Freeway

McDonalds You are driving down the freeway, running late, and need something to eat. You look desperately for the golden arches that promise good burgers, fast.You see them! McDonald's, here you come. Everyone who has ever eaten in the city knows about McDonalds, but who is the man who started it all? Ray Kroc made this restaurant the largest restaurant chain in the world, with 34,480 restaurants in 119 countries. He was a bright kid, willing to work long hard hours, and had ambitious goals.…

1) With duty-based ethics it’s about obedience of law, performing an act morally because it’s out of duty. The act is based on the fact that it’s our obligation, we do the duty out of oughtness. Virtue ethics is different from duty-based ethics as one is not acting out of oughtness or duty, but out of motivation and feelings. Acting on moral character. Virtue ethics would be to perform an act for example out of love for a mother who is ill; you take care of her because of the love you have for…

OBJECTIVES 1) To study how pumas recognize kin and the general mechanisms of inbreeding avoidance in a non-threatened population and to address how this information might inform studies in threatened populations. 2) To measure the link between population size and inbreeding rates in puma concolor in the 4 Southern California locations. 3) To identify whether the kin recognition mechanism is faulty in Southern California population, and if they had to genetically change in order to allow…

What to do after car accident in the United States In the United States, most of us drive cars closely each single day. We avail car to commute to work, visit friends and family members and pick up provisions. It can be simple to consider for granted how risky driving car can be still at the low speeds. Car accidents put your well being and health at risk. If you are hurt in the car accident because of another individual’s mistake, you have the right to get full and better settlement or…

Literature Review Americans have begun to accept the stigma from the rest of the world that we are very needy people and need to be the most efficient as possible. A study conducted by GMI Research shows that 80% of Americans want to be efficient (New Study Reveals, 2016). We must always ensure our shipment of goods arrives at its destination on time and quickly. “With the development of Advanced Travelers Information Systems (ATIS), short term travel time predictions is becoming…

The stories in this chapter are typical of the times and vividly portray the gradual, disarming, and even confusing nature of the transformation that took place shortly after the war as the Valley began to shed its agricultural roots. I was born in San Jose in 1947 (a third generation native), and started working on my grandfather’s ranch of apricots, prunes, and walnuts at the age of eight. Like the other younger children, I starting out picking up "ground fruit" from under the trees. I…

When I read this part of Baca’s story, I immediately thought of a time when I was unsure of what I was seeing. My father and I were going on a road trip when I was 15. He finished his shift at work around 10pm, and we had 6 hours of driving ahead of us. He asked me to stay awake to keep him company, so I drank one of those small bottles of caffeine that used to be around before 5 Hour Energy hit the market. We drove through the wasteland of Nevada where few cars pass and there are no towns for…

believe I was actually going somewhere fun for once. “We’re going to the hotel Circus Circus for a little 2 day 1-night vacation,” my dad said. 4 days later I woke up at 7:00 am. My oldest sister came over and we got into the car. When we got on the freeway I said, “we forgot the Capri Suns!” The car ride was so boring. We were in the car for 5 hours and my oldest and 4th oldest sister were asleep the whole time. We made one stop at jack in the box. The first day at the hotel was pretty fun…

In Frank Romero 's mural "Going to the Olympics, 1984," it shows us some imagery that includes palm trees, cars, hearts, and symbols from the Olympic Games. The palm trees represent the city of Los Angeles since it is known for having them. The cars represent the main mode of transportation in LA, which we are also known for. The hearts that hover above the cars represent the love that we have for our car industry and travelling in general. At the top of the mural, there are five symbols that…

After the 1989 earthquake and the subsequent need for redevelopment of the Embarcadero Freeway, a new goal was created. The goal was to reinvigorate the area in tandem with the restoration of the Ferry Building and consequently draw people back to San Francisco’s eastern waterfront (Sensig, 2007). The plan for the Ferry Building and the surrounding…