Budget Crisis in MARTA

Today, I was searching some MARTA pictures on Internet and found this article by chance. MARTA has been $60 million budget shortfall, and I am the one who is suffer from this crisis, because Human Resource Department could not decide to decide to offer this position for the next fiscal year until June, which leads to the fact that I am not able to apply H1B.
This is something I heard in the train on the way back to home after work. One lady from Delaware talked about how good this transit system is, and another two people both agree with her, because with the purchase of MARTA's Breeze card, the passengers can take the train without any limit. However, when thinking of the bad economy that makes the impact on MARTA, my company may take the action of reducing the service level, eliminating bus routes and cutting rail service. I am not sure when it will really happen, but I am thinking what will be good measures to deal with this crisis. The reason is that the gas fee has declined dramatically; some people may consider driving instead of taking the train in terms of crippled service.
I hope the decision makers in MARTA will consider it deliberately. Probably I am not a down-to-earth person, but I believe that MARTA still has to provide the best transit service for the residents in metropolitan Atlanta.

• Tough Times for MARTA Could Mean Service Cutbacks : EcoLocalizer

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We lack information

We lack information, originally uploaded by Scott McLeod.

Reading 03/15/2009

• Create Engaging E-Learning Courses You Can Be Proud Of - The Rapid eLearning Blog

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  • Either it’s a process of providing information from the course or it’s about having the learners use that information to make decisions in the course. The first mode is passive engagement while the second is active engagement. Both types of engagement have their places in your elearning courses.
  • The first is a typical example of passive engagement since it just shares information. The second one demonstrates active engagement because it requires that you actively use the information from the course
  • Active engagement is great because it allows the learner to immediately apply the information or understanding and get feedback
  • the key is to create a way for the learner to get the information and training they need. As you can see, sometimes that means passive content and sometime it means active. It’s not an either-or decision; it’s all about what’s best for the learner and what will help you accomplish your goals in a timely and cost effective manner.

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Some Bosses

Some Bosses, originally uploaded by darrendraper.