Bourne Bridge

"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" is a short story by American author Ambrose Bierce set during the Civil War, and is famous for its irregular time sequence and twist ending. It features one main character named Peyton Farquhar, “a well-to-do planter, of an old and highly respected Alabama family” (Bierce 2.1), and the events leading up to his death. The author illustrates this character in various ways to show that he is an imperious, foolish, yet devoted man. A characteristic of Peyton…

Furquher in Ambrose Bierce’s An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge pays the price for being a heroic and courageous citizen by being suddenly sentenced to death. Peyton shows his courage by having devotion for the south with an intention of destroying the owl creek bridge. Although he is aware that it might cost him his life and also his families’ life, he was willing to do that. Peyton’s ultimate destiny is to be hanged for attempting to burn the bridge, but there is a plot twist. The narrator…

Buena Island (YBI) are receiving an improper Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) rate. San Francisco and Oakland are separated by a toll bridge and are less than ten miles apart, yet are considered to be two different military housing areas (MHA). The two MHA’s have significantly different BAH rates. There are eight counties in the bay area with a total of six toll bridges with a total of five MHA’s in a very compact area. Ultimately, members who are stationed at YBI are being forced to make…

Introduction The San Francisco BART is an important rapid transit system that connects San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa and San Mateo. It is open 365 days a year and operates between 4 a.m. to midnight on weekdays, Saturdays from 6 a.m. to midnight and Sundays from 8 a.m. to midnight. In 2015, BART had about 126 million annual passengers and a weekday average of 423,120 passengers. Saturdays see an average of 207,539 users and Sundays have an average daily ridership of 151.562 people. The…

(105 km) into the Atlantic Ocean and covers more than 400 miles (640 km) of shoreline Cape Cod has been separated from the mainland since 1914 by the Cape Cod Canal, but the Sagamore Bridge, the Bourne Bridge and the Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge make access and transportation. Cape Cod is divided into 15 towns: Bourne, Sandwich, Falmouth, Mashpee, Barnstable, Yarmouth, Harwich, Dennis, Brewster, Chatham, Orleans, Eastham, Wellfleet, Truro, and Provincetown and each town has several villages.…

improve my therapeutic communication skills with clients by eliminating blocks to communication. For the protection of my client’s privacy, she will be referred to as Ms.B. During my first clinical day at the Cardiology unit I had a great opportunity to bridge the gap between a doctor and a client by providing translation service. As a bilingual nursing student, I was asked by the doctor to be a volunteer interpreter and translate the conversation between him and non-English speaking Ms.B. The…