The Big dig

It was a massive mega-project in the city of Boston whose purpose was to relieve traffic congestion along I-93. The plan was to build an enormous 3.5 mile tunnel underneath the city of Boston to help relieve some of this traffic which had gotten worse year after year. The project broke ground in 1991, and it became the most expensive highway project ever in the United States. As of 2006, the Big Dig project cost $14.6 billion. Workers encountered many obstacles while digging the enormous tunnel including glacial debris, buried homes, and even sunken ships. The tunnel had many problems with leaks as it neared completion, but they were eventually fixed. There is one death that is solely contributed to the Big Dig project, which occurred when a 3 tonne piece of concrete ceiling collapsed onto a car, killing the passenger of the car and injuring the driver. Work on the Big Dig project concluded on December 31, 2007. It was one of the biggest projects of its kind in the world.

Some Important dates for your GK

IMPORTANT EVENTS IN HISTORY :


1755 - US Army founded


1777 - Continental Congress in phila adopts Stars & Stripes as flag


1801 - Former Revolutioanry War Gen Benedict Arnold died in London


1841 - 1st canadian parliament opened kingston


1846 - California ( Bear Flag) Republic proclaimed in Sonoma 

A Letter to God

Dear Lord,

So for today, God; I've done all right. I haven't gossiped,

 haven't lost my temper, haven't been greedy, grumpy, nasty,
 selfish, or even indulgent.
 
 I'm very thankful for that - But in a very short time, God, I'm
 going to get out of bed, and from that moment on I'm going to
 need a lot of help!
 
 Amen.

A Letter to god

 Dear Lord,

 
 So for today, God; I've done all right. I haven't gossiped, 
 haven't lost my temper, haven't been greedy, grumpy, nasty,
 selfish, or even indulgent.
 
 I'm very thankful for that - But in a very short time, God, I'm
 going to get out of bed, and from that moment on I'm going to
 need a lot of help!
 
 Amen.

The Blind Man

Two Nuns are ordered to paint a room in the convent, and the last instruction from Mother Superior is that they must not get even one drop of paint on their habits.
After conferring about this for a while, the two nuns decide to look the door of the room, strip off their habits, and paint the room in the nude.
In the middle of the project, there comes a knock on the door. 
" Who is there, " calls out one of the Nuns. "
" The blind man, " replies a voice from the other side of the door.
The two Nuns look at each other and shrug, deciding that no harm can come from letting a blind man into the room. They open the door.
" Nice boobs, sisters" remarks the man with a wry smile, "now, where do you want these blinds ? "

DOG BARK PARK INN - BEGALE

Are you looking for a road site attraction to stay, then you may be comfortable to stay in the DOG BARK PARK INN. Its a 30foot building built in 1997.

It can be hired too the whole pup can be rented out for $92 per night for two people and includes breakfast of home made granola and pastries.

Daily 15 Facts

1. If you are struck by lightning, your skin will be heated to 28,000 degrees Centigrade, hotter than the surface of the Sun.

2. If you trace your family tree back 25 generations, you will have 33,554,432 direct ancestors – assuming no incest was involved.

3. The average distance between the stars in the sky is 20 million miles. 

4. It would take a modern spaceship 70,000 years to get to the nearest star to earth.

5. An asteroid wiped out every single dinosaur in the world, but not a single species of toad or salamander was affected. No one knows why, nor why the crocodiles and tortoises survived.

6. If you dug a well to the centre of the Earth, and dropped a brick in it, it would take 45 minutes to get to the bottom – 4,000 miles down.

7. Your body sheds 10 billion flakes of skin every day.

8. The Earth weighs 6,500 million million million tons.

9. Honey is the only food consumed by humans that doesn’t go off. 

10. The Hawaiian alphabet has only 12 letters. 

11. A donkey can sink into quicksand but a mule can’t.

12. Every time you sneeze your heart stops a second.

13. There are 22 miles more canals in Birmingham UK than in Venice.

14. Potato crisps were invented by a Mr Crumm.

15. Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in their correct order.

Grand Coulee dam

The largest concrete structure and power producing facility in the United States is the Grand Coulee Dam in the State of Washington. The dam actually consists of 11,975,521 cubic yards of concrete, and 4 power plants. The Grand Coulee Dam provides 6809 MW of electricity to 11 states, and also provides irrigation for over 500,000 acres of farmland. Work began in 1933, during the Great Depression, with the first water spill over the Grand Coulee Dam occurring on the 1st June, 1942. This enormous structure spans 5,223ft and towers 550ft above the bedrock. This dam is so big, that all of the pyramids of Giza would fit inside the base of this behemoth!

Taipei 101

 

         The Emporis Skyscraper Award winner in 2004, the Taipei 101 tower is currently the tallest skyscraper in the world (until the Burj Dubai is completed) at over 1,670ft to the antenna. Newsweek Magazine has even hailed Taipei 101 as one of the Seven New Wonders of the World while the Discovery Channel calls it one of the Seven Wonders of Engineering. Taipei 101 is designed to withstand typhoon winds and small earthquakes. 36 columns support the immense weight of the tower, including 8 larger columns filled with 10,000 psi concrete that makes this tower one of the most stable skyscrapers ever constructed. In order to minimise the swaying-effect in highest points of the building, caused by wind, engineers created a 662 metric tonne steel pendulum that hangs from the 92nd floor. This pendulum sways to offset the effects of the wind, and thus, keeps the tower stable. Each of the $2 million elevators can reach speeds of almost 38 mph, the current world record. The total cost of this 5 year construction project, completed in 2004, was about $1.758 billion.

Mobile hazards

This list states that these mobile carry a bad radiation with them and they emit a huge amount of radiation. Do think before buying a mobile phone.

Note : Please dont think that the phnes which are not listed doesnt come under this category . There are the types of mobiles just listed.......Please reduce the usage time ..

I know u people are habituated to use color mobiles., but its an intimation to everyone that use black and white mobiles and low cost mobiles.

Cinema halls at Vishakapatnam

 


You may be wandering of the movie halls at Vishakapatnam....This is a trail to make you comfortable without searching for the halls.....We are listing the cinema halls at vishakapatnam area wise,so you may be comfortable to search which is near by your area.

Jagadamba area
1) Jagadamba 70mm
2) Sharada
3) Ramadevi
4) Chitralaya
5) Raj kamal

Madillapalem area
1) Kinera and kameswari
2) CMR central Inox

Beach area
1) Varun beach Inox

Rly new colony 
1) Sree kanya threatre

Urvasi area
1) Uravasi threatre

104 Area
1) Lakshmi narasimha

Gopalapatnam area
1) Mourya (Non AC)
2) Narasimha
3) Sri Narasimha
4) Soujanya
5) Sukanya
6) Sankara


Gajuwaka area
1) Aruna threatre
2) Kanya
3) Sri kanya
4) Anapurna threatre
5) Lakshmi

Other halls at Vishakapatnam
1) Likhita ( Malakapuram )
2) Gokul ( Allipuram )
3) Poornam market ( Poorna market )
4) Sri rama threater ( Anakapalli )
5) Leela mahal ( Dabagardens )
6) Parameswari ( kancherpalem )

NOTE : INOX and JAGADAMA hall area you can book the ticekts online
             Other halls require advance bookings.