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    People have the right to live their lives the way they choose. It doesn’t make sense to take away people’s rights and there are consequences if someone does so. First, Todd Blodgett said in the article More guns, less crime, that two armed felons forced an innocent woman, Lulu Campbell to give them her money and her keys. When Lulu objected shots were fired. He stated that , “Realizing they wouldn’t leave absent a strong incentive, Campbell pulled her 38 and returned fire, nailing one perp in the

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    in their lives that any unnecessary physical or creative activity is viewed as abnormal. "If he wore hard heels, and lights might click on and faces might appear and an entire street be startled by the passing of a lone figure, himself ..."(The Pedestrian) represents the reaction of

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    Sidewalk In My Life

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    A sidewalk is a safe place for us and children to walk so they are not in the way of cars. Sidewalks are for walking, they have cracks and potholes like people. They have different colors and different textures that make them up just like people in their cultures and situations. Sidewalks guide people on where to go like some people show others where to go.Some sidewalks are smooth, neat, and clean with the grass trimmed just so on the sides but you cannot see what is underneath. Sidewalk always

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    meanings regarding pedestrianisation, The simplest meaning of it is the removal of vehicular traffic from city streets. (Iranmanesh,2008). Pedestrian related to a person walking rather than traveling in a vehicle. Pedestrian activity is defined as a transportation mode comparable to vehicular modes such as driving, cycling and catching the train. The reasons for Pedestrians walk are ; first to move from origins to a specific destinations (like commuting from home to work),secondly to transfer from one mode

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    Pedestrian Detection in Surveillance Abstract Pedestrian detection is fragmented as there are numerous algorithms used in different research. This research aims to provide an overview to understand the current state of pedestrian detection as well as analyse the challenges, effectiveness, accuracy and cost benefit of different approaches used in surveillance and how current challenges are being tackled. Introduction Pedestrian detection is a key problem in computer vision. There are a number

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    Accessible Personal Movement in Central Auckland Setting The Scene: Identifying the how accessible the central urban environment in Auckland is during daylight hours and how it affects people, and also what people are most disadvantaged. There are many ways people are affected by this either it is done by how auto-dominant the area is or how people are affected by this problem. The route that was taken for this assignment was Silo Park to Aotea Square. The way people use vehicles and are

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    One dilemma Ray Bradbury raises in “The Pedestrian” is the dilemma of individual vs. community. In other stories in sci-fi, there is a theme of controlling governments, which can be applied to this story. The government uses television as a controlling mechanism, to lower crime to the point to where

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    distinct way of writing, but he always discovers a way to make his stories similar in some way. Bradbury is an American author who has won many awards. There are three stories in particular he has written, “A Sound Of Thunder”, “The Veldt”, and “The Pedestrian”. He puts the same writing technique in all of his stories, imagery. Bradbury uses imagery to grab the reader's attention by giving amazing detail and explanation on certain parts of his stories, to create an amazing picture which makes it easier

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    For instance, in the short story,“There Will Come Soft Rains”, an atomic bomb wipes out everything in Allendale, California except for one house, and one day, a fire hits and burns the house to the ground. Another one of his short stories is “The Pedestrian”, which takes place in a dystopian future where the main character, Leonard Mead, takes a long walk one evening and then gets arrested. Lastly, the short story “All Summer In a Day”,

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    "The Pedestrian" gives the reader an idea about the future when Leonard Mead lived. Leonard likes to go for a walk every night, and it is highly unusual because during this time people stay inside their homes and had fancy gadgets. The year is 2053 and Leonard has a tradition to walk and enjoy the peaceful nature the world has to offer. Leonard is a retired author who hasn't published a book in a long time because books are also a thing of the past. In all the time walking Leonard has never seen

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