california bullet train. This train will go from San Francisco to Los Angeles. The state senate just recently gave 8 billion dollars for the first part of the 130 miles of track and also a couple other local transit upgrades. It was a tough win for democratic leaders because they got the bare minimum of 21 votes which were all democratic votes. This was a victory for Governor Jerry Brown and the Obama administration who have been pushing for this. It would also be the first bullet train in the U.S. The
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They are waiting to be taken to a concentration camp.2 André was lying on the floor when a Jewish orderly came with postcards on which the deportees might write a final message3. He advised them to leave them at the station or throw them from the train as camp orders4 forbade access to the post. Two or three pencils that had survived the barracks search5 were passed round among the people in the room. Some wrote with sobbing passion‚ some with punctilious care6‚ as though their safety‚ or at least
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Isabella Maher Change is Inevitable Change is inevitable. It affects everyone and everything. It is an unavoidable aspect of human existence that emerges and takes shape due to the actions of people and the paths they choose to travel. Change is the reason behind who we are and who we will become‚ as is evident in Othello authored by William Shakespeare. In Othello‚ Shakespeare portrays a dramatic change in personality and state of mind through his protagonist‚ Othello. A true deterioration
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Comparison of Maus and Night The Holocaust was a traumatic event that most people can’t even wrap their minds around. Libraries are filled with books about the Holocaust because people are both fascinated and horrified to learn the details of what survivors went through. Maus by Art Spiegelman and Night by Elie Wiesel are two highly praised Holocaust books that illustrate the horrors of the Holocaust. Night is a traditional narrative that mainly focuses on Elie’s experiences throughout the holocaust
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Facts: The Arizona Train Limit Law of 1912 prohibited trains that could carry fourteen passengers or had more than seventy freight cars as a safety measure. Then Southern Pacific Company said that this law violated the Commerce Clause. Statute: Arizona Train Limit Law Constitutional Provision: Commerce Clause Legal Question: Does the Arizona Train Limit Law violate the Commerce Clause? Legal Reasoning (J. Stone): • States don’t have the authority to substantially inhibit the flow of commerce
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There are many dangers with trains and similar vehicles. We need to always exercise caution around areas there is even the slightest potential for them to be present. Trains go really fast and can do some pretty gnarly damage. If we aren’t careful we can get smashed by these large vehicles. I think that the most important rule about trains‚ is always exercise caution when near a train track. These trains often do not run on a schedule so there is no telling when exactly they may approach you. I think
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Train Dreams Essay Imagine watching your home blazing with fire. Your wife and daughter are in it—and it’s your fault. This happened to Robert Grainier in Denis Johnson’s Train Dreams. Train Dreams is about the life of an American day laborer‚ Grainier‚ in the early 20th century. Throughout much of his life he believes he is doomed by a curse. A curse that he thinks caused the death of his family. The novella shows the great changes he goes through and how the curse has had an impact. Through the
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most average Americans can handle‚ and microwaves for cooking TV dinners‚ and tiny robot mosquitos designed to take DNA samples for government purpose‚ it is hard to remember the appreciation and nostalgia the average citizen once had after seeing a train stop in town to unload the things that they needed. I often wonder how many people in our country miss the smell of homemade buttermilk biscuits baked in the oven in an old cast iron skillet that has been passed down through three blood generations
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Summary This report is designed to identify which facilities at the South West Trains’ stations need improvement and how they can be made better for their customers. The report indicates that the quality of most facilities goes down during the Peakˡ time. With facilities/services‚ overall environment and car parking facility being affected the most bringing down the customer experience by 13%‚ 10% and 12% respectively in comparison to 2011. Training of the staff and constant monitoring of the
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in the Art Institute of Chicago is Claude Monet’s “Arrival of the Normandy Train‚ Gare Saint-Lazare” painted in 1877. This artwork is representational because based on the historical train station known as Gare Saint-Lazare. The reason for his inspiration for painting this piece is Monet was intrigue by the industrial revolution of transportation so he rented an apartment start painting different time setting of day of trains in Gare Saint-Lazare. Then Monet gave this for Impressionist exhibition during
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