The Transcontinental Railroad: A Double Edged Sword David B Jayroe II Hist233 Professor Para November 15‚ 2014 The Transcontinental Railroad: A Double Edged Sword January 24‚ 1948 was the day that drastically changed the history of America. This day‚ James W. Marshal discovered gold in the south fork of the American River‚ while building a saw mill for Captain John Sutter. Despite his attempts to conceal his discovery‚ the news spread quickly across the country‚ setting the California
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Traffic congestion is one of the main problems in big cities like London‚ New York‚ Copenhagen‚ and Delhi. The primary causes of it are high population and movement of people. With progress in engineering‚ humanity invents many initiatives to solve this problem. One of the that is public transport area‚ particularly Metro. The Metro is an underground railway system of the city. According to Business Traveler (2012) the oldest subway was built in London in 1836 and to date the London Metro is the
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buses and vice versa. Which one you choose will depend on a number of factors. Firstly‚ most people choose buses more than trains‚ because their tickets are generally less expensive. They also have more stops and can reach more destinations that their rail-riding rivals. In contrast‚ train tickets are more expensive‚ because trains are longer and therefore require more complex maintenance. They always have at least two crew members: a conductor and a driver plus several on board service crew in order
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stepped onto the track. I looked at the stoic trees that were standing at attention across the track and exhaled‚ trying to shake off some of my frantic nerves.. The temperature was beautiful‚ a classic spring day hovering around the mid 60s. Coupled with the absence of wind‚ it made for a magnificent day to race‚ but that fact did little to calm me. The meet was in Champaign‚ at a brand new red track near the run down‚ shabby looking school. The
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evening in the late 80’s early 90’s and I was dropped off at my grandmother’s house while my mother went to work at the hospital. About a half of a mile away from my cousins house‚ but to get to my cousins house you had to cross 5 sets of railroad tracks and a train yard. After about an hour hanging around my grandmother’s house I decided I would go see what my cousin was doing. That entire day my cousin‚ four of my friends‚ and I had a great day hanging out being mischievous and doing what 15 to
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years. The cars have changed‚ tracks have changed‚ the fans have grown‚ and so has the competition. There are many different kinds of racing‚ some of the most popular are‚ Stock Car‚ Drag racing‚ dirt track‚ and rally/road course. Sock Car Racing is a form of automobile racing which is popular in the U.S.‚ it features cars that are based on standard U.S. commercial models‚ but have been modified to $250‚000 race cars. They are usually raced on oval‚ paved tracks. The cars can sometimes reach
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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 that it is definitely worth the wait just to be safe. I am pretty cautious so I have never crossed a train track when the lights went off‚ even if I thought I had time. I think that more people need to be careful about how they respect these warnings
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Response Paper - Consciousness and the Two-Track Mind In reading Chapter 3: Consciousness and the Two-Track Mind‚ I started to realize how much more there is to our consciousness‚ and sleeping. I’ve associated some of the readings on the Dual Processing mind‚ to my own personal experiences‚ answering a few questions I had always pondered but never bothered to find out. Consciousness‚ as the book stated‚ really can be a funny thing. As I delved into Chapter 3‚ my consciousness immediately
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in every stored document‚ to find a match of the keyword searched by the user. Many web sites and application programs provide full-text search capabilities. There are quite a few choices when it comes to adding a full text search in a Ruby on Rails application. A choice can be made on the basis of the language the search engine is written in or the scalability options suited for the application. Acts As Indexed being a pure Ruby implementation makes for a tool that is totally portable‚ and
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Track 1 P Funk- I like the way this song started off at 0:18. Like I was about to watch a good movie. It also reminded me of the movie Roll bounce with the percussion instrumentation in the background. It was like they were telling a story. Track 2 Mothership Connection- This song gives me a funk vibe as it starts off. Reminds me of a song my mother and her friends use to dance to when I was younger. The instrumentation was nice‚ the guitar‚ trombone‚ and piano I think. Track 3 Unfunky UFO- What
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