Amtrak: Long Distance Trains: FY 2008 Long-Distance Train Facts • A long-distance train typically consists of sleepers‚ coaches‚ a diner and/or a lounge car. • Long-distance trains travel as far as 2‚800 miles and pass through as many as 12 states. • Amtrak operates 15 long-distance trains over 18‚500 route miles serving 39 states and the District of Columbia. These trains provide the only rail passenger service to 23 states. • In FY 2008 these trains carried 4.2 million passengers accounting
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The students have had experience with supporting their essays from their readings. The students also have experience with writing multi-paragraph essays. Facts about the learners: • Talkative class. • Several students who are in learning support. Specific‚ required adaptations: • Interactive instruction will help students stay focused instead of talking. The teacher will walk around the room and observe
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Turkey Country Fact File 1 Table of contents 1. Introduction............................................................... 3 ............................................................... 2. History to present ...................................................... 4 ...................... 3. The unique geography ............................................... 6 geography................................ 4. The Effect of Islam on culture‚ tradition and people 8 people. 5. Key
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Abortion Abortion is quite a controversial issue in today’s government. Many of us refrain from even getting into a discussion over abortion‚ because it is such a sensitive topic. It is very unfortunate that so many women around the world have to make decisions involving abortion‚ period. “One in three women will have at least one abortion by the time she is 45‚ and these run the gamut of ages‚ races‚ backgrounds and beliefs.” (Welch) In one’s eye abortion is simply immoral and unacceptable‚
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------------------------------------------------- Key Facts full title · The Turn of the Screw author · Henry James type of work · Novella genre · Gothic novel; satire language · English time and place written · 1898‚ England date of first publication · 1898 publisher · Collier’s Weekly narrator · The governess narrates virtually the whole tale in retrospect‚ as she writes it down in a manuscript. The prologue is told by an anonymous narrator who seems educated and of the upper class.
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Simon acknowledges the Lord of the Flies‚ or human savagery as the real beast. Such as when Simon talk about how the littluns talk and seem afraid "As if‚ the beastie‚ the beastie or the snake-thing‚ was real.” (42). By saying this Simon recognizes the fact that the beastie does not exist. The usage of the words “beastie” and “snake-thing” exemplify imagery‚ which illustrate what terrifies the children. Both Simon and the Lord of the Flies control each other‚ in this novel‚ maybe not directly as their
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Japanese Culture Facts and Trivia 1. What is the official national flower of Japan? a) Cherry Blossom b) Chrysanthemum c) Plum blossom d) Not yet declared e) a or c 2. In Japanese culture‚ who should be given chocolates and gifts for Valentine’s Day? a) The man b) The woman c) Everyone d) Old people only e) The Japanese don’t celebrate Valentine. 3. True or False. Most streets in Japan do not have a name. 4. What symbol is prominently featured on the Japanese national flag? a)
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The Facts About Job Satisfaction This article was written by Carrie Bloomfield. Job satisfaction is an attitude that employees have about their work and is based on numerous factors‚ both intrinsic and extrinsic to the individual. Job satisfaction is important from the perspective of maintaining and retaining the appropriate employees within the organization; it is about fitting the right person to the right job in the right culture and keeping them satisfied. 1‚2 Today ’s business environment
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Fast Foods - Face Facts Everyone should think twice before deciding to eat fast food. There are many health risks when it comes to eating food that’s made in a matter of seconds. Even if it is easy to buy and cheap‚ the health risks outweigh the five minutes of satisfaction that fast food can brings. It is important that you should carefully think before you eat fast food. The health risks that come from eating a lot of fast food are life threatening. Fast food is mostly made from saturated fats
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Over the past few centuries scientists have been trying to answer the question: what was the origin of life? There have been a number of scientists who have produces a number of plausible theories. The currently most excepted theory is Oparin’s theory‚ which states that the "origin of life on Earth was in nonliving chemical substances which spontaneously formed in Earth’s early atmosphere and combined to make more complex chemicals until living cells were formed. " This maybe a possibility because
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