curvature of 1.25kM radius was to be maintained if the trains were to reach the target speeds of 160kM per hour. • The only way the flat and fast track could be laid was by boring long and numerous tunnels through mountains‚ building tall viaducts through the valleys‚ creating high embankments‚ making deep cuts between peaks and building several bridges over water courses. • • Satellite images were used to decide on the alignment. Instead of using Government jeeps to inhospitable
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The Game of Shadows Resit Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) is the long awaited sequel to the first Sherlock Holmes film. Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law star in this thrilling action packed film. The storyline is carried on from the previous film; Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr) and his sidekick Dr. Watson (Jude Law) join forces to outwit and bring down the fiercest enemy yet‚ Professor Moriaty (Jared Harris). They face tough challenges to this notorious criminal. Like in the first
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Classes : HA1(1A cum 2A)‚ AB1(2A cum 3A) IR ’s Fastest Train : 12001/12002 Bhopal Shatabdi Express (runs at a speed up to 160 Km/h between New-Delhi to Agra Cantt and 140 Km/h between Agra Cantt to Bhopal Junction) First Railway Bridge : Dapoorie Viaduct on the Mumbai - Thane route First ISO Railway Station : Habibganj (WCR) First ISO Train : 12155/12156 Shaan-E-Bhopal Express (Habibganj – Hazrat Nizamuddin) Station with most number of ISO Trains : Habibganj[3] (12185/12186 Rewanchal Express‚12155/12156
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Education in the largest sense is any act or experience that has a formative effect on the mind‚ character or physical ability of an individual. In its technical sense‚ education is the process by which society deliberately transmits its accumulated knowledge‚ skills and values from one generation to another. In sociology we have various schools of thoughts or theories and each of these have their own view on the impact of sociology on “life chances” Functionalist one of the “theories” of sociology
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Ethics are moral principles that govern a person’s or group’s behavior. They are a part of one’s worldview and greatly affect how one interacts with the world. A typical Brazilian in Sao Paulo will derive his or her ethics from a deistic worldview‚ which will guide their behavior in regards to ethical issues such as prostitution or poverty. The immense growth of favelas‚ meaning shanty towns‚ in Sao Paulo throughout approximately the last 40 years‚ almost doubling in quantity‚ gives evidence
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During the 19th century our governments were running under an organized group called political machines. These political machines had controlled the activity of a political party in the city. These groups had functioned like a pyramid‚ they had a political boss at the top who controlled most activity in the city‚ in the middle of the pyramid was the ward boss who controlled votes‚ and at the bottom of the pyramid‚ the local precinct workers and captains had worked streets to gain votes. The political
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Their paintings were competing with the extremely popular and realistic paintings of the Romantic artists‚ who were able to show a more sublime side of nature. Many of the Romantic paintings‚ have rolling fields of vibrant greens or a golden sun illuminating the entire compositions. An extremely significant line from “Where I lived and What I lived for” is “It is something to be able to paint a particular picture‚ or to carve a statue‚ and so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious
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When Leonardo da Vinci designed a 240 meters bridge it would have been the longest bridge in the world. His plan was ambitious. In 1502‚ a skeptical sultan rejected Leonardo’s design as impossible‚ but 300 years civilization finally embraced the engineering principle - arches as supports - underlying the construction. The bridge has been constructed‚ in Norway. Now instead of spanning the Bosporus ‚ his visionary creation was destined to span 500 years as a bridge to another millennium
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Name | Designation | Contact Numbers | Office of the Minister of Railways | Dr. C. P. Joshi mr@rb.railnet.gov.in | Minister (Addl. Charge) | +91 11 23386645‚23381213 ( Off.) +91 11 23387333 (Fax) +91 11 23383676 (Fax) | | | Office of the Minister of State for Railways | Shri K. H. Muniyappa khmuni@sansad.nic.in | Minister of State | +91 11 23388190‚ 23382490 ( Off.) +91 11 23381634 (Fax) +91 11 23792703‚ 23794481 ( Res.) +91 11 23794481 (Fax) | | | Shri P. Anand Kumar
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in place. In all there were 18‚038 pieces joined by two and a half million rivets. B. Architect: Gustav Eiffel The man behind the Eiffel Tower was Gustave Eiffel‚ known from his revolutionary bridge building techniques‚ as employed in the great viaduct at Garabit in 1884. These techniques would form the basis for the construction of the Eiffel Tower. He was also known for the construction of the Statue of Liberty’s iron framework. C. Materials used: Puddle Iron (Wrought Iron) weighs 7‚300 tons
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