October 15‚ 2020‚ at around 7:10 AM ‚ a group of fifteen armed Australian men pulled the emergency brake on an E-Z Express freight train in Toronto‚ and planted a bomb in the front engine. The hijackers held 50 male employees hostage onboard the train for 10 days. The reason for this unforeseen hijacking is due to the five million dollars of gold bars onboard. The train that was on route to Hamilton‚ Ontario was headed for Hamilton Harbour. The harbour is known for its easy access to the seaway
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English "Orphan Trains"� The "Orphan Trains"� was a charitable organization to provide homes and a better way of life‚ for orphans and neglected children on the streets of New York. Charles Loring Brace‚ who was a young minister in New York‚ founded the Orphan Trains (1855-1929). The children were taken off the streets of New York (many whom had no homes)‚ and brought to the Midwest to be adopted. The children were prepared for adoption the closer they came to their destinations. They were made
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Espinoza September 21‚ 2010 ARTS 1301 Essay #1 “The Tube Train‚” by Cyril E. Power is a color linocut painting in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. As the title suggest it’s a painting of the inside of a train filled with elegant people from the early 1900’s. The first thing that caught my eye when looking at this painting was the vantage point in the front of the train‚ which the artist used to illustrate the view of the train as if you are sitting in the back looking forward. The feeling
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While comparing the film’s Strangers on a Train‚ directed by Alfred Hitchcock and The Spanish Prisoner directed by David Mamet‚ two suspenseful mysteries unfold. In this essay I will compare both directors use of themes‚ tones‚ and camera effects to convey the thrilling story of a confused and tortured protagonist. While they are different plotlines‚ both stories overlap in many ways. Perhaps Mamet may have even made an homage to Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train by mirroring various scenes and themes
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Local Trains: The Lifeline of Mumbai July 17‚ 2007 Rohan Rao Leave a comment Go to comments [pic]When a true to the core Mumbaikar utters “Aamchi Mumbai”‚ the local trains will always be an inseparable element of the true spirits reflected in these. The locals have become a hallmark of Mumbai and one is not surprised to know that the daily commuters call the locals as their first homes; this in not surprising considering the fact that some of them spend more than six hours travelling in these trains
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VIOLENCE THAT PRECEDED THE BIRTH OF INDIA ANDPAKISTAN AS THE BRITISH HURRIEDLY HANDED OVER POWER IN 1947‚ IS BECOMING A FADING WORDIN THE HISTORY BOOKS. FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS WILL SOON VANISH. KHUSHWANT SINGH‚ WHO WASOVER THIRTY AT THE TIME‚ LATER WROTE TRAIN TO PAKISTAN AND GOT IT PUBLISHED IN 1956.REPRINTED SINCE THEN‚ REISSUED IN HARDCOVER‚ AND TRANSLATED INTO MANY LANGUAGES‚ THE NOVEL IS NOW KNOWN AS A CLASSIC‚ ONE OF THE FINEST AND BEST-KNOWN TREATMENTS OF THE SUBJECT. About the author Khushwant
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In his essay‚ “Toys”‚ Roland Barthes is trying to inform the reader about the influence of French toys on children and how those toys have lost their creative side as more toys were produced to mimic the adult life. All the traits that French people acquire are created by the society and those particular traits are socialized into the toy that is being produced. Barthes states in his essay that " The fact that French toys literally prefigure the world of adult functions obviously cannot but prepare
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Another aspect of career choice being impacted by gender stereotypes in toys is imagination. Imagination affects what one’s career will be‚ and toys have a direct impact on imagination. Imagination is heavily promoted by toys‚ especially wooden blocks and water tables (“Importance”). Toys can also help babies and young children develop imaginative skills through pretend play (“Impact”). Gender stereotyping causes limited imagination in kids‚ and for girls to miss out on problem solving opportunities
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Toy Evaluation Article Brief Children apparently develop his or her cognitive structure according to his or her understanding (Bakir & Palan‚ 2010). This is not limited to social cognitive developmental toys‚ aggressive promoting toys‚ and gender stereotyping toys. Lev Vygotsky‚ a Russian Psychologist‚ created a theory of learning and development that may have implications in regard to play materials (Bradley‚ 1985). Apparently‚ children’s toys play a significant role in long-term effects
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University‚ Belgaum TILTING TRAINS DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING [pic] GUIDE : VINAY B U PRESENTED BY : ARUN USN : 4SF09ME014 SYNOPSIS With the invention of new technologies in various features of the railway transportation the human beings are more benefited. One of the technology that the railway engineers thinking is about the “THE TILTING TRAINS”‚ which provide the passengers
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