Pfeffel Djanie BUS 215-030 Assignment #1 – Ch. 9 Case Opener‚ pp. 224 September 17‚ 2017 STATEMENT OF FACTS (Palsgraf v. LIRR‚ p. 224) The Plaintiff‚ Ms. Palsgraf was trying to purchase a ticket at a railroad‚ when a man carrying a package rushed to board a train. This train was owned by the long island railroad. Two railroad employees tried to help him. In the process‚ the package containing fireworks fell and the contents exploded. As a result of the explosion‚ some scales at the other end of
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1. Railroads- Railroads in each area were often controlled by one company‚ enabling those railroads to charge what they wanted. Railroads were the only way for many western farmers to get their produce to market and high prices were always charged. Railroads controlled storage‚ elevators‚ and warehouses so the prices the farmers paid were very high. Middlemen- Middlemen set the price of the produce low when they sold because the market price was unpredictable. Bankers- High interest rates caused
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From 1880-1906‚ western farmers were affected by multiple issues that they saw as threats to their way of life. The main threats to the farmers were railroads‚ trusts‚ and the government‚ because these institutions all had the power to drastically affect the ability of the farmers to make profits. Therefore‚ the farmers were not wrong to feel frustration toward those institutions when the institutions caused the farmers to live lives of increasingly extreme poverty. The main source of agrarian
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Technology and industry has always been changing with time due to the frequent new products and innovation categories. The industries undertaking the new technology are reexamining the business structure and establishing bold steps in order to come up with better financial performance. Additionally‚ the massive rise of technology and industry in the United States was accompanied by high amount of foreign immigration during the last quarter of the 19th century to the westward expansion. The essay
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The U.S society has its own unique diversity. The diversity came from different immigrant and they have influenced the U.S society for many years. People encounter with cultural across in various ways. People start to enjoy different cuisines like Korean food‚ they watch Indian movies‚ and participate different lifestyle they did not see before. Lately‚ population Asian immigrants is growing and their culture has been spread quickly. This phenomenon have been noticed by several people and we can
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Ansaldo STS & ETCS Implementation in India 1 Ansaldo STS‚ India ETCS Implementation in India Ansaldo was awarded the First European Train Control Systems in India for 50 route Kms and 84 EMU coaches for Chennai suburban in Southern Railway Another order for 190 route Kms and 35 locos between Delhi and Agra in North Central Railway 2 Ansaldo STS‚ India Pilot Project 1 : Chennai – Gummidipundi (TPWS-S) Description Section Number of stations Length Current signalling Transportation
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Concordia University Executive Summary Problem/Goal Definition The Baron’s goal is to determine which farmers’ wheat production was more efficient with respect to the resources provided to them. Quantitative Analysis • Bushels of wheat are used as the common denomination in this case. • Oxen and plow are depreciable assets. According to Exhibit C and Exhibit D‚ both farmers’ oxen are depreciated using the straight-line method. Frederick can depreciate his plow‚ but Ivan cannot
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The background of Locomotive by Brian Floca can be traced back to 1869. As a picture book‚ older age people can appreciate its details and history. Brian Floca takes his readers to a cross-country journey with him in Locomotive. According to one of its book reviews‚ “In a collegial direct address‚ he invites readers to join a family-mother‚ daughter and son- on one of the first passenger trips from Omaha to Sacramento after the meeting of the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific in May 1869” (Kirkus)
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On this day ten years ago‚ our country completed the construction of the nation’s first transcontinental railroad. As a worker for the Central Pacific Company‚ I had faced more difficult conditions than the workers of the Union Pacific Company. The transcontinental railroad has greatly benefitted our country‚ which means all our hard work has payed off. I recall being a part of the crew that was chosen to lay the final ten miles of track. It was an amazing experience and memorable day for everyone
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1a. Two reasons that the mass of the bag levels off with time include (1) equilibrium and (2) hydrostatic pressure. Equilibrium refers to the concentrations becoming equal. If there is no longer a higher concentration and lower concentration between the water and sucrose‚ osmosis can no longer take place. Osmosis can only occur when water is traveling from a higher concentrated area to a lower concentrated area. Hydrostatic pressure occurs when the bag reaches maximum capacity. Water will enter the
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