independently of manual intervention‚ basing their displays and announcements on information retrieved from train scheduling systems and track management systems. The information about arrivals and departures had also to be provided to conductors and ticket checkers who could use this information while interacting with passengers. For the railways system to work smoothly‚ the information system had to be accurate‚ timely‚ and highly reliable. The Dutch railways made a first attempt to build this system
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about his ripped pants. She had said that he couldn’t and had to go home. Looking back on this memory while writing the essay‚ I asked Jesus “Hey‚ what had happened to that pair of pants?” He thought about it and simply replied “oh those things? I walked into the house and my mom asked if I was going to sleep over with a pair of ripped pants‚ and I told her that I was going to come back home change then go.” I also asked what he had done while he was waiting for the rest of us to get back. He had
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less)‚ since the crops did not grow and they had to rely on supplies from England. For the first few years‚ convicts often lived wearing their own clothes that they bought‚ although they received 2 jackets‚ a waistcoat‚ a pair of breeches‚ 2 shirts‚ a woollen cap‚ a hat and 2 pairs of shoes and stockings. Convicts would be punished at a moments notice‚ for minor things like swearing‚ having a poor attitude‚ being drunk‚ stealing things and not doing work. They would be punished by the
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By his mid-20s Alberto Villoldo was the youngest clinical professor at San Francisco State University. He was directing his own laboratory‚ the Biological Self-Regulation Lab‚ investigating how energy medicine and visualization could change the chemistry of the brain. One day in his laboratory‚ Alberto realized that his research had to get bigger instead of smaller‚ that he was looking out of the wrong end of the microscope. He needed to find a system larger than the neural networks of the brain
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Clothing as a Group Interest Clothing affects popular culture by giving us the freedom to express our individuality. Although it gives us the freedom to express our individuality‚ popular culture limits our choices. In popular culture clothing is a major system which is ever changing. The clothes that were accepted in the 80’s are not the same clothes that are accepted in today’s culture. In modern society clothing has become a considerable factor of social status. Without clothing our culture would
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or technical texts (reports‚ reviews‚ textbooks) 3. Correspondence (letters‚ e-mails‚ postcards) 4. Journalistic literature (articles from newspapers and magazines‚ weather reports) 5. Information texts (dictionaries‚ timetables‚ signs) 6. Realia (tickets‚ menus‚ recipes) Different kinds of reading 1. Scanning – looking for a particular piece of information. 2. Skimming – looking for the main idea or the general gist of a passage. 3. Extensive reading – longer texts for pleasure‚ needing global
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this unforgettable night and have nothing but great memories. Find a date that you will enjoy the company of for a night that memories will be created and pictures that will last for years. This allows your evening to me more enjoyable. Order the tickets for you
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Probability Introduction The probability of a specified event is the chance or likelihood that it will occur. There are several ways of viewing probability. One would be experimental in nature‚ where we repeatedly conduct an experiment. Suppose we flipped a coin over and over and over again and it came up heads about half of the time; we would expect that in the future whenever we flipped the coin it would turn up heads about half of the time. When a weather reporter says “there is a 10% chance
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Everyone thought Ari Zelmanow had a dream job — so why did it feel more like a pair of shackles? Something was missing. “I wasn’t enjoying my work. It felt like I was missing out on doing something that really makes me happy.” Okay‚ a few things were missing: “I was always chained to the clock‚ when I really wanted the freedom to control my own schedule. And even though I had a great salary‚ there was always that cap on how much I could earn–no matter how hard I worked.” Many of the people closest
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equipping the Michael Jackson Burn Center. April 9‚ 1984: David Smithee‚ a 14-year-old cystic fibrosis sufferer‚ fulfilled a lifelong dream when he was invited to Michael’s Encino family home through the auspices of the ‘Brass Ring Society’. The pair shared an enjoyable afternoon watching movies in the private screening room‚ eating lunch and playing video games. Before leaving‚ David was treated to a black sequined glove and Michael’s red leather jacket from his hit‚ ‘Beat It’. Seven weeks later
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