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7 ideas, 2 stories and a poem – selected by Tom OConnor

Ideas and stories selected by Tom OConnor skmoltom2@aol.com   “The difference between a dream and a goal is a deadline.” Napoleon Hill    Facebook and Dignity That shouldn’t be an oxymoron. by Emuna Braverman How much sharing is, as they say, TMI (too much information)? Is it the former GSA Pacific Rim administrator posting a …

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7 ideas and two articles

Tom OConnor skmoltom2@aol.com “Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.”  ~ Tom Blandi …if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our …

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A story and 8 ideas

A story and 8 ideas Collected by Tom OConnor skmoltom2@aol.com One child’s determination and the kindness of a stranger. A true story. by Danny Verbov Abraham Naymark was 10 years old when his family escaped from Germany in 1934. Germany to Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovakia to Hungary and finally Hungary to Yugoslavia… In Zagreb there was no …

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Overview of URCS, the Uniform Rail Costing System

Overview of URCS, the Uniform Rail Costing System   URCS-SK_Summary_DIST_Presentation-Draft-2-28-2011.pdf Download this file

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Rail Industry Overview and Trend

Snavely King CSCMP Rail Industry Analysis (condensed) SKCSCMPRailindustryAnalysiscondensed10-17-2006.pdf Download this file

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Indiana Medicaid

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Mediation for Railroad Support

Along with several railroad Presidents, the President of NITL and the Chairman of the STB, Tom O’Connor is quoted in this Traffic World article, advocating railroad support for mediation by the Surface Transportation Board. New NS chief to face challenges By John GallagherTraffic WorldOctober 7, 2005 When Norfolk Southern recently named its Atlanta office building after Chairman, …

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OConnor & Company and Social Networking!

Please follow our tweets at twitter.com/TomOConnorGroup Our hashtag is #TOConnorGroup Our Facebook page remains, as always, here. Tom O’Connor on LinkedIn John Legieza on LinkedIn Thanks!  

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Tom O’Connor’s testimony at the STB in the Grenada Railway line abandonment case in Mississippi

Tom O’Connor’s testimony was filed on October 27, 2011 at the Surface Transportation board (STB) on the Grenada Railway line abandonment case in Mississippi; see below. The testimony by Tom O’Connor reflects work by the Snavely King team, Kim Hillenbrand, John Legieza, Ron Bowes and our two field engineers, Chet Rhodes and Carl Rode. SK_testimony_in_10-_27-11_MTC_Reply_(1).pdf …

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