Fanny Varain Period 6 The First Transcontinental Railroad The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1‚907-mile railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast at San Francisco Bay with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network at Council Bluffs‚ Iowa. It was built by three private companies: the original Western Pacific Railroad Company‚ the Central Pacific Railroad Company of California‚ and the Union Pacific Railroad Company
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ENVIRONMENT AND AESTHETICS The Delhi Metro has won awards for environmentally friendly practices from organisations including theUnited Nations‚RINA‚ and theInternational Organization forStandardization‚ becoming the second metro in the world‚ after theNew York City Subway‚ to beISO 14001certified for environmentally friendly construction. Most of the Metro stations on the Blue Lineconductrainwater harvestingas an environmental protection measure. It is also the first railway project in the world
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Supportive Relationships This assignment will explain the importance of supportive relationships in reducing the risk of abuse and neglect. Many different factors contribute to a good professional relationship and help minimise abuse for vulnerable adults. One factor is communication. Good effective communication creates trust within the professional and the individual and also builds a good open relationship. By good communication the vulnerable adult is able to feel confident to talk openly to
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to the urban. The theme of the story may have been influenced by Dickens’s own involvement in the Staplehurst rail crash<file:///wiki/Staplehurst_rail_crash> on the 9th of June<file:///wiki/9th_June> 1865<file:///wiki/1865>. While passing over a viaduct in Kent‚ the train on which he was traveling jumped a gap in the line‚ causing the central and rear carriages to fall onto the riverbed below. Dickens was in the only first-class carriage to survive. The first accident‚ in the story of ’The Signalman’
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Those who made a change There are many people that have contributed to the improvements to our country to turn it to the country it is now. The nominations for the award of the greatest contribution to History are.... Robert Peel.... Robert was born in the year of 1788 in Bury‚ Lancashire. He was a student at Oxford University studying Classics and Mathematics. His father was very wealthy textile manufacturer and was and Member of Parliament. As a result of his father’s influence and political connections
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WORD ROOT INTRODUCTION TO THE WORD ROOT The following list presents some of the commonest word roots-mostly Greek and Latinthat appear in English. Learning to recognize these word roots is a great help in expanding your vocabulary. Many seeminglydifficultwords yield up their meanings easily when you recognize the word‚ roots that make them up. Excrescence‚ for example‚ contains the roots ex-‚ meaning out or out of‚ and meaning to grow; once you know this‚ the meaning of excrescence‚ an outgrowth
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THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION & THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK Prepared By: Ms. Narimah Hashim Jabatan Perakaunan & Kewangan Fakulti Ekonomi & Pengurusan‚ UPM NHashim....UPM...12.7.2006 1 THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION Definitions‚ features & functions Relationship of the government & the Constitution Financial relationship between Federal & State Governments Government grants Financial difficulties of States NHashim....UPM...12.7.2006 2 WHAT IS THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION? The Federal Constitution
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Glasgow 2014 commonwealth game Introduction The commonwealth game is a well-known special sports event‚ which take places every four years since 1930. This year‚ Glasgow will be the host. Germany would be a huge and brand new target for it. There are lots of advantages to expand the German market. So‚ there will be a P.E.S.T analysis of Germany as follow‚ which will show the internal‚ micro and macro marketing environment for the country. Then‚ the proposal will focus on the 7Ps marketing mix for
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The old name of DHAKA is JAHANGIRNAGAR. It is the capital and the largest city of Bangladesh. Dhaka is located in the geographic center of the country .With its colorful history and rich cultural traditions‚ Dhaka is known the world over as the city of mosques and muslin. Its fame attracted travelers from far and near throughout the ages. Today it has grown into a mega city of about 10 million people becoming the hub of the nation’s industrial‚ commercial‚ cultural‚ educational and political activities
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| Pasta Bridges | Engineering studies | | Eden Marine High School Mrs FlitzPatrick | | Michael Boden | 11/24/2012 | | Abstract For many years people have been trying to make the best bridges in the world through length‚ width‚ height and even its height. But on top of this they try and make it as cheap as possible and also the easiest way possible. This is through the use of engineers. In this report I have been trying
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