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The car ride back from the hospital is terrifying. Half of me wants to shut my eyes to block out the city that is whirring past me; the other half is too scared. This is the first time I have been in a car since my accident. I always heard that the first ride is the hardest; I always laughed at the cliché things the doctors said to me. "It 's okay to cry." they said. "It will be hard." they said. I am certainly not laughing anymore. The seatbelt seems too heavy on my delicate new skin and I…

Most teenagers weekend consists of going out to a family party or hanging out with friends and forming new memories and great experiences, but not all teenager weekends consist of harm befalling upon them. In my case, like most teenagers, I never imagined that I would be a victim of violence until the night I went out with a few friends to what should have been a night of regrets, mistakes, and learning experiences, but instead it ended up being a night of pain, sadness, and anger. On the…

The car we saw earlier that night had come back and driven straight where we were sitting. All I could think about was how they could 've known that we were in the bleachers. The last time we had seen them was in the parking lot. Were they watching us? While they were driving towards us, they turned on their brights; we ducked down to where the car couldn 't spot us. Karlee frantically looked for the phone to turn off the ringer and the music; clever move. But what choice were we going to have…

Sheridan road to drop the girls at their house. Just before I reach Broadway and Devon I heard someone calling my name “Yonas please wake up wake up”. I saw my car going in the wrong direction towards the street light, I panicked and hit the accelerator pedal that makes the accident horrendous. The airbag came off and hold my head against the wheel. I can see a smoke coming out from the engine and the street light on the ground. It all looks a dream to me. I pushed the door hard to open it and…

INTRODUCTION: The suspect threatened to hit the victim with a 4-Way lug wrench and a piece of plywood. The suspect then threw a large rock at the victim 's living room window as the victim stood in front of it all in violation of PC 245(a)(1)-Assault with a Deadly Weapon. LOCATION DESCRIPTION: The location is a two story apartment complex located on the southwest corner of Orange Grove Boulevard and Cypress Avenue. The victim’s living room window is on the east side of the residence and faces…

It was a warm quiet night and I was just getting ready to leave my job so that I could go and purchase the thing that I had been wanting for many years. I was really excited while I was walking home although it was dark and the street was very dull. As I got home from my creepy walk, I waited for my friend Sam to come over my house. I had been saving my money for a long period and it was time to buy my first car.…

strategy have been extremely successful thus far. They are the second oldest publicly traded auto company in the United States behind Ford, and are starting a luxury sports car company from scratch. They are being called the Apple computer of the Automobile industry and have in fact hired Apple’s former retail chief to build their new distribution model. However, their Direct Sales Model strategy has yet to be proven effective in the long…

must detect, making it useful only in specific highway systems that would implement it [6,7]. One of the earliest example of a self-sufficient, fully autonomous car is from the Eureka PROMETHEUS Project in 1987, led by Ernst Dickmanns and several automobile manufacturers [6,7]. Their first successful prototype, VaMoRs, successfully drove for twenty kilometers in speeds exceeding 90km/h, using two cameras and several sensors and microprocessors. Less than a decade later, newer prototypes made…

Personal Experience Paper My eyes explode open. The vehicle’s cabin is filled with a gray, dusty smoke. Something is wrong. What just happened? Muscle-memory kicks in. In combat situations, leadership and training, is essential to defining the life-saving steps for any situation. Be, Know, Do and the NCO Creed are the cornerstones for the successful noncommissioned officer. “The Day”, Baghdad, Iraq General David Petraeus was the Commanding General, Multi-National Force - Iraq (MNF-I).…

The United States is built on different cultures and it all started with the pilgrims coming over for religious freedom. The idea caught on and people from all over the world came for many reasons whether it be religious freedom, running from the law or just to start fresh everyone is from a different culture. In the movie Crash, a handful of people from Los Angeles are struggling with racism, cultural differences and power issues in a time right after 9/11. A few things to know for this…