Transportation Security Administration

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,…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

social economic supplemental programs to entitlements. With the growing number of the American population, one program has remained constantly in question. Social Security is the largest socialist program funded directly by the taxes which the citizens pay from their paychecks. The program was enacted in 1935 under the Roosevelt administration in order for people of 65 years and older to have a source of income after they have retired. Recent debates have circled the realm of whether or not…

initial security planning report for Airport Network Security. The information takes into consideration and provides the following: 1. Network Diagram 2. Stakeholder Information 3. Laws and Regulations 4. Risk Assessment 5. Operational Technical Controls SNHU Consulting has been hired to provide technical services to propose a Risk Mitigation Plan for the Airport and involves securing the following: 1. Network Security 2. Wireless Security 3. Physical Security 4. Customer/Patron Security 5.…

Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work. Dorothea Lange worked with art media and photography. She took picture of some of the world most important and significant events. Dorothea Lange liked to capture the emotions in pictures. Age range 4th-5th grade Lesson 1: In this lesson students learned about Dorothea Lange and the signigicant of her work. Students had learned about Dorothea Langes background, her younger…

the security measures implemented by their government. Surveillance programs have and will always be more expensive in their lifetimes than the information ascertained through their…

Dorothea Lange and the Farm Security Agency: From 1935 - 1944, the photographic program of the Farm Security Administration, embarked on a nationwide quest to document, collect and create a pictorial record of American life during the 1930s and 1940s. Spanning all fifty states, the photographers produced more than 175,000 black and white negatives, crafting one of the most immense and important photographic compositions in American history. Created by the federal government, the photography…