The Staten Island Ferry is a fabulous institution. It is a huge ferry that departs from a very modern, glass enclosed terminal, holds several thousand people and in just about 20 minutes whisks you over to Staten Island, very close to the Statue of Liberty, and all this for free! One thing we really noticed about New York City is that we definitely love the public transportation system. With our week long pass we have been hopping on an off subways as we please and we have found the transit system to be very efficient, pretty clean and quite safe (for the most part).
The senior citizens in Las Vegas need not worry regarding their post retirement days as it can be made more safe and healthy by the Las Vegas Assisted Living facilities given by vivid institutions. People in the beautiful city of Nevada, in the mountain states also do not apprehend upon their getting caught up with nuisance. Nevada Assisted Living also provides volunteers who reach out to such elders and come up for support and help anytime be it through mobile calls or e-mails. Each individual has their own doctors and nurses appointed for health related troubles as well. These centers have proved their importance and carved their own niche in the world. They do not help the old citizens but also take care of mentally ill and diseased persons too. People love being loved and so they would love to live their lives with such selfless love.So, the solution? Make another one and try again? I don't have the answer, I do know that there are good people out there who want safety for all and are making a good show of it. They deserve our thanks.Well, we rode the darn bus until the end, which ended up being a non-descript shopping mall called "West Shore Plaza", where we ended up having a sandwich and strolling around in a sports store which had amazingly good prices on most merchandise. Then finally another bus showed up and we had to run to catch it.After our return to Manhattan we subwayed it all the way up to 103rd Street and essentially walked all the way down through Central Park, admiring all the recreational facilities and the beauty of this giant green space. Further south we strolled over to 5th Avenue and then down into the Broadway Area just north of Times Square, where we had some quick Italian food at Ray's Pizza. The evening was pretty chilly, probably only about 12 degrees or so and past 11 we headed back home on the Q train, processing the memories of another packed day and studying the behaviour of our fellow transit riders all the way back.Back then there were "Hackers". They were mostly driven by ego and competition to see who was the best. Now its mostly about money. Legions of Bot captured computers sending out Spam and ads going to millions and millions of unprotected servers, computers and of course, into your email. Theres also the Pharming of websites, waiting like a spider in its lair for you to show up and give you a lil driveby download of something special. You name the evil that people do and you can find it online. Thank goodness the goodness of the Internet's is on the other side of the scale.Next, Liberty or as I prefer to think of, Freedom. To have access to particular resources without constraint. If online threats are making your life hectic, would you consider your rights violated? I would if I found out that some drive by download had installed a keylogger on my computer and then cleaned out my bank account. Or how about while you're trying to conduct business online and you keep getting these awful pop=ups telling you about the sale at Harveys Fish Emporium.There are strict government rules to get a license for starting ALFs (Assisted Living Facilities). Elderly people feel safe and trusted over here. These assisted livings can be a small room or an apartment or can be a building with hundreds of inmates dwelling. They have the liberty to chat, have fun, play games, and cook food etc, almost anything. Some do have there own private bathrooms. The difference again between an assisted living and home is that in the latter the old people do not find themselves safe if alone. Other than that elderly persons in a family may feel avoided and defeated. They do not have anyone to take care of them 24X7! That�s what these centers provide, Assistance-literally aiding the needed people for living their life more easily with a little hand of support for them.
After our return to Manhattan we subwayed it all the way up to 103rd Street and essentially walked all the way down through Central Park, admiring all the recreational facilities and the beauty of this giant green space. Further south we strolled over to 5th Avenue and then down into the Broadway Area just north of Times Square, where we had some quick Italian food at Ray's Pizza. The evening was pretty chilly, probably only about 12 degrees or so and past 11 we headed back home on the Q train, processing the memories of another packed day and studying the behaviour of our fellow transit riders all the way back.
Author: Susanne Pacher
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