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    Washington DC: 11th Street [The Need] Bridges are no different than any other form of infrastructure, eventually they break down and need to be either repaired or replaced. Inspection occurs at least every two years, yet bridges are often pushed to their absolute limits of usability. In Washington DC, the 11th Street Bridge Project aims to replace two bridges built in the 1960s with three new bridges. With these bridges having been in place for nearly 50 years, there were numerous issues. For…

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    likely to choose one that most common, which means the choice that the majority would like to choose. However, “The Road Not Taken” is a popular poem, which is written by Robert Frost who is an influential American writer during the twentieth century. The name of the poem is quoted universally even though some people do not know what the context of the poem is. For instance, “‘The Road Not Taken’ has been used in advertisements for Mentos, Nicorette, the multibillion-dollar insurance company…

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    Imagine being alone and trying to survive with no food, shelter, and marauders and cannibals waiting for you to cross their path. Cormac McCarthy confronts these fears in his Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Road. Released on September 26 2006, this novel has been opening the reader’s eyes to what the reality of survival looks like. An unexplained catastrophe has turned the world into bunt, sparse land that is now home to only a few humans and dogs. The main characters are an unnamed man and his…

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    diversity of ratios and racially and ethnicity be these locations. Some of them work downtown and attend school too. Whether the couples and individualizes and with the dog too hung around that neighborhood. The road which is highway intersection 25 on the south of Wash Park and the major road on the north side Alameda and East Side University Ave through Denver University and to cherry creek shopping…

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    that trail before? Well, I have and still do. Ten years ago, on my way back home after running some errands, I walked through a trail that was new to me. I was in an adventurous mood and I decided to divert from the main, busy road. I stood at a junction of the familiar road and the unfamiliar trail, ignoring the eyes and frown covered faces of those staring at me. They were…

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    One Road Two Wheels Do you believe you can lose weight by just riding a bicycle? I am proof that you can do it, if you put your mind to it. Let’s jump on our bikes and go for a ride. Chicago is approximately two-hundred sixty miles from Greenville, Ohio. A group called Campus Life was heading to Chicago on their bikes. I was one of the thirty-five people to participate in the four-day trip. At first I wasn’t sure what I was getting into but by the end of the trip I knew that it was going to…

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    many other factors contribute to this quality. When vehicles travel on the irregular roads, they are always subjected to excitation from braking, acceleration and inertial forces on a curved track, which causes discomfort to the driver. The excitation sources for these vibrations can be road roughness, wheel assembly, driveline excitation, engine excitation, aerodynamic forces and transmission excitation. Usually, road roughness will be the major source that excites the car body through wheel…

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    In the novel On the Road by Jack Kerouac, we follow Sal as he travels the country bouncing state to state and friend to friend following the crazy wild lifestyle of Dean Moriarty. Throughout the novel Sal and his friends indulge in sex, alcohol and drugs, and are constantly moving around contradicting the idea that in order to be happy you must find a job, a wife, have kids, and live in a nice home. During his journey we witness Sal and his gang of “mad men” counter societal norms by living life…

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    INVESTIGATION: On 06/23/2016 at approximately 1728 hours, I was notified by Hillsborough County Sheriff 's Office dispatch of a traffic fatality on County Road 579, south of Hillsborough Street. The crash involved a Toyota Tacoma and a single occupant. I responded to the scene with Detective M. Carter #181968 and Corporal J. Graves #4044. Upon arrival, I observed the involved green Toyota Tacoma at final rest in the ditch on the east shoulder of the roadway. I was assigned as the lead…

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    Theme: Independence, or becoming independent throughout time Stanza 1: Mysterious tone created by describing the dark forest, which is used to describe the trip of independence for a young adult Stanza 2: The speaker is scared and wants to almost “hide reality,” but knows they must become independent as they grow older. Stanza 3: Lighter tone, describing the people in the speaker’s life instead of the landscape surrounding the speaker Stanza 4: The speaker hopes his loved ones follow him in…

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