The Washington DC metro is the main source of transportation for thousands of people in DC‚ Maryland and Virginia. Many of those people rely on the metro for getting to and from work. With all of the new construction Metro had announced that the hours would be cut. It used to be open until two o’clock in the morning‚ but now it closes at midnight. Also‚ the spokesman for metro just said last week that even after the construction is finished they might be sticking with these hours. This is something
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Local gospel radio station will host their annual Winter White Valentine’s Ball‚ 7 p.m.‚ Tuesday‚ at the Hilton Memphis Hotel to celebrate romance around fellow Christian believers. 95.7 Hallelujah F.M radio station has been bringing a blend of traditional and contemporary Gospel music to the Mid-South for 15 years. Along with playing music the station hosts an annual Valentine’s Ball. This year will mark the station’s third annual Valentine’s Ball which has grown since the first year. Andre’ Monie
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Edgar‚ my cousin‚ is always thinking of the next business idea. His next business idea includes buying to gas stations. He believes that both gas stations would be profitable and allow revenue for him to increase. After recently reading an article named “$4-a-Gallon Gas Fueling Fears for Recovery” I decide to research the market in terms of supply and demand‚ elasticity‚ costs of production‚ pricing‚ and normal or economic profit or loss. In order to help my cousin Edgar I would like to provide
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Background After building a successful global operation including stores in Russia and China‚ Metro Cash & Carry (MCC) are struggling to transplant their business model in India. This demonstrates the importance of local political backing in emerging markets and how a successful model (e.g. a political welcome and direct supply from farm to store) wasn’t followed. Despite sales growth‚ expansion in India has been disappointing predominantly because of restrictions in buying directly from farmers
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In this study‚ convenience sampling of seven main ZIMRA stations in Region One were selected with a known population of 82 staff who manages fleet or at one point has something to do with fleet; but according to Krejcie and Morgan‚ (1970) the sample size was 66. These people chosen were perceived to be rich and have experiences required in the variable under-study thus the experience of the vehicle performance which will subsequently lead to recommendations that the vehicle is no longer suitable
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1860‚ Dry Creek Station was one of the latest stations built by Bolivar Roberts and his men. Dry Creek Station served as a break for both the Pony Express and the Overland Stage Routes. Indian outbursts were common at this station.(Dry) On May 21‚ 1860 four men lived at the Station: Silas McCanless‚ the station keeper‚ W. L. Ball‚ a Pony Express rider‚ John Applegate‚ and Ralph M. Lozier. McCanless was living and married to a Squaw Indian. The Indians that morning camped near the station and did not
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Experiments in International Space Station The International space Station plays an important role in the space world. It has significant effect on scientific project such as life sciences‚ new materials‚ and crystals etc. It is the biggest international scientific program in the world. The International Space Station is not only one U.S country‚ but also Japan‚ Russia‚ Canada and other eleven countries. Those countries cooperate with each other. The International Space Station is a very huge satellite‚
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that has made a huge impact to today’s society is the Shippingport Atomic Power Station. The Shippingport Atomic Power Station was the first world full scale atomic power plant that was devoted to exclusively to peacetime users only. The power station started its production December 18‚ 1957. It took thirty two months to create the power station and it cost 72.5 million dollars. The Shippingport Atomic Power Station ground was broken in 1954 during dedication ceremonies by President Dwight D. Eisenhower
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analyzing Porter’s five forces of radio station industry in New Zealand‚ we could get the conclusion that four of those five forces have negative influences on the industry‚ namely the intensity of rivalry‚ the threat of substitutes‚ the bargaining power of buyers‚ and the bargaining power of suppliers. Only the threat of new entrants has positive influence. Fortunately‚ ICTs are broadly used in converting the negatives to positives among the radio station industry. And it actually does very well
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1. Nuclear power is a controversial method of producing electricity. Many people and environmental organisations are very concerned about the radioactive fuel it needs. 2. There have been serious accidents with a small number of nuclear power stations. The accident at Chernobyl (Ukraine) in 1986‚ led to 30 people being killed and over 100‚000 people being evacuated. In the preceding years another 200‚00 people were resettled away from the radioactive area. Radiation was even detected over a thousand
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