A bus lane in Dublin, Ireland. More developed and established lines such as the Guangshen Railway have more frequent metro-like service. Birmingham has four suburban routes, one of which is operated with diesel trains. We get our first look at Muhammad Yunus's perception of the absolute poor when he meets Sufiya Begum, a bamboo stool maker who was trapped in poverty's vicious cycle due to a lack of 27 cents. There are speculations about the room being a punishment room used by Warren Hastings and other British officials,[12] or a place to store treasure. [1][2] The setup consisted of three-lanes towards the peak direction (south in the morning; north in the evening), and one contraflow lane. In Romania, the first commuter trains were introduced in December 2019. [71], There is no question of tax evasion here. On 1 February 1953 the National Library was opened to the public by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. The main suburban rail networks in Australia are: New Zealand has two frequent suburban rail services comparable to those in Australia: the Auckland rail network is operated by Auckland One Rail and the Wellington rail network is operated by Transdev Wellington. Awards presented maintian CICFFs longtime standing as one of the top childrens film festivals in the world. While all Grameen groups are required to exhibit a form of democracy (such as electing a chairperson and secretary), the Grameen staff were surprised to find that borrowers were thrilled with the opportunity to display their voting rights as citizens of Bangladesh in the 1991 national election. Yunus developed the principles of the Grameen Bank from his research and experience. Upon opening, the 7-mile (11km) busway featured specialized stations, signal priority, grade separation, and was expanded to 14 miles (23km) by 1980. Some services, like British commuter rail, share tracks with other passenger services and freight. A dragon decoration was salvaged from the Los Angeles Times building. [42][43][44] As the action in Chinese cuisine became centered in the San Gabriel Valley, southeast Asian eating places filled some of the empty spaces and offered Vietnamese pho noodle soup and submarine sandwiches called banh mi. American children's books illustrator and writer. Get discounts. Bus lane in Busan, South Korea(Between "Wondong IC Intersection" (IC: Wondong IC Gyocharo) stop and "Wondonggyo"(: Wondonggyoap) stop). British Rail did not have the budget to maintain the ageing electrification system. A new commuter rail line in Metro Manila, the NorthSouth Commuter Railway, is currently under construction. In 2011, the Bangladesh government forced Yunus to resign from Grameen Bank, saying that at age 72, he was years beyond the legal limit for the position. [22][23], During the 1980s, many buildings were constructed for new shopping centers and mini-malls, especially along Broadway. In Moscow the Beskudnikovskaya railway branch existed between the 1940s and 1980s. The present microfinance model is serving 100 million people with $25billion of loans. Willems has worked on a number of books on his own, as well as submitting work for other compilations. [46], The Grameen Bank encourages its members to create a positive impact by becoming actively involved in the politics of their country. [11], In 2011, the researchers announced that the room was filled entirely with mud, probably in an effort to stabilize the building.[13]. Some services include express services which skip some stations in order to run faster and separate longer distance riders from short-distance ones. [30] To supplement the lending, Grameen Bank requires the borrowing members to save very small amounts regularly in a number of funds, designated for emergency, the group, etc. At the other, the Northern Line continues out of the city centre to a mainline rail interchange, while the Wirral Line has a city-centre loop. Tehran Metro is going to construct express lines. The 19th century brought changes to the format of Old Chinatown was displaced by the construction of Union Station, and two competing Chinatowns were built in the late 1930s north of Old Chinatown to replace it: China City (19381948) and New Chinatown (1938present). No Decent Shoes For Rain 8. trains run at specific times rather than at specific intervals), serving lower-density suburban areas, typically connecting, not fully grade separated (containing at-grade crossings with crossing gates), being able to skip certain stations as an express service due to normally being driver controlled, This page was last edited on 10 December 2022, at 04:33. It had been speculated that he was assassinated for his activism against the Khmer Rouge government of Cambodia, but this idea was later proved unfounded. "[20] In the initial years, donor agencies used to provide the bulk of capital at low rates. The Metro run eleven services which feed into Leeds, connecting the city with commuter areas and neighbouring urban centres in the West Yorkshire Connurbation. There is also a network of narrow-gauge commuter systems in North Spain and Murcia. So when the adults laughed he knew his story was good and if the adults still gave polite comments then he knew his story was bad. But some lines have travel times (over an hour from Oslo) and frequencies (once per hour) which are more like regional trains. Many Japanese commuter systems operate various stopping patterns to reduce the travel time to distant locations, often using station passing loops instead of dedicated express tracks. [49][50] The bank claims a loan recovery rate of 96.67%,[51] up from the 95% recovery rate claimed in 1998. Even some lines not operated by Korail, such as the AREX Line, the Seohae Line or the Shinbundang Line mostly function as commuter rail. Returning to New York, he started his career as a writer and animator for Sesame Street, where he earned six Emmy Awards for writing during his tenure from 1993 to January 2002. Police, ambulance services and fire brigades can also use these lanes. In the US and some other countries, a three-and-two seat plan is used. The Riverside Branch was closed, while the remaining lines were de-electrified. In October 1983 the Grameen Bank was authorised by national legislation to operate as an independent bank. Awards are determined by a Professional Jury consisting of filmmakers, critics, teachers, community leaders, and parents, who award prizes in all categories including the Oscar-qualifying Best Animated and Best Live-Action Short Film categories. [26] The Thank You Book was awarded the same award by Goodreads in 2016. On 15 January 1964 the first bus lane in France was designated along the quai du Louvre in Paris and the first contraflow lane was established on the old pont de lAlma on 15 June 1966. The National Library (1953), then the Imperial Library housed several foreign (British) and Indian titles and was open to the public. The National Library is under Ministry of Culture, Government of India.Currently, Dr. Prof. Ajay Pratap Singh working as Director General (additional) who is Director General of Raja Ram Mohan Roy Library Foundation, Kolkata since 2020. Metrorail operates in the major cities of South Africa, and there are some commuter rail services in Algeria, Botswana, Kenya, Morocco, Egypt and Tunisia. He orders thugs to face Tintin in Tintin in America. Grameen changed tactics and applied a third time, this time to make "factory loans", the explanation being that borrowers worked from home, so the home was also a factory that made it possible for borrowers to earn income. [3][4], The first bus lanes in Europe were established in 1963 in the German city of Hamburg, when the tram system was closed and the former dedicated tram tracks were converted for bus travel. "Tram lane" redirects here. Other commuter rail routes in Japan include: Commuter rail systems have been inaugurated in several cities in China such as Beijing, Shanghai, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Changsha and the Pearl River Delta. In Algeria, SNTF operates commuter rail lines between the capital Algiers and its southern and eastern suburbs. There are three Proastiakos networks, servicing the country's three largest cities: Athens, Thessaloniki and Patras. Also, in Bangladesh, there are several commuter rail systems. These higher speeds better serve the longer distances involved. In the United States, Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Mexico regional passenger rail services are provided by governmental or quasi-governmental agencies, with a limited number of metropolitan areas served. As of 2017, Grameen America had 19 branches in eleven US cities. Its North section is set to be partially opened by 2021. The Japanese Shinkansen high speed rail system is heavily used by commuters in the Greater Tokyo Area, who commute between 100 and 200km (62 and 124mi) by Shinkansen. The two MTR lines which are owned and formerly operated by the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (East Rail line and Tuen Ma line which is integrated from the former West Rail line and Ma On Shan line in 2021), then the "KCR"), and MTR's own Tung Chung line connect the new towns in New Territories and the city centre Kowloon together with frequent intervals, and some New Territories-bound trains terminate at intermediate stations, providing more frequent services in Kowloon and the towns closer to Kowloon. Moreover, it has improved the livelihoods of farmers and others who are provided access to critical market information and lifeline communications previously unattainable in some 28,000 villages of Bangladesh. Distances between stations may vary, but are usually much longer than those of urban rail systems. Grameen Bank is Bengali for "Rural" or "Village" Bank. Generally commuter rail systems are considered heavy rail, using electrified or diesel trains. "[44] Later, as time progressed, more situations would arise, such as battling for those who were landless, or small-time farmers such as those in Jobra who could not use a deep tube-well that was available to them. [47] Traditional Chinese restaurants that have remained are being joined by a variety of new restaurants as the opportunities Chinatown offers is recognized by additional restaurateurs. [6], Grameen's objective has been to promote financial independence among the poor. The project's services expanded to other districts of Bangladesh over the next few years.[11]. [10] Sheep in the Big City was a success with the critics but ultimately failed to attract sufficient viewership and was canceled after two seasons. East Japan Railway Company operates a large suburban train network in Tokyo with various lines connecting the suburban areas to the city center. [4] Since the creation of Toronto's GO Transit commuter service in 1967, commuter rail services and route length have been expanding in North America. Caldecott Medal & Honor Books, 1938Present. Small, specialized grocery stores are important to the aging population but few remain as gentrification impacts the neighborhood. ", pag 130. [16] Similar systems are planned for The Hague and Rotterdam. [16], As of 2017, the Bank had about 2,600 branches and nine million borrowers, with a repayment rate of 99.6%. [24] In 2013, Bangladesh parliament passed 'Grameen Bank Act' which replaces the Grameen Bank Ordinance, 1983, authorising the government to make rules for any aspect of the running of the bank.[1]. Other large German cities soon followed, and the implementation of bus lanes was officially sanctioned in the German highway code in 1970. [7] Some services operate only during peak hours and others uses fewer departures during off peak hours and weekends. Metro rail and rapid transit usually cover smaller inner-urban areas within 12 to 20km (7 to 12mi) of city centers, run more frequently, and use dedicated tracks (underground or elevated), whereas commuter rail often shares tracks, technology and the legal framework within mainline railway systems. Browse all awards from FACETS 39th Annual Chicago International Childrens Film Festival (CICFF39), one of only two Oscar-qualifying childrens film festivals in the world. The Government has provided organisations with opportunities; we have made use of these opportunities with [the] aim of benefitting our shareholders who are the rural poor women of Bangladesh.[72]. More than 55,000 phones are currently in operation, with more than 80 million people benefiting from access to market information, news from relatives, and more. Since the Grameen Bank embraced the Sixteen Decisions, almost all Grameen borrowers have their school-age children enrolled in regular classes. [4][5][6] The National Library is under Ministry of Culture, Government of India. In city centers the train either has a terminal station or passes through the city centre with notably fewer station stops than those of urban rail systems. In some cases, poor rural families have suffered debt spirals, harassment by microfinance debt collectors, and in some cases suicide. [22] More recently, Grameen has started bond sales as a source of finance. Grameen Bank is founded on the principle that loans are better than charity to interrupt poverty: they offer people the opportunity to take initiatives in business or agriculture, which provide earnings and enable them to pay off the debt. As of January 2011, the total borrowers of the bank number 8.4million, and 97% of those are women. The goal of this training is for the trainee to "appreciate the unexplored potential of the destitute" and to discover new ways to solve problems that arise within the Grameen branch. The Spanish documentary, Microcredit, also suggested this. The first such system in Russia is the Oranienbaum Electric Line in St. Petersburg. In particular, the Athenian network is undergoing modifications to completely separate it from mainline traffic, by re-routing the tracks via a tunnel underneath the city center. Its definition states: "The indicator reflects the length of the exclusive sections along which regular private car traffic is not allowed to use the same space travelling in the same direction". A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) is a hybrid electric vehicle whose battery pack can be recharged by plugging a charging cable into an external electric power source, in addition to internally by its on-board internal combustion engine-powered generator.Most PHEVs are passenger cars, but there are also PHEV versions of commercial vehicles and vans, utility trucks, We shall always keep our children and the environment clean. The National Library is a result of the merging of the public library with the Imperial Libraryseveral government libraries. The bank grew significantly between 2003 and 2007. [69] Yunus believes that he is working against the subsidised economy, giving borrowers the opportunity to create businesses. In Rio de Janeiro SuperVia provides electrified commuter rail services. [31] "Though lacking the hustle and bustle of San Francisco's Chinatown, Los Angeles' version has charms of its own. Capone's main rival in Chicago is Bobby Smiles. Grameen Bank has been a source of ideas and models for the many institutions in the field of micro-credit that have sprung up around the world. Makoto Iwamatsu ( , Iwamatsu Makoto, December 10, 1933 July 21, 2006) was a Japanese-American actor, credited mononymously in almost all of his acting roles as simply Mako.. His film roles include Po-Han in The Sand Pebbles (1966) (for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor), Oomiak "The Fearless One" in The Island at the Top of the 13 years later, they were re-electrified using DC overhead wires, and now form the Tyne & Wear Metro Yellow Line. Kolkata Suburban Railway is the biggest Suburban Railway network in India covering 348 stations carries more than 3.5 million commuters per day. [19], Grameen Bank is now expanding into wealthy countries as well. Macintosh, K. and McKenzie, S. High occupancy vehicle lane enforcement: a successful trial in Brisbane by adding a splash of magenta. The interest rates charged by microfinance institutes including Grameen Bank is high compared to that of traditional banks; Grameen's interest (reducing balance basis) on its main credit product is about 20%.[26]. Many built businesses, including wineries (San Antonio Winery is still in existence). I traveled from Chicago to Mackinac island, and this was my favorite attraction There's so much to see in here. [citation needed]. 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It would have to be, as Yunus put it, "an institution that would lend to those that had nothing. According to Muhammad Yunus's book, Banker to the Poor, Yunus commissioned his bank staff to encourage Grameen borrowers to vote; however, the staff were not to influence the voters' decisions on which political party to support. Lyndon, S. Marinelli, P.A. Commuter rail systems in Germany are called S-Bahn. Spaces such as Telic Art Exchange, Betalevel and The Mountain Bar often have readings, performances and lectures. According to CRA/LA, borders of (the current) Chinatown neighborhood are:[5][6][7]. The Chennai Suburban Railway along with MRTS is another railway of comparison where more than 2.5 million people travel daily to different areas in Chennai. Since 2011, Grameen Bank released this technology under the stewardship of Mifos Initiative, a US Non Profit organisation. [19] The Bank also incorporates a set of values embodied in Bangladesh by the Sixteen Decisions. The underbanked represented 14% of U.S. households, or 18. Prizes may not be awarded in all categories each year. In Iran, SYSTRA proposed 4 express lines similar to RER suburban lines in Paris. Islamic Republic of Iran | 2022. [36] This program is focused on distributing small loans to beggars. They primarily serve lower density suburban areas (non inner-city), generally only having one or two stops in a city's central business district, and often share right-of-way with intercity or freight trains. "Announcing the Goodreads Choice Winner in Best Picture Books! Yes, I would like to receive emails from FACETS. Dynasty Center, Saigon Plaza, and the Chinatown Phuoc Loc Tho Center feature many Vietnamese-style bazaars with people engaged in bargain shopping for items such as clothing, toys, Chinese-language CDs, pets, household items, funerary products, and so on. You have until Nov 20 to watch CICFF39 award-winning films in-person and virtually. In many cases, Japanese commuter rail is operationally more like a typical metro system (frequent trains, an emphasis on standing passengers, short station spacings) than it is like commuter rail in other countries. In Japan, South Korea and Indonesia, longitudinal (sideways window-lining) seating is widely used in many commuter rail trains to increase capacity in rush hours. According to the Sustainable Safety guidelines they would violate the principle of homogeneity and put road users of very different masses and speed behaviour into the same lane, which is generally discouraged.[22]. [1][2][3] Generally commuter rail systems are considered heavy rail, using electrified or diesel trains. [48], The bank has distributed BDT 1.437trillion (US$20.92billion) in loans, out of which BDT 1.317trillion (US$19.02billion) has been repaid. [38], The median household income in 2010 dollars ($29,000), was the third-lowest in Los Angeles County, preceded by Watts ($28,200) and Downtown ($24,300). Overground section between Kazleme and Sirkeci, stations like Cankurtaran, are closed since 2013. Morgane DupratPeter, Daphn Kutnowski, Yoann Bouabr, Slena Aledji, Anthony Okoko, Laura Sadi Honniball, Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller, Jeremy Newberger, Matthias Hoene, Matt Bloom, Alexander James Jacob, Yanis Belaid, Eliott Benard, Nicolas Mayeur, Etienne Moulin, Hadrien Pinot, Lisa Vicente, Philippine Singer, Alice Letailleur, Solne BOSSEBOEUF, Flore DECHORGNAT, Tiphaine KLEIN, Auguste LEFORT, Antoine ROSSI. [28] At every branch of Grameen Bank, the borrowers recite these Decisions and vow to follow them. Yellow lanes identify public transport lanes in Zagreb. In the Village Phone program, women entrepreneurs can start businesses to provide wireless payphone service in rural areas. They are the KTM Komuter that serves Kuala Lumpur and the surrounding Klang Valley area, and the KTM Komuter Northern Sector that serves Greater Penang, Perak, Kedah and Perlis in the northern region of Peninsular Malaysia. Contact Customer Service with any questions. Yunus encourages all borrowers to become savers, so that their local capital can be converted into new loans to others. and Are You Ready to Play Outside?, and five Geisel Honors, for We Are in a Book!, I Broke My Trunk!, Let's Go for a Drive!, A Big Guy Took My Ball!, and Waiting Is Not Easy! Distance charges or zone pricing may be used.. Others subsume one term under the other. A sampling of retailers includes high-end boutiques such as David Yurman, Louis Vuitton, AllSaints, Tiffany & Co. and Austin's only Neiman Marcus, as well as more traditional retailers like American Eagle Outfitters, Banana Republic, Express and more. In Tintin in the Congo, he runs a criminal diamond smuggling operation, trying to gain control of African diamond production. Tehran Metro currently has a commuter line, which is Line 5 between Tehran and Karaj. Operation Masher was a combined U.S., ARVN and Republic of Korea Army operation in Bnh nh Province conducted by the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division, ARVN 22nd Division and ROK Capital Division. By 1989, their average housing loan had grown to $300. Many of the rail services around Glasgow are branded as Strathclyde Partnership for Transport. Bus lanes may also be physically separated from other traffic using bollards, curbs, or other raised elements.[14]. Not only did more women participate in political activism, but over 1,750 Grameen members, 268 male and 1,485 female, were elected to local offices in 1997. CBS News Live CBS News Sacramento: Local News, Weather & More Jun 16, 2021; CBS News Sacramento We shall keep our centre free from the curse of dowry. Biomass is plant-based material used as fuel to produce heat or electricity.Examples are wood and wood residues, energy crops, agricultural residues, and waste from industry, farms and households. The area includes restaurants, shops, and art galleries, but also has a residential neighborhood with a low-income, aging population of about 20,000 residents. They may be long, continuous networks, or short segments used to allow buses to bypass bottlenecks or reduce route complexity, such as in a contraflow bus lane.[12]. Other commuter railways in India include Hyderabad MMTS, Delhi Suburban Railway, Pune Suburban Railway and Lucknow-Kanpur Suburban Railway. While the Yamanote Line, Keihin Tohoku Line, ChSbu Line services arguably are more akin to rapid transit with frequent stops, simple stopping patterns (relative to other JR East lines) no branching services and largely serving the inner suburbs; other services along the Ch Rapid Line, Sbu Rapid Line/Yokosuka Line, UenoTokyo Line, ShnanShinjuku Line etc. One such habit includes educating children by sending them to school. Alternative names are "local train" or "stopping train". Others preferred the New Chinatown project, considered less distorted by the stereotyping lens of Hollywood. Los Angeles Public Library operates the Chinatown Branch. Please read the layout guide and lead section guidelines to ensure the section will still be inclusive of all essential details. The National Library of India is a library located in Belvedere Estate, Alipore, Kolkata, India. Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting commuters to a central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter towns. [41], When Muhammad Yunus took the first steps toward establishing Grameen Bank in Bangladesh and began to provide micro-credit loans to those living in abject poverty in the rural area surrounding Jobra. [27], Bus lanes marked with colored pavement have been shown to reduce intrusions into bus lanes, speeding travel time and increasing bus reliability.[28]. The New York Times Book Review referred to Willems as "the biggest new talent to emerge thus far in the 00's"[11] and to his pigeon character as "one of this decade's contributions to the pantheon of great picture book characters. Examples include the former BR's Regional Railways, France's TER (Transport express rgional),[8] Germany's Regionalexpress and Regionalbahn, and South Korea's Tonggeun services.[9]. 13 October 2006, the Nobel Committee awarded Grameen Bank and its founder, Muhammad Yunus, the 2006, This page was last edited on 27 November 2022, at 01:11. It will be unique and first of its kind in India as it will have metro like facilities and rolling stock. [28], In 2020, Willems recorded an audio book, The Pigeon HAS to Go to School!, for which he was nominated for the Audie Award for Young Listeners. They also serve to connect Algiers' main universities to each other. It is open between 9 am and 8 pm on all working days and between 9.30 am and 6.00 pm on Saturdays, Sundays and Government of India holidays. [37] There are three schools operating within Chinatown. Here's why", "Irvin R. Lai dies at 83; Chinese American community leader in Los Angeles", "Grab That Cart! Mo Willems (born February 11, 1968) is an American writer, animator, voice actor, and children's book author. 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I opted instead for the" worms eye view." [6] The Athens Suburban Railway in Greece consists of five lines, 4 of which are electrified. [19] The Los Angeles Chinatown saw major development, especially as a tourist attraction, throughout the 1930s, with the development of the "Central Plaza,"[20] a Hollywoodized version of Shanghai, containing names such as Bamboo Lane, Gin Ling Way and Chung King Road (named after the city of Chongqing in mainland China). They are used by buses, trams and taxicabs. [48] Similar growth can be observed in the number of villages covered. There are also basketball courts (lighted/indoor/outdoor), a children's play area and volleyball courts (lighted). Higher-speed rail (HrSR), also known as high-performance rail, higher-performance rail, semi-high-speed rail or almost-high-speed rail, is the jargon used to describe inter-city passenger rail services that have top speeds of more than conventional rail but are not high enough to be called high-speed rail services. Bus lanes may be demarcated in several ways. group members are not obliged to pay on behalf of a defaulting member. Many welcomed the economic opportunity the project provided. Grameen Bank is best known for its system of solidarity lending. A comparable system in India, the Delhi RRTS, is also under construction. It currently has only two routes, with plans for further expansion. For example, so-called "intercity" trains in Belgium and the Netherlands carry many commuters, while their equipment, range, and speeds are similar to those of commuter trains in some larger countries. Following enhanced enforcement of the lanes, non-compliance rates dropped and overall efficiency of the Bus and Transit lanes improved with an up to 12% increase in total passenger throughput in the lane. [7] Commuter/suburban trains are usually optimized for maximum passenger volume, in most cases without sacrificing too much comfort and luggage space, though they seldom have all the amenities of long-distance trains. The bank has diversified among different applications of microcredit. [7], The bank grew significantly between 2003 and 2007. A 7-foot tall statue of martial artist Bruce Lee was unveiled at Central Plaza on June 15, 2013. [27], Willems won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Children's Series six times for his work on Sesame Street between 1995 and 2001. [65][66][67] Researchers have noted instances when microloans from the Grameen Bank were linked to exploitation and pressures on poor families to sell their belongings, leading in extreme cases to humiliation and ultimately suicides. 97% of the borrowers were women. Few boba cafes have opened in Chinatown, but a large number are to be found in the Chinese enclaves in the San Gabriel Valley. [9] Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was appointed as the president of imperial library council (1910) to which he donated his personal collection of 80,000 books arranged in a separate section. These networks have frequent services, with frequencies varying from every 10 to every 30 minutes on most suburban lines, and up to 35 minutes in peak on bundled underground lines in the city centres of Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Melbourne. Trains operates at high frequencies on tracks used exclusively for commuter traffic. A midnight firecracker display occurs every Chinese New Year's Eve at Thien Hau Temple and Xuan Wu San Buddhist Association. Mumbai Suburban Railway, the oldest suburban rail system in Asia, carries more than 7.24 million commuters on a daily basis which constitutes more than half of the total daily passenger capacity of the Indian Railways itself. Delivery was great (came 1 day earlier than expected). In this regard, the German service delineations and naming conventions are clearer and better used for academic purposes. [20] Certain other vehicles may also be permitted in bus lanes, such as taxis, high occupancy vehicles, motorcycles, or bicycles. Anna Calls From The Arctic 2. The level of service varies considerably from line to line ranging high to near high speeds. Amartya Kumar Sen (Bengali: [morto en]; born 3 November 1933) is an Indian economist and philosopher, who since 1972 has taught and worked in the United Kingdom and the United States.Sen has made contributions to welfare economics, social choice theory, economic and social justice, economic theories of famines, decision theory, development economics, public health, Feb 29 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena* Mar 4 - Toronto, ON - Scotiabank Arena* Mar 7 - Ottawa, ON - Canadian Tire Centre* May 15 - Woodlands, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion It connects the Jakarta city center with surrounding cities and sub-urbans in Banten and West Java provinces, including Depok, Bogor, Tangerang, Bekasi, Serpong, Rangkasbitung, and Maja. In Taiwan, the Western line in the Taipei-Taoyuan Metropolitan Area, Taichung Metropolitan Area and Tainan-Kaohsiung Metropolitan Area as well as the Neiwan-Liujia line in the Hsinchu Area are considered commuter rail. 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