Stations of the Cross

Red Cross Safety Plan BANG! BANG! "LET ME IN THEY'RE COMING" A young man is standing outside the Red Cross in central Covington. BANG! BANG! "Hurry up, they'll be here soon." BANG! BANG! One of the nurses opens the door and the man comes rushing inside. All of the Doctors step out into the hall to see what all the commotion is about. "Zombies, zombies have infiltrated the northern borders of the city. They're headed right this way." No one moves, there's nothing but blank stares on everyone’s…

One of the functions of transportation and logistics management is making sure that retail goods are always available on shelves for customers. With increase globalization the task of getting good from different parts of the world to local store shelves is a daily challenge. There are many factors that can affect the delivery method of retails good, for example weather phenomenon like hurricanes and also political turmoil that can lead to strikes. Apart from weather phenomenon and political…

area and mariners should be advised to take extreme caution when crossing at the tip of the north jetty. Merrimack River Bar - A system of notification to mariners has been in use by the USCG Station in Newburyport. It is to assist boaters in making risk based decisions when evaluating their ability to cross the bar. Boaters should seek out several forms of information to make these decisions to safely evaluate weather and sea conditions for their specific size and type of vessel as well as…

Santa Cruz, California area in the San Lorenzo Watershed. My purpose was to determine if any relationship could be discovered between the rainfall and runoff data of the watershed area with the urbanization of the city. The problem at hand was to cross reference the development of Santa Cruz with the patterns of the local water data. Real precipitation and stream flow data within the San Lorenzo Watershed where studied from January to December of 2000 and 2010. I accumulated several tables and…

are more focused on selling their customers products to make more of a profit. Since most of the same corporations own multiple areas of media like television stations, magazines, and newspapers, they are all geared to make more profit as they all lie in the same market. One way is cross promotion and cross production (online database). Cross production and promotion is the promotion or production of their products on their other media outlets. For example, a great movie can be turned into a TV…

cable distribution. The DC power transmission lines run at losses of approximately 0.3-0.4% per 100km. Converter stations also need to be considered which have losses of around 0.6%. Overall HVDC transmission losses are nearly always lower than AC transmission. ii) HVDC can have a lower investment cost. Although HVDC stations are more expensive due to the additional cost of converter stations, if the length of the HVDC line goes past the ‘breakeven point’ which is around 600-800km, the overall…

Distribution of Inappropriate Content At what point does published media cross the line of what is appropriate, to what is considered inappropriate? Why is some nudity socially accepted on some television shows, while it is frowned upon in others? Is blood and gore okay for children to view so long as it is a zombie, but not okay if it is coming from a gladiator? Everyone, from birth to death, is exposed to unwanted media. Be it foul language, nudity, adult content, or something else, unwanted…

In Norman Maclean’s text, Young Men and Fire, the reader is revealed an emotional and heart-wrenching tale of 13 smokejumpers that lose their lives on a seemingly ordinary day of wildfire fighting. The choice of recounting this tale in a Greek-story format shows us the academic, intellectual prowess of Maclean and his want to not only talk about the historical facts and testimony, but to meet the reader in his heart and express emotions that fill the empty factual spaces. Maclean says, “A…

gas stations in Ozone Park, New York, but have you ever compared the prices? What do you know about the prices of gasoline? The price of gas depends of the location of the gas station. During the summer, the price of gasoline usually increases. There was a time when we had to pay $.64 for gas which has raised to more than $1 in most locations. There are many components of pricing the gas. Ozone Park is home to many people of all different cultures. It is also home to many gas stations.…

In the Thirteenth Station, Jesus is taken off the cross after all the suffering he went through and is laid into Mother Mary’s arms. It is the first time Mary has her son Jesus in her hands since he was condemned. This station connects to my life as it reminds me of the time when I first saw my grandfather after his eyes closed for the last time and he entered the Kingdom of God with the Lord. My dad had picked us up from school and said we had an important family gathering that day. After…