northeast of Baltimore. Amtrak Train 94‚ the Colonial‚ from Washington‚ D.C.‚ to Boston‚ crashed into a set of Conrail locomotives running light which had fouled the mainline. Train 94’s speed at the time of the collision was estimated at about 108 mph. Fourteen passengers on the Amtrak train were killed‚ as well as the Amtrak engineer and lounge car attendant. Two members of the Conrail locomotive crew tested positive for marijuana‚ and the engineer served four years in a Maryland prison for his
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The Acquisition of Consolidated Rail Corporation 1. Why does CSX want to buy Conrail? How much should CSX be willing to pay for it? 1‚ If the CSX buys Conrail‚ this combination would create the second largest rail system in the United States and the largest rail system east of the Mississippi River. The new company would get the $8.5B in rail revenue and almost 70% of the Eastern Market‚ which means it would have monopoly position in the Eastern Rail Market. 2‚ The combined rail networks would
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Introduction As individuals‚ Americans may desire to come to the aide of those in need out of the goodness of their hearts‚ but they are not legally obligated to do so. Traditionally‚ under American law‚ no general duty to rescue those in financial trouble is imposed on us. There may be a morale duty to rescue those in trouble‚ but the law leaves that to the individual and their conscience. So why are so many citizens looking to the government for help with today’s economic situation? Only
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In 1987‚ a Conrail engineer‚ who had been smoking marijuana‚ caused train collision in which 16 passengers were killed and 176 people were injured. Also‚ in 1989 the Exxon Valdez accident‚ Captain Joseph Hazelwood announced the worst oil spill in US history. There was huge loss of animal life and destruction to economic and social fabric in Alaska. Alcohol was partly responsible for this tragedy. Such accidents caused the Department of Transportation to test employees in safety sensitive transportation
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the railroads from the burden of having to provide passenger rail transportation. 14. List five (5) U.S. Class I railroads by their official abbreviations: CSX‚ NS‚ UP‚ BNSF‚ KCS‚ CN‚ CP 15. What did the Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 create? Conrail 16. In what year was the U.S. transcontinental railroad completed? 1869
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Becoming a Member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars Introduction What is National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS)? Have you ever hear about this community before? Obviously‚ almost everyone knows that university/college is the period of progression of heading for the society stage by stage. During the four years in university/college‚ apparently‚ book learning is not the first priority for students any longer. Instead‚ capacities and career experiences become the bright spots
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Foreign and Domestic Affairs and the Dual Realities of the 1950s One of the key strategic plans of the President Harry Truman’s administration is encapsulated in the National Security Council (NSC) 20/4 of November 1948 and NSC 68 of April 1950‚ among others‚ stressing the containment of Soviet Union from controlling Eurasian territories‚ an approach which President Dwight Eisenhower continued using his own methods. During Eisenhower’s 1952 presidential campaign‚ he strongly attacked Truman’s national
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reserved Please turn over Accounting 2 NSC – Answer book DoE/November 2009 QUESTION 1 1.1 Explain why it is important for a business to prepare a Bank Reconciliation Statement each month. 2 1.2 CRJ Provisional total Bank 70 600 CPJ Provisional total Bank 105 320 12 1.3 Calculate the Bank Balance on 31 May 2009. State whether this is a favourable or an unfavourable balance. 6 Copyright reserved Please turn over Accounting 3 NSC – Answer book DoE/November 2009 1.4
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development of effective tumor-selective therapies. Neural stem cells (NSCs) possess inherent tumor tropic properties that enable them to overcome many obstacles of drug delivery that limit effective chemotherapy strategies for breast cancer. We report that increased NSC tropism to breast tumor cell lines is strongly correlated with the invasiveness of cancer cells. Interleukin 6 (IL-6) was identified as a major cytokine mediating NSC tropism to invasive breast cancer cells. We show for the first time
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