of the 1970s. To the present day‚ where hipsters and business men alike utilize companies such as Uber‚ Lyft‚ and SideCar as an alternative to a crowded and often unreliable public transportation system as well as the price-gouging from taxi drivers. From my interviews with a part time Uber driver and frequent passengers‚ the consensus
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Sally Ride was an American Astrophysicist and an astronaut. In 1978‚ Sally Ride joined NASA. One of the most prestigious jobs you can acquire in this world. She was a very intelligent woman‚ who worked very hard for the life she earned. Ride had considered a career in professional tennis; she was an amazing athlete. Especially when it came to tennis‚ which was her favorite sport. She decided that a career of being an astronaut would take her much farther in life than a short-lived career as a tennis
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Stacie Golebiewski Title: Along For The Ride Author: Sarah Dessen Setting: A small beach town of Colby‚ North Carolina Characters: Auden West is the protagonist in the story. She was a quiet girl who didn’t know that she didn’t have the life a normal teenager should have until she met Eli Eli Stock starts out as a secretive outsider because his best friend Abe died in a car accident when a man ran a red light. He kept his feelings all to himself until he met Auden. Eli and Auden taught each other
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Michelle Cronin Professor Radford English 101 8 October 2012 Begging for an Escape “Joy Ride” is a short story written by Richard Russo. It features a boy‚ John Dern‚ and his mother‚ who both long for an escape from their lives at the time. This story follows the theme that one key aspect the human condition is the search for an escape. At some point in life‚ most humans wish to escape their past and present state of living. There may be many motivating factors behind this. However‚ most attempt
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Who bait the hook? Based on artifacts found on the suspect’s hard drive‚ it not possible to determine the attacker’s identity‚ but then I can think of at least three theoretical hypotheses: First Hypothesis the first hypothesis is based on the email number 20 from Jean’s Inbox sent by Alison on the 6th July 2008‚ 20:25:14 with the Subject: By the way… : where Alison wrote “Looks like the woman we turned down for the job…” It’s possible that the woman mentioned in the email may have felt‚ somehow
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The Tiger Rising In The Tiger Rising Rob Horton often used similes when referencing his struggles. The first one mentioned on page three it states‚ “Rob had a way of not thinking about things. He imagined himself as a suitcase that was too full‚ like the one that he had packed when they left Jacksonville after the funeral.” Rob is comparing his mind to a suitcase that is full and locked up‚ if his mind is too full then he won’t have room to fit any new problems in. Rob uses this reference in
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Randi Mitchell 5/1/13 Ride Along Paper I went on my ride along on Tuesday‚ April 30 with the NM State Police. I rode along with senior patrolman Israel Rodriguez. I had a lot of fun and think I learned a lot about how law enforcement actually works. The officer showed that he is always thinking about the law and how he has to be very careful in what he does so that he doesn’t get god evidence suppressed in court because he makes a small mistake. He said that it’s hard enough to get evidence admitted
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happened during the civil war. Some include Glory and Gettysburg. One such movie is Ride with the Devil. It is a movie about the American Civil War along the Kansas- Missouri border. It was released in November of 1999. This film was based on a historical novel by Daniel Woodrell‚ Woe to Live On‚ published in 1987. The elements in this film are accurate and could have happened during the American Civil War era. Ride with the Devil‚ staring Tobey Maguire and Skeet Ulrich‚ is an action packed movie about
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Police ride-along I did a Police ride-along with Sergeant Kota. Sergeant Kota was a very exciting and outgoing person. I could not have picked a better place to go for my community service. I made my way to the small Peoria Police station at 1 pm. I walked into the station‚ and Kota met me inside. We entered his police car and hit the streets. The first thing that we did was pull over speeders. Anybody who went over 80 miles an hour got pulled over. The
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major differences in their poetry? Notice that some topics ask only for comparison‚ others only for contrast‚ and others for both. But it’s not always so easy to tell whether an assignment is asking you to include comparison/contrast. And in some cases‚ comparison/contrast is only part of the essay—you begin by comparing and/or contrasting two or more things and
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