The table shows that in Britain from 1972 to 1983. There was an increase of many consumer durables. For example, it is possible to see that 37% of people had central heating in 1972, increasing for 52% in 1978 and 64% in 1983.
The television was the principal item the consumer durable of people in 1972, increasing for 93% and in 1983 for 98%. The second item more usable of the people was vacuum cleaner in 1972, increasing for 87%, 95% in 1982 and had no measure in 1983.
The video cassete only starting in 1983, for 18%.
The dishwasher starting in 1978 with 3%, and in 1983only 5% of the people used.
The last one shows in table was the telephone, that in 1972 was 42%, in 1979 was 67%, and 77% in 1983.
In conclusion, the table shows that people is increasing the use of consumer durables.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Friday, February 24, 2012
Movie: "Into the Wild"
This weekend I watched a movie based on real life. It is titled Into the Wild. This biographical film is an adaptation of a 1996 nonfiction book, based on the travels of Christopher McCandless across North America in the early 1990s.
In May 1990, McCandless graduates from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Shortly afterwards, McCandless rejects his conventional life by destroying all of his credit cards and identification documents, and change the name ("Alexander Supertramp"). He donates nearly all of his entire savings of $24,000 to Oxfam and sets out on a cross-country drive in his well-used, but reliable Datsun to experience life in the wilderness. However, McCandless does not tell his parents Walt and Billie McCandless nor his sister Carine what he is doing or where he is going. After two years travelling by car, train, boat, ride, passing in California, South Dakota, Colorado, and Mexico, he arrived in Alaska.
In April 1992, McCandless arrives in a remote area of the Denali National Park in Alaska and sets up a campsite in an old abandoned bus. At first, McCandless is content with the isolation, the beauty of nature around him, and the thrill of living off the land. He hunts wild animals with a ,22 caliber rifle, reads books, and keeps a diary of his thoughts as he prepares for himself a new life in the wild.
Months later at the abandoned bus, life for McCandless becomes harder and he becomes less discerning. As his supplies begin to run out, he realizes that nature is also harsh and uncaring. In the pain of realization, McCandless concludes that true happiness can only be found when shared with others and seeks to return from the wild to his friends and family. However, he finds that the stream he had crossed during the winter has become wide, deep, and violent due to the thaw, and he is unable to cross. Saddened, he returns to the bus, now as a prisoner who is no longer in control of his fate and can only hope for help from the outside. But McCandless doesn't know that approximately 50 meters away was a way to cross the river. In a desperate act, McCandless is forced to gather and eat roots and plants, but he confuses similar plants and becomes ill as a result. Slowly dying, he continues to document his process of self-realization and accepts his fate, as he imagines his family for one last time. He writes a farewell to the world and crawls into his sleeping bag to die. Two weeks later, his body is found by moose hunters. Shortly afterwards, Carine returns her brother's ashes by airplane from Alaska to Virginia in her backpack.
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Source: Wikipedia.
In May 1990, McCandless graduates from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Shortly afterwards, McCandless rejects his conventional life by destroying all of his credit cards and identification documents, and change the name ("Alexander Supertramp"). He donates nearly all of his entire savings of $24,000 to Oxfam and sets out on a cross-country drive in his well-used, but reliable Datsun to experience life in the wilderness. However, McCandless does not tell his parents Walt and Billie McCandless nor his sister Carine what he is doing or where he is going. After two years travelling by car, train, boat, ride, passing in California, South Dakota, Colorado, and Mexico, he arrived in Alaska.
In April 1992, McCandless arrives in a remote area of the Denali National Park in Alaska and sets up a campsite in an old abandoned bus. At first, McCandless is content with the isolation, the beauty of nature around him, and the thrill of living off the land. He hunts wild animals with a ,22 caliber rifle, reads books, and keeps a diary of his thoughts as he prepares for himself a new life in the wild.
Months later at the abandoned bus, life for McCandless becomes harder and he becomes less discerning. As his supplies begin to run out, he realizes that nature is also harsh and uncaring. In the pain of realization, McCandless concludes that true happiness can only be found when shared with others and seeks to return from the wild to his friends and family. However, he finds that the stream he had crossed during the winter has become wide, deep, and violent due to the thaw, and he is unable to cross. Saddened, he returns to the bus, now as a prisoner who is no longer in control of his fate and can only hope for help from the outside. But McCandless doesn't know that approximately 50 meters away was a way to cross the river. In a desperate act, McCandless is forced to gather and eat roots and plants, but he confuses similar plants and becomes ill as a result. Slowly dying, he continues to document his process of self-realization and accepts his fate, as he imagines his family for one last time. He writes a farewell to the world and crawls into his sleeping bag to die. Two weeks later, his body is found by moose hunters. Shortly afterwards, Carine returns her brother's ashes by airplane from Alaska to Virginia in her backpack.
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Source: Wikipedia.
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