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North County Transit District (NCTD) Rules of Riding When one reads the NCTD rider’s guide (a booklet available on all buses and online) it becomes clear that NCTD has policy that is directed at people who rely on personal utility devices, for example, shopping carts. While NCTD does not prohibit personal shopping carts from coming onboard the bus, these utility devices are not allowed to take up space on the bus, they must be folded and placed between the seats. The idea is to avoid blocking…

The compelling and mysterious element approximately the extraterrestrial beings in District 9 is the deep ambiguity that they represent. Are they a culture of superbeings, extra advanced than us? Their spaceship, looming highly over Johannesburg, appears to indicate that. Or are they cockroaches; wicked, subhuman, corrupt; so decayed…

Perseverance instills itself into individuals during stressful times. There are several references in the poem to Penelope’s perseverance both in her faithfulness to Odysseus and her performance of the duties of a traditional housewife over the twenty years her husband was away. The painting is a visually representation of this perseverance by showing Penelope intently concentrating on weaving the shroud while her suitors try and persuade her with music and gifts. The themes of perseverance,…

While there are reasons as to why guns should be taken away, there is always a more significant reason as to why they should be controlled instead of banned. There are news articles stating that guns should be banned from society, however, this can lead to massive chaos. Don B. Kates’ article of why banning guns can be more harmful gives the reader logical reasoning of why machinery is a necessity. However, Gerald Ensley’s articles says that guns should be taken away completely but has no valid…

Homosexuality has been an overly heated debate since the beginning, and it still is in some parts of the world. Society believes that a man and a woman are predestined for each other. that a correct union can only be between a man and a woman. These societal norms leave those who do not fall into the category confused and lonely. Consequently, they hide their true self and take on a double role. Similarly, Annie Proulx suggests the challenges men, who fail to abide by societal norms, face about…

Vernon Motorsports opened in 2002, it is a locally owned and operated business located in the northern section of Vernon within the auto mile. This is a retail business that sells new and used motorcycles, all-terrain and utility vehicles, personal watercrafts, snowmobiles and outboards (Vernon Motorsports, 2015). They also have a full-service department that can take care of any and all needs their customers machines may need, as well as all the accessories and clothing to go along with it.…

In composing Hero and Leander, Marlowe primarily used Musaeus Grammaticus’s version of the myth, as well as “epistles XVIII and XIX of [Ovid’s] Heroides” as his source material (Keach 86). Like Shakespeare, Marlowe reimagines this classical narrative about love and desire by infusing it with more aggression and sexual conflict. However, the most notable difference is that Marlowe’s poem does not end with the death or “blood” of the titular lovers foreshadowed in the opening (I. 1), as Marlowe…

“I don’t believe we were put here with all our differences to conform to a uniform state of mind” (Teclai). Standing up for one’s beliefs is a conflict in Jerome Lawrence and Robert Lee’s Inherit the Wind. In Inherit the Wind Bertram Cates must go against the Bible-loving citizens of Hillsboro, and dares to teach the Theory of Evolution. Cates is put on trial for his actions and the famous Henry Drummond must defend Cates and the right to thought. Henry Drummond’s fairness, empathy, and wisdom…

Shooting holes in the Gun Rights Movement “Your dead kids don’t trump my constitutional rights” Since the United States of America declared its independence on July 4, 1776, guns have been an integral part of American identity. They have represented both a direct check on a possible tyrannical government and a symbol of what being American means. But if we examine the history of the 2nd Amendment and guns from a deeper perspective, we see why it’s such a controversial issue. Guns, especially…

On Saturday 04/15/17 at 2258 hours I was dispatched to a residential burglary in progress at 12924 SE 301st ST in the City of Auburn, King Co, WA. Dispatch advised Jackie Chapman stated her neighbor, Coreen Wood, who lives at the above address, asked her to call 911, because people were breaking into her residence. Dispatch also advised Chapman stated Wood was out of town in Las Vegas, and was receiving text messages from college students living in her residence stating a tall black male was…