Diversion

“The House was Quiet and the World was Calm” describes how I feel when I am home alone. With the house to myself, I am free from the noise of the blaring T.V, constant ringing and vibrating of cell phones, and loud voices. It is then when I usually pursue activities that require quiet, usually reading or relaxing. The sense of peace that overcomes me as I am alone in the house allows for intense focus. When I am alone and reading, I can immerse myself in the text. Stevens writes the “reader…

Addiction is a complex disease with serious physical, emotional, financial, and legal consequences (StuNursing.com, 2016). Drug addiction can affect anyone regardless of age, occupation, economic circumstances, ethnic background or gender, its progressive and chronic (StuNursing.com, 2016). Nurses have increased access to controlled substances, contributing to a higher incidence of dependency, the sooner substance use is identified and treated the sooner patients are protected and the better…

they may not know about gun safety and or how to use it. This could turn into a harmful situation. If we arm teachers do the school boards have the policies and procedures to govern the carrying and use of firearms. Arms in schools is a dangerous diversion as it can be an evil factor for children and young people. One example that leads to danger of arms in public is shooting of Sandy Hook Elementary School where…

Suffocation of the Mind Sigmund Freud once stated “The goal of all life is death.” Under Freudian Theory, (Which pertains to Id, Ego, and Superego) this is a relatable and credible statement that gives possible reasoning for Dylan's doings. However, Dylan’s actions were forced by his overdeveloped Id Eric. Cullen’s novel Columbine, displays Eric as sole perpetrator, responsible for the Columbine shooting. Eric’s over overdeveloped id caused Dylan, who is going through a state of deep…

The Hoover Dam is one of the greatest megastructures in the world, for many reasons. This Dam spans the Colorado River in Black Canyon between Arizona and Nevada, about 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas Nevada. In the early 19 hundreds there were extreme flooding from the melting snow in the Rocky Mountains that had came down to the Colorado River. Because of that this is when they decided to construct a dam to control the water flow. Arthur Powell Davis, head of the U.S. Bureau of…

the Canadian battles of World War Two states, “The Germans were caught unprepared as they thought the operation was merely a diversion…Their disorganized troops were not able to withstand the assault,” (Zuehlke, 394) Zeuhlke explains how unaware the German troops were of the attack and that even with the D-Day operation in place, the German army thought that this was a diversion. The Canadian surprise attack caught the troops off guard which allowed the Canadian army to infiltrate deeper into…

The Lion King was set in the African savannah, where the food chains were vast. The king of the “pride lands” was Mufassa. He was the head lion of the pride of mostly female lionesses. Mufassa’s brother, Scar was greedy and selfish. The pack lived on pride rock, a habitat that provided shelter and way for the exponential growth of the population of lions. At the beginning of the movie, Sarabi bore a child for Mufasa and named him Simba. Simba was next in line in the hierarchy of ancestor lions.…

Genesis to Revelation – The Camera Divya Shukla Wilmington University Genesis to Revelation – The Camera One of the very important invention having the capability to capture memories is the camera. Many thanks to Johann Zahn, the inventor of the very first camera in 1685. But, the first photograph was clicked by Joseph Nicephore Niepce in the year 1814, as per (Tomo, 2010). The use of camera expanded and got to be basic when the camera telephones were presented. Indeed, even my 3 years of…

successive Australian governments sought to address increases in demand for water through taxpayer-funded infrastructure projects and mandated diversions (for environmental demand, such as maintaining flows to conserve fish species). But the infrastructure projects failed to keep pace with demand, especially during droughts, while the mandatory diversions resulted in conflicts, especially between agricultural users and environmental pressure groups. The brief describes how, in response to a…

The Axis divisions, virtually ignorant of what was transpiring on the other side of the lines, threw themselves against the Allied defenses from July to early September without success at El Alamein. After the Afrika Korps initial stop at El Alamein, Rommel’s army emplaced approximately 500,000 mines, The Devil’s Garden, along the 40-mile strip ensuring British tanks could not launch a surprise armor offensive. However, on the night of October 23, 1942, General Montgomery initiated Operation…