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  2. Hours of service - Wikipedia

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    The 34 hour restart provision will still be in effect. However, drivers will only be allowed 1 restart per week (168 hours). Up to 2 hours either side of a sleeper-berth period while in the passenger seat will count as off-duty. Drivers inside a parked CMV who are not in the sleeper berth must log it as on-duty.

  3. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration - Wikipedia

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    The final rule required truck drivers who use the "34-hour restart" provision to maximize their weekly work hours to limit the restart to once a week and to include in the restart period at least two nights off duty from 1:00 to 5:00 a.m., when one's 24-hour body clock supposedly needs and benefits from sleep the most.

  4. Boeing C-17 Globemaster III - Wikipedia

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    Development The McDonnell Douglas YC-15 design was used as the basis for the C-17. Background and design phase In the 1970s, the U.S. Air Force began looking for a replacement for its Lockheed C-130 Hercules tactical cargo aircraft. The Advanced Medium STOL Transport (AMST) competition was held, with Boeing proposing the YC-14, and McDonnell Douglas proposing the YC-15. Though both entrants ...

  5. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - Wikipedia

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    The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ( HIPAA or the Kennedy – Kassebaum Act [1] [2]) is a United States Act of Congress enacted by the 104th United States Congress and signed into law by President Bill Clinton on August 21, 1996. [3] It aimed to alter the transfer of healthcare information, stipulated the guidelines ...

  6. Troubled Asset Relief Program - Wikipedia

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    The Troubled Asset Relief Program ( TARP) is a program of the United States government to purchase toxic assets and equity from financial institutions to strengthen its financial sector that was passed by Congress and signed into law by President George W. Bush. It was a component of the government's measures in 2009 to address the subprime ...

  7. Driver's licenses in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Either 4 or 8 years, at the discretion of the driver up to age 75. Licenses are 1-year, with passage of an eye exam required for renewal, for drivers age 75 and older. Yes. Learner must log 50 hours of practice driving including ten hours of night driving, and hold permit for six months.

  8. Second Avenue Subway - Wikipedia

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    The Second Avenue Subway (internally referred to as the IND Second Avenue Line by the MTA and abbreviated to SAS) is a New York City Subway line that runs under Second Avenue on the East Side of Manhattan. The first phase of this new line, with three new stations on Manhattan's Upper East Side, opened on January 1, 2017.

  9. Antonov An-225 Mriya - Wikipedia

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    Development Work on the Antonov An-225 began in 1984 with a request from the Soviet government for a large airlifter as a replacement for the Myasishchev VM-T. The specifics of this request included the ability to carry a maximum payload of 231,838 kilograms (511,116 lb), both externally and internally, while operating from any runway of at least 3,500 metres (11,500 ft). As originally set out ...