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    of transportation in India today. They carry almost 90 percent of the country’s passenger traffic and 65 percent of its freight. The density of India’s highway network -- at 0.66 km of highway per square kilometer of land – is similar to that of the United States (0.65) and much greater than China’s (0.16) or Brazil’s (0.20). However‚ most highways in India are narrow and congested with poor surface quality‚ and 40 percent of India’s villages do not have access to all-weather roads. Rural Roads-

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    In 1956‚ the Interstate Highway Act established the foundation for the creation of a network of highways that would extend between either coastline of the United States‚ placing a greater dependence on automotive travel than ever before. The Highway Trust Fund was established to finance the network of highways‚ drawing revenues from collected sales taxes from fuels‚ tires‚ and the use of large trucks that provided extensive

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    lifestyle of most Americans and individuals around the globe. Urban sprawl is an urban layout where the location of homes‚ schools‚ shops‚ and places of work are widely separated. All of the vastly separated locations are connected by multilane highways. The highways alleviate the issue of distance and replace it with an issue of time (how quick a location can be reached). The city limits are also constantly extending into the countryside‚ which is due to a lack of space and/or cheaper land on the outskirts

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    at that specific tipping time. Finally after the disaster has happened the final phase of resolutions occurs. The resolutions are steps that the society attempt to implement to revert the effects that the event has produced. Consider the Deepwater Horizon disaster that happened on July 17th 2010. Upon critical review the group have identified series of antecedents that led to the disaster. At the tipping point the disaster occurred‚ lives were lost and numerous crew members injured. After the initial

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    fast or how slow you wanted to go. Should we strike down every sign that the government has put up to regulate the speed limit in the thousands of highways around the country? And should we trust the driving ability of each and every person to drive within a reasonably safe speed? People automatically assume the speed limits are posted on our highways of our own protection‚ but are they? The definition of speed limit is the maximum speed legally permitted on a given stretch of road. Speed limit

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    The Shadow Lines

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    BOOK REVIEW Novel : The Shadow Lines AUTHOR : Amitav Ghosh Awards : winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award (1989). Bibliography : The Shadow Lines(novel)‚ Wikipedia(Internet). Main Characters : Mayadebi‚ Tridib‚ Ila‚ May‚ Narrator‚ Nick‚ grandmother. POLITICAL SCENERIO : The novel is set against the backdrop of historical events: 1.Swadeshi movement 2.Second World War 3.Partition of Country 4.Communal riots of 1963-64 in Dhaka and Calcutta CHARACTERS ANALYSIS : The characters in this

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    of the horizon. As Janie climbs the pear tree to see what exists around her‚ she sees the horizon. The horizon also plays a role at sundown‚ a time when the porch sitters sit outside at the end of a working day to watch the sun set. Janie wants to make a trip to the horizon‚ and her journey becomes a principal metaphor in the story. At sunrise‚ Janie travels down the road to the train station to meet and marry Tea Cake‚ hoping that this experience will take her to the horizon. The horizon is a symbol

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    a region of space from which nothing‚ including light‚ can escape. It is the result of the denting of spacetime caused by a very compact mass. Around a black hole there is an undetectable surface which marks the point of no return‚ called an event horizon. It is called "black" because it absorbs all the light that hits it‚ reflecting nothing‚ just like a perfect black body in thermodynamics. Under the theory of quantum mechanics black holes possess a temperature and emit Hawking radiation through slow

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    2.12 Lane Width The width of a travel lane has significant effect on the driving speeds of the vehicles on that lane‚ and the passing vehicles on adjacent lanes. This also affects the highway capacity and level of service. The design of lane width should not only consider widths of the vehicles‚ but also the driving psychology. The width of a lane is measured from the pavement marking on both sides. In general‚ lane widths vary from of 2.7 to 3.75 m. The narrower lanes are mainly used in residential

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    compassion‚ which leads to development and promotion of national integrity. As prescribed by the Bar Council of India‚ internships are an important necessity of legal education in India‚ which helps in creating a better professional and extends the horizon of learning. Fulfilling the aforementioned objective‚ our students have interned with Senior Advocates at various High Courts and Supreme Court of India‚ Hon’ble Judges of various High Courts‚ NGO’s and Law Firms. Subject: Letter of Recommendation

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