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    Intermodal Rail Freight rail moves more than 70 percent of the nation’s coal, 58 percent of its raw metal ores, and more than 30 percent of its grain Truckload carriers are expected to increase their use of railroads to handle intermediate and long-distance trailer hauls into the future. On lower value goods, trucks share a dual natured relationship with railroads. They cooperate in providing intermodal services. They also compete to capture market share on goods like automobiles and auto parts,…

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    specialized freight trucking. The general freight trucking transports general commodities such as local food and beverage transportation. The transportation of these commodities could be further broken down into two segments. Food and beverage would be a generally short distance haul, where the transportation of food and beverage may also be considered a long distance haul, if the transportation requires a great distance to be traveled. The second segment is specialized freight. Specialized…

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    exposed to while serving in the United States Marine Corps. The railroad industry is a primary force that has led the way to the nations’ great economic success. For over a hundred years, Union Pacific has been an established, and reliable, transportation agency that has contributed to this success. Working with Pacific Union would be a dream job for me based on my past military and educational experience. After high school, I enlisted into the United States Marine Corps. My occupation…

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    The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, also known as Amtrak is a passenger railroad service that provides medium- and long-distance intercity service throughout United States. Founded in 1971 to revive passenger rail service, congress passed the Rail Passenger Service Act which in turn created Amtrak. Amtrak serves more than 500 destinations in 46 states and three Canadian provinces, operating more than 300 trains each day over 21,300 miles with travel speeds as high as 150 mph.…

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    Jensen Houck Ms. Hodges English 2 Honors 9/17/14 Commercial aviation is one of the most important parts of the world economic system. Without out commercial aviation, communication between continents would be very difficult to achieve, the shipment of goods would be delayed significantly, and it would take a person a very long time to get from one side of the ocean to another. Commercial aviation, like most of man’s great innovations, had to get its start somewhere. Florida is considered the…

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    Every day there are individuals that we meet that seem different and out of the norm so what is the reason that they act like this. Examples that I am going to provided are Notes from the Underground which was written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and other stories written by Franz Kafka. Both of these authors tell a story about an individual that acts and thinks different than a normal human. I am going to be discussing the style that the author was using, the reason the author might have chosen this…

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    Angola Rodeo Thesis

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    The Angola Rodeo, a tradition held annually in the Louisiana State Penitentiary, is an event inmates die for. Danger not only subsists in the race itself, but also in the fact that the rodeo doesn’t seem problematic on the surface. The inmates are completely aware of the risks which they are willing to take on for their own fun; they even sign a legal release indicating their free will and waiving culpability of the State of Louisiana. Not only so, it’s a scarce opportunity for them to feel…

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    for centuries. In Kafka’s works, “In the Penal Colony” and “The Metamorphosis”, there is an emphasis on unquestionably following society’s rules resulting in flaws which accompany doing so; mainly injustice resulting from superior authority and the issue of existentialism which arises from being rejected from society, respectively. Kafka demonstrates this through an allegory of religion and the unfulfilled life of an ordinary low-class worker. In the Penal Colony, the Old Commandant represents…

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    In Kafka’s one of the famous stories, In The Penal Colony, Kafka depicts an island which is transforming from an honor-based society to a right-based society. the story depicts an explorer, who came from a right-based society, visit an officer who held traditional, honor-based beliefs. While most of the story is about an officer, who is the only one believing the old policies, explaining an apparatus to an explorer, the machine unveils an judicial system that is not only cruel and outdated, but…

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    6. Smart Transportation System It aims to improve travel safety and travel efficiency while bringing up a sustainable transportation system. The information collected from the system can support transportation mangers in making decision, facilitate rational utilization of resources, and provide inspiration for the future development. This smart transportation system helps travelers to reduce travel times, delay, and the stress of travel so that benefit the whole transportation sector to reduce…

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