Old is not always gold With an impressive past‚ troublesome present and a fearful future: Egyptian Railway is so much similar to Egypt nowadays‚ writes Ahmed Morsy “I dream of a time when a train safely runs and reaches its destination on time‚” said Islam Shokri‚ a 29-year-old employee living in Nasr City district of Cairo and working in Aswan. Shokri‚ whose work necessitates travelling about 900 kilometres by train every week‚ said that the trip from Cairo to Aswan sometimes takes fifteen hours
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While I was strolling on the beachfront‚ I happened upon a bottle under the slowly rolling waves. I picked it up‚ unscrewed the cork cap‚ took out the parchment coiled inside‚ and rolled it out on the fine sand to read the message. It was written in Spanish‚ but my years of education in the Spanish language had allowed me to effectively decipher it. To whomever finds this letter‚ I was one of the sailors aboard the Sanlúcar‚ the Spanish cargo ship that crashed near the shore of this accursed island:
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Indian Railways is one of the largest systems in the world. It is also one of the very few railway systems in the world generating operating surpluses. With a modest beginning in India on April 16‚ 1853‚ when the first wheels rolled on rails from Bombay to Thane‚ the Indian Railways has emerged today as the main vehicle for socio-economic development of the country. Rail transportation has a number of favourable characteristics as compared to road transportation. It is six times more energy-efficient
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Do Gas Stations cause soil pollution? Soils are extremely important parts of every ecosystem. They are a home to many microbes and provide vital nutrients to the plants that live in them. pH is the measure of acidity or alkalinity of a solution‚ and most organisms have a very small range of pH values in which they can survive. 7 is considered neutral‚ lower than 7 is acidic (lemon juice‚ rain water) and above 7 is basic (bleach‚ soap). Lots of urban areas are dependent on car transportation‚
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THE RAILWAY CHILDREN-CHARACTER ROBERTA (BOBBIE) Roberta is 12 years old. She has a brother named Peter and a younger sister named Phyllis.She is fondly known as Bobbie in this novel. She is the eldest of the three. One of her characters is‚ she is a very persistent person.She doesn’t easily throw in the towel when the odds seem to be against her. There are many incidences in the novel where we can see her persistence. For example‚in chapter 3 (page 17 - paragraph 5 - lines 1-3)‚we can see how
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I’m sitting on a bench in Christopher Columbus Park. The wooden planks at my back are faded from a combination of sun and sea-breeze‚ and under my fingers are lover’s carvings. Names‚ initials‚ crooked hearts‚ equations that end in forever. The last time I was here‚ I was eighteen. Maybe back then‚ I would have seen the beauty in it all. Right now‚ I pass my fingers over the gouges in the wood and hope I don’t get a splinter. I sigh softly‚ leaning forward and hanging my head. One hand dangles
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INDEX 1. Acknowledgement 2. Introduction 3. Layout of Railway Workshop 4. Salient Features of Jodhpur Railway Workshop 5. B.T.C. 6. Shop Organization 7. Machine Shop 8. Mill Wright Shop 9. Black Smith & Heat Treatment Shop 10. Roller Bearing 11. Corrosion Shop 12. Brake Gearing Shop 13. Lifting Shop 14. Project ACKNOWLEDGEMENT To
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College June 2014 Name- The movie title is “Fruitvale Station” Venue Viewed- DVD Movie Social Issue- Fruitvale station is a story of a young man with a past legal history getting in his way as he struggles to find his identity. While trying to change his life he encounters unjust treatment at the hands of a brutal police force. Content- Oscar Grant was a twenty two year old African American male in the lead role of a drama about his life and how it tragically ended on January 1‚ 2009
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Writing Flaws No offense‚ but ELA has never been my favorite subject. It requires creativity‚ a characteristic I lack. In fact‚ it took me a week to conquer up this anecdote’s topic. I haven’t always been this way‚ but as you will read‚ numerous habits have restricted my ability to be imaginative‚ and taken a toll on my writing. In grammar school‚ writing was just another subject. The way you wrote didn’t matter‚ just whether or not you could. ELA was learning how to write sentences and use correct
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Railways in Colonial India: An Economic Achievement? Dan Bogart* Latika Chaudhary† May 2012 1 Introduction Railways were the most important infrastructure development in India from 1850 to 1947. They were inter-connected with all aspects of Indian society. In terms of the economy‚ railways played a major role in integrating markets and increasing trade. Domestic and international economic trends shaped the pace of railway construction and the demand
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