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    Metrorail Investigation

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    Today’s experience was pretty much a unique one. Probably because it was not done individually but it was required to be done in groups. It was amazing to do a community investigation and have four completely different people jump on a Metrorail together. I was amazed of what everyone had to say, the differences in opinions and the type of discussions that we were having between one another. To begin with I knew I was going to be one of the few to be excited to hop on the Metrorail and explore the

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    “All Summer In a Day” Essay “An author himself knows his landscape best; he can stand around, smell the wind, get a feel for his place.” - Tony Hillman. Ray Bradbury, the author of award-winning fictions such as “Fahrenheit 451” and “Dark They Were and Golden Eyed”, wrote stories with incredible details. His story “All Summer In a Day” takes place on the planet Venus where it is always dark and rainy. “All Summer In a Day” focuses on the main character Margot who has moved from Earth; it also focuses

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    Met Council Case Study

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    indirectly by riding public transit, visiting the website, utilizing mobile applications, using regional parks, benefiting from our social

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    Case Study Jonesborough

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    Johnson City Transit would make several runs per day to the Jonesborough Chamber of Commerce parking lot. This allowed residents of Jonesborough a ride to the transit hub in Johnson City for their needs. There they could ride other buses to their destinations, and ride the bus back to the Chamber when their errands were done. Although they were not sure of the date, Johnson City had discontinued the transit service to Jonesborough several years ago. They were unsure of why the transit was discontinued

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    Rain pours outside like an overflowing canteen waiting to be tipped over. Thunder crackles like fireworks on the 4th of July. And Margot could not be more despondent. The only thing keeping her awake at night is the fact that the sun will come out tomorrow, to experience it’s true glory, for the first time on the planet Venus. Unfortunately, she was locked in a closet by the envious bullies that were jealous of her superior experiences. In the story “All Summer In a Day” by Ray Bradbury, the main

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    buses have bike racks, trains have bicycle storage, cyclists have access to secure parking at metro stations, and safe bikeways provide cyclists with a route to metro stations. All four of these characteristics are needed to foster a bicycle-friendly transit system. However, while New York City excels in certain areas of this criteria, it lacks bike racks on buses and secure bike parking at subway stations. These problems also persist in New York City’s suburbs; however, the suburbs fall even farther

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    All summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury a science fiction story about a girl named Margot who moved to Venus at a very young age of four. On Venus it always rains so Margot can only see the sun for two hours every seven years.In the beginning of All Summer in a Day,we find out that a girl named Margot gets bullied in her classroom. We also find out that Margot will be able to see the sun after five years. Soon after we find out that the children shoved Margot into a closet so she couldn't see the

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    Fruitvale Station Essay

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    Fruitvale Station is a 2013 American drama film written and directed by Ryan Coogler. It is based on the true story of the events leading up to the death of Oscar Grant, a young man who was wrongfully shot at the Fruitvale Bay area train station in Oakland, California. The plot and the writing dramatizes all the things that he did before he died. It shows that before he was a black male, he was also a human being. He impacted a lot of peoples lives, and his death would leave a hole in a lot of peoples

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    Tweetsie Case Study

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    On the rainy Wednesday I learned that when there is bad weather the park has three options for running operations. Option #1 is that Tweetsie is run as normal and the show goes on as usual. Option #2 is running at half capacity, which means that only Main Street and the train will operate. All of the rides stop running and none of the shows take place during operating hours. Finally, Tweetsie has the option of just running train rides and closing all other aspects of the park. If this happens we

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    All Summer In A Day

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    The short story “All Summer in a Day” takes place on the planet Venus. It was written in March 1954 by Ray Bradbury. Bradbury’s life experiences influenced him to write “All Summer in a Day.”The story uses foreshadowing to reveal the themes of jealousy and isolation. Ray Bradbury went through several life events that led him to write the sci-fi short story “All Summer in a Day.” In Ray Bradbury’s early years he loved magicians and would regularly do science projects with his grandfather. He

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