Crossing Essays

  • Railway Level Crossing

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    A level crossing is the point at which the railway crosses over either a public or private road on the same level. There are many different types of level crossings including road level crossings for vehicles, and pedestrian level crossings for people. All crossings have a form of protection, and the users has a responsibility to contribute to the safety of a level crossing. The users should aware the dangerous may occurs at level crossing area. Users are respondsible to keep themselve or others

  • Crossing The Line Ceremony

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    onboard the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-61). The sky was as dark blue as the ocean and it was hard to tell where the ocean stopped and the sky began. The captain announced over the 1MC that we would be crossing the Equator and the International Date Line in 3 days and we would be having a Crossing the Line Ceremony which is a very old maritime tradition dating back to the 19th century. It is very rare for a ship to cross the Equator and the International Date Line, a ship normally only gets to cross

  • Washington Crossing The Delaware Essay

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    December 25, Washington and 5,400 troops began crossing the Delaware River to the Hessian stronghold. At this point in time, the Hessians were celebrating Christmas; this was a perfect time for an attack. When Washington and his men arrived, they started attacking the unsuspected Hessians; nearly 1,000 Hessians were captured. Even though the attack was not significant, it raised American spirit. In 1851, Emanuel Leutze created the image of Washington Crossing the Delaware; the painting was later destroyed

  • Business Ethics - Case Study og Global Crossing and Its Owner Gary Winnick

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    Gary Winnick founded Global Crossing in 1997, observing the surge in telecommunications of the 1990’s and utilising it to construct the largest fibre optic network in the world for the purposes of transmission of voice, text, video and other data between 27 countries. The Company went public in 1997, with Winnick maintaining hold of 27% of stock in the company valued at $1.4 billion, and a year later held a market value of £38 billion surpassing Ford Motors. Winnick employed the services of Salomon

  • Diary of Mrs. Amelia Stewart Knight

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    Response on “ Diary of Mrs. Amelia Stewart Knight” When I finished this article I started to realize that the life of pioneers was not just one big adventure, but they had to face some really difficult problems like dangerous river crossing, bad weather, different kinds of accidents and diseases along the way without any chance for medical treatment. But first of all I had make a research to answer one question before all the problems along the way. It is how much did pioneers traveling west

  • The Third Bank of the River

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    essence that is created, the author is able to explore this clearly important topic in greater depth. The importance of the crossing is that, in every case the author presents, it represents the journey from one position to its opposite, continuing until the characters reach their final destination: the third, intermediate situation. It is in this way that father’s crossing has a profound effect on the family (most notably the narrator) and the way they conduct the rest of their lives. The important

  • Death

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    the story The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy, the protagonist undergoes an experience in which he comes face to face with the inevitability of death. The piece is abundant with imagery, careful diction, and religious undertone. McCarthy employs these literary devices in order to convey the protagonist’s deep concern for a wounded wolf he encounters in the wilderness and his quiet sense of reverence, loss and even fear when confronted by the animal’s death. This section of The Crossing begins in media

  • me

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    The Last Crossing #1 National Bestseller by Guy Vanderhaeghe. (Write 3 page review) Canadians are very proud to be a multicultural nation. In 2017, Canada will be turning one hundred and fifty years old and to show your appreciation we are asking all recent immigrants and citizens of Canada to read The Last Crossing by Guy Vanderhaeghe. Fort Whoop-Up border was located between Saskatchewan and Montana which evolves into the cities we see today. Learning historical information about Canada is important

  • Border crossing

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    some of yourself to have room for it all.” For me, border crossing is this form of kinetic learning. It’s the kind of process that leaves bruises, memories, and dirt under your nails. Personally, I have been able to define border crossing more clearly as I have learned to rock climb. Both border crossing and rock climbing approach challenges holistically and horizontally. Perhaps the principles shared by rock climbing and border crossing provide a solution to the problem I see in education today:

  • Crossing Borders

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    Crossing Borders The beat-up Arab minivan slowed tentatively under the scrutinizing gaze of the Israeli soldier on duty. The routine was simple. About halfway between Damascus Gate in East Jerusalem and Ramallah, the West Bank commercial center, the driver, blaring Arabic music on his radio, maneuvered around the dusty slabs of concrete that composed the Beit Haninah Checkpoint. He waited for a once-over by the Hebrew-speaking 18-year-old and permission to continue. Checkpoints-usually just small

  • The Crossing Sparknotes

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    didn’t know the outcome, though, and even though the end wasn’t appealing, it was necessary for both of them to just live their lives and face whatever came their way. This quote is mainly showing that life can’t be predicted, only lived, and The Crossing on proves

  • Crossing the Mangrove

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    As I was reading, I noticed that most of the characters involved in Crossing the Mangrove have strong opinions stemming from race and class perspective. They live their lives with harsh lenses of judgment by categorizing their fellow Guadeloupian neighbors by race, success, heritage and gender. Francis Sancher came to inhabit the island of Guadeloupe, and people became suspicious of this “foreign stranger”. I found it interesting that most of the women within the novel felt positively towards Francis

  • Cause and Effect Essay - The Right Of Way

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    the brakes, literally coming to a screeching halt. Had the man and child started across the street and the screeching car not been able to stop, it would have hit the already stopped car pushing it forward, hitting the man and child. Pedestrians crossing the street are in more danger now that the law in being enforced, then they previously had been. The enforcement of this law has increased the risk to both drivers and pedestrians. The New American Webster's Dictionary defines jaywalking as:

  • General Palmer Railroad Negligence Case Study

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    1. Purpose - To prove negligence of both General Palmer Railroad and engineer Lee Thompson in regards to the accident that killed John Goodson. To prove that current railroad regulations and procedures are not adequate to prevent grade crossing accidents. 2. Question at Issue - How are the engineer and railroad negligent? What could have been done by the engineer and railroad company to prevent the accident? Would more training have invoked a different preventative response from the engineer? Are

  • Cell Phone Use While Driving should be Banned in all States

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    Cell Phone Use While Driving should be Banned in all States Imagine you are driving down the road and you begin to notice the car in front of you is swerving. You start to wonder if the driver may be under the influence; you keep a close watch on the car, but keep your distance for safety precautions. All of a sudden the driver slams on their brakes to avoid hitting a pedestrian and you end up rear-ending them. Later you discover that the driver was texting on their phone and almost hit the pedestrian

  • Traffic Volume Study

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    designing traffic facilities, selecting geometric standards, economic analysis and determination of priorities. They use this to justify warrant of traffic control devices such as signs, traffic signals, pavement markings, school and pedestrian crossings. The also use this information to study the effectiveness of introduced schemes, diagnosing given situations and finding appropriate solutions, forecasting the effects of projected strategies, calibrating and validating traffic models. Transportation

  • Crossing the Line

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    According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, preoccupied drivers are responsible for nearly 80% of all crashes in the United States (Teen). The majority of driver distractions can be blamed on cell phones. Despite laws banning the act of cellular use while behind the wheel and commercials advising against it, young drivers addicted to sending text messages are often unfazed by these attempts and continue to put lives at risk. In response to this rising trend, the Gwent Police

  • Improving Streets Lighting In El Paso: Article Analysis

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    A major problem that most residents in El Paso, TX face would be the lack of street lighting in certain neighborhoods. Drivers are at risk of being injured when driving down these kinds of conditions. As it gets darker earlier the visibility becomes poor causing it to be harder to see, making the driver unaware of their surrounding and giving them a higher risk of creating a dangerous situation for pedestrians. When these problems occur drivers can be unaware when pedestrians are walking, which mean

  • Civil War: A Short Story

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    Manhattan, New York, a booming city of trade and wealth, but it wasn’t always that way. There was a plane hauling a hazardous toxin from Libya, a nation that has been fighting a civil war for 6 years, to Area 51. The toxin supposedly was to be studied and stored. Unfortunately, the plane destined for Area 51 crashed into the busy streets of Manhattan, therefore causing more than 90 people to be infected with the toxin. The 90 people started to infect others. News organizations scrambled their teams

  • Conde's Crossing the Mangrove

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    Identity in Crossing the Mangrove “I like to repeat that I write neither in French nor in Creole. I write in Maryse Conde,”1 (“Liaison dangereuse,” 2007) is a statement that could not be less accurate for the Guadeloupean writer. Writing in French is especially problematic for post-colonialist Francophone authors; using the language of the colonizer while attempting to dismantle cultural and linguistic hierarchy seems to be an act of futility. To be sure, Conde, the author of Crossing the Mangrove