Heidi Crist and Destiny Gonzales 1302 Dillard 7-7-13 In the novella Train Dreams‚ the characters struggle with the influenza pandemic. The infection of influenza spreads throughout America and devastates all in its path. Robert Grainer‚ a character in Train Dreams‚ explains how this disease has affected his life and how serious this pandemic was in 1918. Grainer is an average man who as a child is sent to Idaho to live with his father’s mother and her husband and children. His three cousins
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1998 Japanese railway workers check an overpass‚ keeping it safe for the "bullet train" below. (Kyodo) Leaving over 100 people dead‚ the June 3‚ 1998‚ derailing of a German Intercity Express (ICE) high-speed passenger train gave quite a shock to railway authorities in Japan. Particularly shaken were Japan Railway (JR) companies‚ which operate their Shinkansen super-express trains (often called "bullet trains") at speeds of 200 to 300 kilometers (125 to 185 miles) per hour‚ on schedules timed
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When traveling over land there are three main ways of doing so‚ a flight‚ a train ride‚ or driving yourself. I guess you could walk or run but‚ I’m talking about cross country travel. There are expensive and inexpensive ways of travel‚ some fast‚ some slow‚ most fun‚ others boring. Out of these three ways you must decide how you want to go baste on your budget‚ time‚ and the quality of travel you prefer. The fastest way of travel would be by plane. If time is a major issue‚ a flight would be the
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What skills do your staff need? (+ Pre-training : know the needs of staff ) * It is essential that any training plan should be linked into the business’s long- term objectives. The training needs of your organisation and staff should be thoroughly assessed to determine what skills would be required to achieve your strategic goals. * Questions that should be raised include: * Do staff need to be more flexible in order to cover a greater range of jobs? * Do they need to know
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At first‚ to someone who has never played indoor soccer or outdoor soccer‚ the sports may look the same. But look more closely‚ and many differences will be very apparent. Most people are very familiar with outdoor soccer. Outdoor soccer is played in two forty minute halves with eleven players on the field at a time. The eleven players are divided into four different categories; a goalie‚ defenders‚ mid-fielders‚ and offenders. Also on the field are three referees; two of them watch the sidelines
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Train delays Abstract: We have all at one point experienced a time when the train was delayed. Living next to the train station gave me an opportunity and advantage to collect data in a short period. Over five days I was able to collect the number of times the train was late going eastbound and vice versa. I was able to conclude that average time for trains going westbound was greater than eastbound. In the future I would like to consider the time it was delayed due to the snow because that
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The New Theatre Studio Space Proposal for Drama Club Production BMCC Theatre Works: Drama Club (Spring 2015) would like to request the use of S144 (The New Theatre Studio) to produce a minor production The Extract: 4 Act Play by Alex Broun. It will be directed by Kari-Noor Thompson and Jovaun Black We are requesting to use the New Theatre Studio for the production of The Extract: 4 Act Play. Due to the absence of Theatre Club last semester‚ we are starting over as a brand new club. This means
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At The Doctor’s Office (Essay) For me‚ going to the doctor’s office was always an uncomfortable experience. As a child‚ I would whine‚ cry and nearly throw a tantrum whenever it was time for me to go to the doctors. I quite literally had to be dragged there. A few years ago‚ I learned that the experience does not have to be as bad as I previous thought it was. After walking into the doctor’s office in rural Maine for my yearly physical‚ I was introduced to a Physician Assistant. This person
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Ralph M. Parsons Foundation‚ 1055 Wilshire Blvd.‚ Ste. 1701 Los Angeles‚ CA 90017 New Beginnings is submitting this letter of intent to The Parsons Foundation to determine your interest in providing seed funding for our new social services program‚ The Anger Management for Homeless Women Project. New Beginnings is an agency that is concerned with providing services and advocating for people that are homeless in the city of Los Angeles. The mission of New Beginnings is to develop and coordinate
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* Microsoft Windows * Microsoft Windows is the most commonly used operating system in personal computers and is installed‚ distributed‚ and sold by most successful businesses in the United States. A discussion of what makes Windows the best choice for an operating system for a personal computer is included here. This discussion will examine the points why Windows is a popular operating system and compare it to other operating systems. With discussion points of memory management‚ process management
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