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In late 2016, Madrid's Mayor Manuela Carmena reiterated her plan to kick personal cars out of the city center. On Spanish radio network Cadena Ser, she confirmed that Madrid's main avenue, the Gran Vía, will only allow access to bikes, buses, and taxis before she leaves office in May 2019. It's part of a larger effort to ban all diesel cars in Madrid by 2025. But the Spanish city is not the only one getting ready to take the car-free plunge. Urban planners and policy makers around the world…

Introduction In this essay document I will discuss the use of vernacular imagery and their particular contexts, function, relevance and the artistic intent that gave birth to these examples. According to merriam-webster.com dictionary, the word ‘vernacular’ means to relate to the shared style of a specific time, place, or group (Merriam-webster.com, 2014). 1. Dada Dada was an Artistic and literary movement that started in Zurich in 1916. The Dadaists guided their…

Inmate Masculinity True Notebooks has introduced us to many young male inmates who made writing become a big part of their lives. We saw how many of the young men wore the mask of masculinity and had to hide their emotions from everyone. They all had different views on masculinity and their mentality of what a real man is. Kevin is a very unique young man who went through so much, but still maintains sane and is determined to change himself for the good. Throughout his time in juvenile hall…

The dust has settled, and the Cleveland Cavaliers organization is in a period of reflection and projection. This past Tuesday, the Cavs wrapped-up a whirlwind season that ended with a heartbreaking loss to the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals. No, Cleveland didn’t achieve its ultimate goal of winning the city its first championship in more than 50 years, but the monumental growth the team experienced was an ancillary prize. “We went through an awful lot of growing pains this year, and…

Newman, Ernest. Wagner as Man & Artist. New York: Tudor, 1946. Print. Newman makes the point that Wagner liked to create new things for the German people. Wagner's operas are just one example of his influence over the Germans. Newman also states that Wagner could not keep his opinions or political stances to himself. He used his opera to express his opinions. This created something new for the audience. It made Wagner satisfied with introducing something new to the public and these new…

Throughout history, we have encountered many composers who have showcased their innovations through various techniques and approaches that are still used in today’s musical process. Achille- Claude Debussy is one, of few, ingenious composers who tested limits that made him remarkable. Debussy was born on August 22, 1862 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France. He was a French composer and force to be reckoned with throughout the transition from the late romantic period to the 20th century. Claude…

Genevieve is also the author of the published short story titled “The End” and poem titled “My Fire and Ice.” In her free time, she plays soccer and volleyball. A long time ago, deep beneath the deep blue sea, there was a beautiful cream-coloured shell that lived with her two coral-coloured starfish parents. Shell was happy, but she always felt as if something were missing, as if she were different than everyone else. Unfortunately, different was not a good thing at her school. All different…

While struggling to establish himself in Los Angeles, Pitt took lessons from acting coach Roy London.[9][12] Pitt's acting career began in 1987, with uncredited parts in the films No Way Out, No Man's Land and Less Than Zero.[9][13] His television debut came in May 1987 with a two-episode role on the NBC soap opera Another World.[14] In November of the same year Pitt had a guest appearance on the ABC sitcom Growing Pains.[15] He appeared in four episodes of the CBS primetime series Dallas…

If you were to do a survey asking people if they thought men and women were equal, its likely that you would get very mixed answers. According to the Equal Pay Act of 1963 "men and women [must] be given equal pay for equal work in the same establishment." (Facts About Equal Pay and Compensation Discrimination). Despite this law and many others striving for gender equality in the workplace, we still have a gender wage gap of about 80 cents, and women make less money than men is almost every field…

Podcasting Podcasting is something relatively new to technology. It’s humble beginnings finally took off in full force by 2000. Per Ciccarelli, (2016), “in 2001, users Adam Curry and Tristan Louis, aided by UserLand founder and RSS evangelist Dave Winer, added support for a specific enclosure element to Userland 's non-RDF branch of RSS (Real Simple Syndication), and then to its Radio Userland feed-generator and aggregator, establishing the initial development of podcasting. Podcasting is a…