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Anti-war and 2003
Anti-war rally in Washington, D. C., March 15, 2003
The International Campaign Against Aggression on Iraq ( ICAAI ) is a campaign umbrella group launched in Cairo 2003, at the Cairo Anti-war Conference, to oppose the invasion of Iraq.

train and drivers
* July 3 – ASLEF train drivers in the United Kingdom go on strike over hours of work ; they return to work on July 18.
At passing loops and the terminus station, drivers contact the controller, using reporting numbers ( even numbers for up trains ex-Ravenglass, and odd for down ) the train is within the loop and is clear of the preceding single track.
" He would ride up and down the length of a wagon train, and deliver messages to the drivers and workmen.
This law, amongst other measures, forces certain categories of public transport workers ( such as train and bus drivers ) to declare to their employer 48 hours in advance if they intend to go on strike.
* NS Reizigers ( NSR )-NS Travellers, responsible for passenger train services and for employing train drivers and conductors.
* November 26, 2007 Arnhem-Two NS trains collide, a Local train and an Intercity train, Train drivers killed.
* Training vehicles, used to train police drivers
THSRC planned to train enough local drivers to replace them in 18 months.
* 2010: Until mid 2010 Cityrail train drivers were required to sound the horn upon departing platforms, but after years of complaints, this practise was dropped.
In 2007, MARTA had 4, 729 full and part-time employees, of whom 1, 719 were bus drivers or train operators.
In addition, the rail system center controller, who was aware of the workers, failed to notify train drivers of the technicians ' presence.
A signal is a mechanical or electrical device erected beside a railway line to pass information relating to the state of the line ahead to train / engine drivers.
Hand and arm signals were used to direct the “ train drivers ”.
In the very early days of railways, men ( originally called ' policemen ', and is the origin of UK signalmen being referred to as " bob ", " bobby " or " officer ", when train-crew are speaking to them via a signal telephone ) were employed to stand at intervals (" blocks ") along the line with a stopwatch and use hand signals to inform train drivers that a train had passed more or less than a certain number of minutes previously.
Thirty-one people, including the drivers of both trains involved, were killed ( 24 on the Turbo train, 6 on the HST as a result of the impact, with one further fatality as a result of the fire ), and 227 people were admitted to hospital.
There have been several reports, by train drivers, of hearing the doors between the carriages being opened and closed in sequence, as if someone ( or something ) is walking through from the back of the train to the front, where the driver is.
* Rick Aviles and Alfie Wise play Mad Dog and Batman, the tow truck drivers who jump the train flatcar.
Advanced Defensive Driving Courses taught to VIP protection personnel would train drivers other advanced vehicle control techniques, such as using J-turns as a way of controlling the spin-out resulting from a successful PIT maneuver being performed.
During peak hours the train would take on a second driver in the last car while at the platform, then proceed to one of the sidings, where the drivers would exchange control of the train.

train and refuse
ATSF conductors could refuse to be assigned to a train if they did not have their cabooses turned to face the way they preferred.
Bicycles are also allowed on rapid transit trains ( with a maximum limit of two per car ) at all times, although operators have discretion to refuse bicycles if a train is overcrowded.
The team defeats Kang the Conqueror, still Captain America and Iron Man take away their gear and refuse to train the team without their parents ' consent.
:" WHEREAS it is necessary, in this time of danger, that the militia of this colony should be well regulated and disciplined ... And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That every person so as aforesaid inlisted ( except free mulattoes, negroes, and Indians ) shall be armed in the manner following, that is to say: Every soldier shall he furnished with a firelock well fixed, a bayonet fitted to the same, a double cartouch-box, and three charges of powder, and constantly appear with the same at the time and place appointed for muster and exercise, and shall also keep at his place of abode one pound of powder and four pounds of ball, and bring the same with him into the field when he shall be required ... And for the better training and exercising the militia, and rendering them more serviceable, Be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That every captain shall, once in three months, and oftner if thereto required by the lieutenant or chief commanding officer in the county, muster, train, and exercise his company, and the lieutenant or other chief commanding officer in the county shall cause a general muster and exercise of all the companies within his county, to be made in the months of March or April, and September or October, yearly ; and if any soldier shall, at any general or private muster, refuse to perform the command of his officer, or behave himself refractorily or mutinously, or misbehave himself at the courts martial to be held in pursuance of this act, as is herein after directed, it shall and may be lawful to and for the chief commanding officer, then present, to cause such offender to be tied neck and heels, for any time not exceeding five minutes, or inflict such corporal punishment as he shall think fit, not exceeding twenty lashes ..." — An Act for the better regulating and disciplining the Militia, April 1757

train and move
As you move further away from the city, mostly along suburban train lines, graffiti tags become more prominent.
A locomotive has no payload capacity of its own, and its sole purpose is to move the train along the tracks.
In addition, the same operator can move the train as needed.
* Removes low paying jobs, forcing workers to train for, and move to, higher paying jobs.
He was thrown off a train at Pietermaritzburg after refusing to move from the first-class.
From ancient Greece to the late 19th century, it was a central part of Western education, filling the need to train public speakers and writers to move audiences to action with arguments.
Alice is placed in the second rank as one of the White Queen's pawns, and begins her journey across the chessboard by boarding a train that literally jumps over the third row and directly into the fourth rank, acting on the rule that pawns can advance two spaces on their first move.
During a train ride to New York, the conductor told her to move into the smoking car.
Inclined planes are widely used to move heavy loads over vertical obstacles ; examples vary from a ramp used to load goods into a truck, to a person walking up a pedestrian ramp, to an automobile or railroad train climbing a grade.
Railroad engineers can also move into the specialized field of train dispatching which focuses on train movement control.
It has long been believed that Jehuda Cresques is the same person as ' Mestre Jacome ', a Majorcan cartographer induced by the Portuguese prince Henry the Navigator to move to Portugal in the 1420s to train Portuguese map-makers in Majorcan-style cartography.
A road train or roadtrain is a trucking concept used in remote areas of Argentina, Australia, Mexico, the United States and Canada to move freight efficiently.
* A tram or train or any other vehicle that can be controlled from either end and can move forward or backward with equal ease without any need to be turned around ( see also Push-pull train )
While it had taken three months to get troops to the Red River Rebellion, the government was able to move forces in nine days by train in response to events in the North-West Territories.
Martinez and Llorente-arguably the most important players in the previous 5 seasons-had been forced to train apart from the other players and faced abuse from fans as they sought a move away, which did little to improve team harmony.
The RAAF had more recruits than it could equip and train and Bradman spent four months in Adelaide before the Governor-General of Australia, Lord Gowrie, persuaded Bradman to transfer to the army, a move that was criticised as a safer option for him.
** train shunting puzzles: move trains and carriages along tracks.
In a publicity move for the town, city officials officially " claim Senator Arnold Vinick as a resident of Santa Paula ," in April 2005, and opened an official campaign headquarters for the fictional Republican Senator in the town's train depot.
When the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad reaches Temple in 1880, the village starts to die as citizens move closer to the train station.
Unless the switch is locked, a train coming from either of the converging directs will pass through the points onto the narrow end, regardless of the position of the points, as the vehicle's wheels will force the points to move.
To move between them, they took a special train with sixteen coaches to accommodate the family and their belongings.
Barnum was one of the very first circus owners to move his circus by train.

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