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The line is operated by the Denton County Transportation Authority (DCTA) on a former Missouri–Kansas–Texas corridor it leases from DART. [26] The A-train connects with DART's Green Line at Trinity Mills station, which allows further travel to downtown Dallas. Both DART and DCTA sell regional-fare passes which enable travel on both lines ...
Deep Ellum station is a DART light rail station located in Dallas, Texas. It is located near the Deep Ellum neighborhood and serves the DART Green Line . [ 2 ] The station opened on September 14, 2009 as one of four original stops on the line.
The kestrosphendone, or kestros, was a sling-launched dart, invented in 168 BC for the Third Macedonian War, probably similar to hand-thrown darts of the period. Casting one (according to surviving records) requires a specially designed sling with two unequal loops, though it is not clear whether this is a stave-sling or more closely resembles ...
A sling is a projectile weapon typically used to hand-throw a blunt projectile such as a stone, clay, or lead "sling-bullet". It is also known as the shepherd's sling or slingshot (in British English, although elsewhere it means something else). [1] Someone who specializes in using slings is called a slinger. Masked Palestinian boys use slings ...
The Dallas Streetcar project is a collaborative endeavor among DART, the City of Dallas, and the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG). [4] [7] [11] The project received $23 million in initial funding via a federal TIGER grant awarded to DART in December 2010. [8]
Belt Line station is a DART light rail station in Irving, Texas. The station is located on the property of Dallas Fort Worth International Airport [3] near the intersection of Belt Line Road and President George Bush Turnpike. The station serves the Orange Line. [1]
LBJ/Skillman station is a DART light rail station in Dallas, Texas. It is located on the western frontage road of Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway (I-635), [1] approximately 1 ⁄ 2 mile (0.80 km) southeast of the road's interchange with Skillman Street and Audelia Road. [a] The station serves the Blue Line. The station is a park-and-ride lot.
The fundamental purpose of this weapon seems to have been to develop a sling shot with the penetrative power of a point. If so, then a lighter version of this weapon, the plumbata, persisted into late antiquity. In this weapon, the wooden shaft gave nearly the same mechanical advantage as a sling. In effect, each sling bolt came with a one-time ...