Taxi Driver

“Tanti at the Oval” was a piece done by writer, performer and most importantly; storyteller, Paul Keens-Douglas. Although Trinidadian by birth, he spent his early childhood in Grenada. He is well renowned for his ability to convey cultural equality in his work by ensuring it is appealing to virtually everyone, especially in such a cosmopolitan region. This particular piece entails the main character, Tanti Merle, and her journey to and from a cricket match at the Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad…

1. Please give a high level explanation of your acquisition strategy (one point to touch on - would rolling out a door to door delivery service lower the cost of acquisition?) Marketplace businesses have a fundamentally different dynamic compared to a traditional software business - there are two main goals that have to be accomplished: (1) Acquiring the Customer (2) Keeping the Customer (to maximise lifetime value). This requires a detailed accounting of the platforms that you will use, the…

What would one consider themselves as, a lumper or a splitter? A hyper specific individual with extreme perception or a regular John Doe? A normal school age child or one labeled with a disability such as autism? In Darwin's article “Lumpers and Splitters: What makes animals and autistic people different” he has a theory and considers someone who generalizes things a lumper, whereas animals and autistic people are considered splitters because they “particularize” things. This theory can be…

The transition from childhood to adulthood is inevitable. It is an experience that tests teenagers to their breaking points. Most adults cherish childhood innocence, as they have experience with an onerous adulthood. At a young age, parents teach their children that the world is a perfect, Utopian society. As children mature, they realize that the once ‘perfect world’ was nothing but a false, sugar-coated take on the harsh realities of life. The protagonist in The Catcher in the Rye, Holden…

throughout the book as Laila, Tariq, and Hakim made their way to this monument the taxi driver held a conversation with them, “That, my young friends, is the story of our country, one invader after another…. Macedonians. Sassanians. Arabs. Mongols. Now the Soviets. But we’re like those walls up there. Battered, and nothing pretty to look at, but still standing. Isn’t that the truth, badar?” These words are spoken by the taxi driver who takes Laila, Tariq, and Hakim to the ancient fortress of…

throw the snowball on a car, he debates with himself as to whether or not to throw it. He finally makes the decision to not hurl the snowball at the car, for the snow “looked so nice and white” (5.20). As the bus driver attempts to force Holden to get rid of the snowball, Holden tells the driver that he “wasn’t going to chuck it at anybody” (5.20). The snow, being all white and clean, represents purity, for it is defined as being free from the disturbances in life. Holden is saving the snow as…

Driving is a hazard we take each day. Drivers should be ready and mindful while working a vehicle. Drinking debilitates that capacity. Driving impaired puts all lives at hazard, not only the life of the driver. Bikers, walkers, youngsters crossing streets, pets pursuing a ball, even individuals getting a charge out of the outside in the security of their property are at danger of being a casualty of an indiscreet intoxicated driver. Reckless choices can delete every one of the limits that secure…

Today, in society humans pretend to believe that automation does not have an impact on humanity and humanities success route. They believe that it will somehow destroy all economic jobs. “By 2018, automation is going to be in a full swing in the United States and around the world. There are estimates that it could replace fifty percent of our jobs,” stated by Gray Scott. Scott indicates that, there is a chance that automation could replace fifty percent of our jobs but however, fifty percent of…

can scan 600 feet of distance around the vehicle, which is a self-driving technology (Markoff, 2014). The innovation of self-driving cars is kind of a life-changing breakthrough because it can reduce the stress of drivers and guarantee road safety. Smart technology like voice control, driver override system, Biometric vehicle access and a driverless feature are functions that will provide people with a simple and safe way to drive a car in the future. Advanced technology makes driving much…

source suggests sobriety tests while the primary suggests calling a taxi. Another comparison is the fact that the secondary source speaks on one particular tactic that stands out in both articles. Which is having someone else driving also known as a designated driver. It stands out in the secondary article because it is one of the only two mentioned in the article also because throughout the essay the author refers to designated drivers as heros. It stands out in the primary source because…