Every now and then i see one or the other organisation opposing the metro. No doubt they entitled to their views‚ but do they ever see the benefits any metro brings to cities‚(especillay the crowded ones like bangalore‚ mumbai etc) Let me quote a few points from PIB regarding the delhi metro‚ i am sure such benefits will accrue to bangalore also once the metro is complete „« Fuel cost saving: The annual saving on account of reduced fuel consumption will be Rs.180.89 crore in 2009‚ more than double
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Sullivan and Fredric Lebow. The story starts with Lucy Eleanor Moderatz at her booth at the train station or her job. She would see Peter Callaghan every day and she soon fell in love with him. One day she saw Peter get pushed onto the train tracks‚ jumps onto the tracks‚ and saves Peter from being crushed by a train. Peter went into a coma because of the head injury he sustained from the fall onto the train tracks and when he was taken to the hospital‚ Lucy couldn’t see him because she wasn’t family
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Lawrence is the main protagonist in the movie "Lawrence Of Arabia" and the movie simply follows his conquests of Arabia from the Turkish though out his life. Lawrence was a Lieutenant station in Cairo‚ who with his extensive knowledge and schooling of the Arabian Culture and lack of anyone else he was sent to Arabia to become the Ambassador to the leader of a power tribe Ruled by Prince Faisal. While there we see the Lawrence of Arabia is an exceptional leader who leads the Arabian people to independence
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Max Wittig Mrs. Asquith En 111- Sec. 09 3/4/2013 The story of “Araby” by James Joyce is one of many stories in the book Dubliners. Here we follow the protagonist as he slowly discovers the truths of adult life. He’s at that stage in his young life when nothing seems to make sense. Joyce shows how the frustration of love can breakdown the barrier between the safety of childhood and the uncertainty of adolescent years. In this story the main character has fallen madly in love with one of
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The idea of a train being able to utilize its very infrastructure to generate electricity is very fascinating. Generating power by harnessing the wind energy created by fast moving trains is not an idea that may occur to the average researcher. However‚ two industrial designers- China’s Qian Jiang and Italy’s Alessandro Leonetti Luparini have managed to develop a device that produces power by utilizing this unique form of wind energy. The design won a silver award at the Lite-On awards last year
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Republic of the Philippines Bohol Island State University Main Campus Tagbilaran City‚ Bohol Vision: A premier S & T university for the formation of a world class and virtuous human resource for sustainable development in Bohol and the country. Mission: BISU is committed to provide quality higher education in the arts and sciences‚ as well as in the professional and technological fields; undertake research and development‚ and extension services for the sustainable development of Bohol and
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damaging effects on infrastructure through cyber terrorism have a critical effect on a Nation that can collapse an economy and destroy a nation’s safety. A very important infrastructure‚ that after 9/11 has changed dramatically‚ is mass transit or trains systems. The Transportation Security Agency modified their effort so step up and protect US commuters and infrastructure however rail has been neglected and under funded. An important question is what precautions have been made in order to secure
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private car. 25% travel by minibus taxi‚ 23% walk‚ 8% go by bus‚ and 6% by train. The remaining 6% travel by other means including bicycle and animal drawn vehicles. One of the reasons for the high rate of private car ownership is the poor quality and high cost of public transport. Public transport has recently been described by the chairperson of the transport portfolio committee in parliament as being in a state of crisis. Train users complain bitterly about overcrowding and security issues‚ whereas
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This story begins describing a little town ‚ in which there is a house near the railroad tracks‚ which pass every day at two o clock in the afternoon. For a long time‚ the train engineer blows his whistle‚ which attracted a woman who lived in the house to come out and greet him. During this time‚ the woman’s child is growing and also accompanies his mother to greet the engineer. The engineer becomes old and has seen many accidents and tragedies in the time he has served in the railroad‚ including
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cross 5 sets of railroad tracks and a train yard. After about an hour hanging around my grandmother’s house I decided I would go see what my cousin was doing. That entire day my cousin‚ four of my friends‚ and I had a great day hanging out being mischievous and doing what 15 to 16 year old kids do. Before I knew it the sun had gone down. All of a sudden we heard an all too familiar thundering sound. It was so loud it made the ground shake; it was the sound of a trains whistle. I don’t know who got the
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