Amtrak: Long Distance Trains: FY 2008 Long-Distance Train Facts • A long-distance train typically consists of sleepers‚ coaches‚ a diner and/or a lounge car. • Long-distance trains travel as far as 2‚800 miles and pass through as many as 12 states. • Amtrak operates 15 long-distance trains over 18‚500 route miles serving 39 states and the District of Columbia. These trains provide the only rail passenger service to 23 states. • In FY 2008 these trains carried 4.2 million passengers accounting
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“Open/Closed Source” Steven Arbizo University of Phoenix POS/355 INTRODUCTION TO OPERATING SYSTEMS THOMAS KRAWCZYK 03/23/2013 Over the past twenty or so years‚ there has been a never ending debate within the computing social realms‚ on whether software operating systems should be developed as open source or whether private companies should keep their source code closed from users of the software. This paper will define open source and closed source software models. In addition‚ a comparison
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July 15th “Open Systems Theory (OST) is a modern systems-based changed management theory designed to create healthy‚ innovative and resilient organizations and communities in today’s fast changing and unpredictable environments (Opensystemtheory.org‚ July‚ 2013).” In this paper I will discuss what Open System Theory is and how it relates to organizations‚ groups and Individuals. The Open System Model takes into account relations between systems and its environment. The open system properties
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|University of south africa | |Assignment No & Code: Assignment 1 (322943)Module: The Educator in a Pastoral Role | |Student No: 53808878 | |
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An investigation to find out whether the mass of an object attached to the bottom of a paper helicopter affects the time it takes to travel a fixed distance Aim: Does the mass of an object affect the time it takes to travel a fixed distance? Introduction: This is an experiment to find out the relationships between mass‚ distance‚ velocity and time. Dependent Variable: The height where the helicopter is dropped from. Independent Variable: The velocity of the helicopter‚ the time it takes for
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ULTRA-SONIC DISTANCE METER. Introduction to Ultrasonic Distance Meter The project Ultrasonic Distance Meter is a very interesting and useful project for many industrial applications. In this project we have used the ultrasonic waves to measure the distance in between two points. The basic principal is based on the speed of ultrasonic waves in open air. We have used a microcontroller AT89S51 to transmit and receive ultrasonic waves through 40 KHz ultrasonic receiver and transmitters. By measuring
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Would You Like To Work In An Open-Plan Office? Nowadays an open-plan office is a very popular form of space organisation in companies. Many people believe that this type of offices has many challenges and disadvantages‚ but at the same time there is another point of view. Some of them find an open-plan office convenient and well-organized to work in. On the one hand‚ the main argument for open-plan offices is high productivity. You are not able to pretend that you are working because managers
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social problems that hindered the country’s progress. Italy’s Liberal Governments during this period were generally very unsuccessful in dealing with these inherited and growing problems clearly contributing to the end of Liberalism in Italy. More so‚ the Liberal Government under the rule of Giolitti saw Italy progressing in some circumstances regarding the socio-economic concerns. Nonetheless‚ it is very comprehensible that the Liberal Governments lacked solving the problems that they faced. The
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[pic] From the May 2008 issue To Prevent Wildfires‚ Avoid Open Burning Due to retreating snows and the onset of warm‚ dry weather‚ people should avoid burning brush and other debris during early spring conditions. Every spring‚ firefighters respond to hundreds of wildfires caused by open burning. In fact‚ brush and debris burning is the second most common preventable cause of wildfires. A lack of green vegetation‚ lots of dead vegetation‚ warm temperatures‚ sun and winds all allow wildfires
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