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In order to minimize the number of subway accidents, motor vehicle collisions and airplane accidents, state and federal agencies regulate the transportation industry. If a subway accident occurs, safety boards, inspectors and investigators are called upon to investigate the incident. At some point, light rail, subway and commuter rail have all been investigated. Although the injuries sustained during a subway accident are usually much less extensive than those seen in automobile accidents, more

Windshield Survey and Reflection Windshield Survey and Reflection A windshield survey was conducted in the community of Staten Island, New York to obtain a detailed assessment through visual observations within the surroundings of the community. There are many variations of the definition of community one coming from the World Health Organization defining community as “A group of people, often living in a defined geographical area, who may share a common culture, values and norms, and are arranged

Landfill to Landscape competition, it is necessary to explore how Fresh Kills became known worldwide as the World’s Largest Landfill in the first place. For millennia, Fresh Kills was as salt marsh bordered by the Arthur Kill, the waterway separating Staten Island from New Jersey. Though the

The Pigman written by Paul Zindel is based on two teenagers lives, it shows both of their perspectives throughout the book. The genre of this book is young adult fiction, which is targeted for teenagers. The Pigman was published in 1968, when Paul was only 32 years old. The book went on to win a total of eight awards, being Paul's second book to win any awards. There are many characters mentioned throughout the book, but the most important ones are John Conlan, Lorraine Jensen and Angelo Pignati

Staten Island is one of the five boroughs of New York City. Now it is so hard to believe that once Staten Island was a dump, which closed in 2001. Now, this inhabited locality is developing very fast. Life there is quiet and nice, compared to other districts of New York, seems like less populated and more like a suburb. Staten Island may be the most dangerous place to live on the East Coast of the United States. That is the conclusion that many meteorologists, geologists and inhabitants of the borough

What do Ben and Sophia have in common? Ben and Sophia have a lot of things in common, and these are the ones that stood out the most to me. They both lost something that is valuable/important to them and that were red. For example Ben lost his red phone that was very important to him. It was very important to him, because the red phone only rings when there is an emergencies. “ However, it was a lot harder to find a secret agent red phone in a very messy secret agent bedroom.” When both Ben

Although Staten Island is small, the North Shore is part of a huge project coming up. Next to the Saint George Terminal, Richard Marin is looking to create the Empire Outlets, and the New York Wheel, a 630 foot tall Ferris wheel. When Marin started discussing the development project, he already had nearly 200 million dollars set, however, still needed to work out how he was going to get the other 300 million dollars (Hughes, 2015). An article in the New York Post, written by Associated Press (2014)

In the Pigman John and Lorraine narrate the ups and downs of their relationship with Pignati, themselves, their parents, and others. At the beginning, before they met Pignati, John and Lorraine talked about how they met and what they thought of their parents. The way they met Pignati was when Dennis, Norton, John, and Lorraine were prank calling random people to try to be the one with the longest phone call. Lorraine glanced at the names in the phone book so she could choose who to call. While talking

Coming from another state I had not heard or learnt about Rudy Giuliani prior to the September 11th terrorist attacks in 2001. I could not have told you the Mayor of New York's name before the attacks, but as the rubble was cleaned up and the spirit and patriotism of America grew, Mayor Giuliani was front and center. Such a disastrous situation could not have been handled as cautiously and swiftly as Giuliani handled it. It became quite clear that Mayor Giuliani was not your average politician

children's book editor from Harper and Row asked Zindel if he wanted to be a writer and he accepted. He soon came out with The Pigman a Story about two teenagers that have an unlikely friendship with an old man. Paul Zindel was born on May 15th 1936 on Staten Island, New York. When John and Lorraine started messing around with Mr.Pignati all of their lives went from faulty to terrible. This happened