Ferry

So it's 3:00 on january 3rd,a cold one too, and here I am sitting in this uncomfortable wood chair in this huge line. What are you waiting for you ask. A concert? A new resteraunt? The dignity to say you have been standing in line for five hours? Not even close. Im sitting here in this broken wooden chair to get on a ship to go to america. Yes, america. The people who eat 1 dollar cheese burgers that you can buy from almost every street corner in america. Here in france, we take pride in our…

Ellis Island is an island located in New York Harbor and sits right next to the Statue of Liberty. The island is most well-known as the gateway for millions of immigrants arriving in America. The island opening in 1892 and existed for more than sixty years before closing in 1954. When “new” immigrants came to America, they were determined to be fit for entry at the immigration station at Ellis Island. Thousands of people passed through the island every day. The island is remember as the first…

Imagine spending 5 days outdoors listening to music and having a good time. Autumn Kerr did this when she went to the creation concerts. At 17 years old, Autumn is someone that i have just met this year and she is a junior at hempfield high school. On august 30th I interviewed Autumn and learned many interesting facts about her family, school life, and also her personality and hobbies. While talking with autumn i learned many interesting details about her family life. Autumn, a 17 year old born…

South had. To make matters worse for the South, “some abolitionists actively helped runaway slaves to escape [southern plantations] via ‘the Underground Railroad” (1). Furthermore, in events such as the Missouri Compromise, Bloody Kansas, and Harper’s Ferry, the South began to solidify their negative view depicting the North as a power-hungry abolitionist movement. The final turning point was when Abraham Lincoln ran for and won the presidency as a Republican who was part of a party that opposed…

angry, rowdy, disrespectful, violent, and they are heard curing God. At this point, you reach the River Acheron , where Charon is. Charon has a big beard, rings of fire around his eyes to try and make him look demonic, and his job in Hell was to ferry should to deeper levels of Hell. When Dante is recognized as annoying and a nuisance by Charon, that means that Dante is a good person and does not deserve to be in Hell. Dante has to show Charon the bough that he had to get ferried to the deeper…

political crisis. He was a conservative Democrat, opposed the Abolitionists, nevertheless against the radical Southerners. However, his politics benefited the Southerners. In 1859 the Abolitionist John Brown and his troops attacked the arsenal Harper's Ferry in Virginia. He wanted to found a new independent state in the Appalachian together with freed slaves, but he was defeated by the military. He and six followers…

local levels and in both the private and the public domains” (Bullock, 2016, P. 274). Fourth, Mass Transit consists of motor buses, trollies, commuter rail, paratransit, subway, light rail, streetcars, automated guideways, cable cars, monorails, ferries. Mass Transit provides 10.3 billion rides each year to passengers and 48% of the vehicles used for these services ae buses. Small to Medium sized mass transit is often independently owned and operated while numerous medium to large mass transit…

On September 9, 1739, forty-four black slaves were executed by White slave masters in South Carolina for starting a rebellion. Pearson overlooks the deeper problem of the slaves trying to fight for power and control by focusing on how gender division played a major role in the start of the Stono Rebellion. During the 1700s, there are many different people hungry for power and control and by having slaves, they could gain a sense of that control. The dehumanization of enslaved…

as long as the snow continues. Lake Pardee, which usually opens on President's Day, will delay the opening due to construction on their RV Park. At New Melones, the water level is rising about a foot per day and coming up close to the old Parrots Ferry Bridge, which soon will be back under water. Serious anglers hope they will never see it again. A few trout are turning up for bank anglers off Glory Hole Point and the HYW 49 bridge. Recent trout plants have been made. Bass fishing remains…

you know the thing about chaos - it's fair(Source 2).” The Joker tells civilians they could leave the city now, but he might just surprise them in the tunnels or bridges. Everyone then avoids the tunnels and bridges, and they resort to taking the ferries; here they are faced with yet another choice. Which, of course, with the Joker it is not a choice. In the end the civilians end up not killing each other and show the Joker that not all people turn bad in life or death…