The real life X-Files: Meet the people who have been abducted by aliens. By Eddie Wrenn Published: 16:48 GMT, 30 April 2012 | Updated: 08:08 GMT, 1 May 2012 It is a divisive subject - those who believe in alien visitors to our planet, and those who do not.
But there are many people on this planet who earnestly claim they have been visited by aliens, and have been abducted and taken off this planet, even to alien homeworlds. While their accounts may vary, the one thing they share is a conviction in what they saw, what they experienced, and the impact it had on their lives. New York photographer Steven Hirsch, 63,has interviewed and photographed many abductees. He said: 'I don't want my audience to have any preconceptions about these people before they see my images and read their words. 'My interviews barely break the surface of what is going on in their lives ... or in their minds. 'We've become desensitized to the TV sound-bite.
Here, the 'abductees' tell the stories, in their own words: Cynthia: CYNTHIA:'I've got to meet numerous types of beings' Jeffery: Jocelyn: US High Speed Rail Map. Shinkansen. Lineup of JR East Shinkansen trains, October 2012 Lineup of JR West Shinkansen trains, October 2008 The Shinkansen (新幹線?
, new trunk line) is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan operated by four Japan Railways Group companies. Starting with the Tōkaidō Shinkansen (515.4 km) in 1964,[1] the network has expanded to currently consist of 2,387.7 km (1,483.6 mi) of lines with maximum speeds of 240–320 km/h (150–200 mph), 283.5 km (176.2 mi) of Mini-shinkansen lines with a maximum speed of 130 km/h (81 mph), and 10.3 km (6.4 mi) of spur lines with Shinkansen services.[2] The network presently links most major cities on the islands of Honshu and Kyushu, with construction of a link to the northern island of Hokkaido underway. The maximum operating speed is 320 km/h (200 mph) (on a 387.5 km section of the Tōhoku Shinkansen).[3] Test runs have reached 443 km/h (275 mph) for conventional rail in 1996, and up to a world record 581 km/h (361 mph) for maglev trainsets in 2003. History[edit] Rio–São Paulo high-speed rail.
The Rio–São Paulo High-Speed Rail (Portuguese: Trem de Alta Velocidade Rio-São Paulo; Abbreviation: TAV RJ-SP) is a planned high-speed rail project to connect São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.[1][2] While originally planned to be operational by 2014 in time for the 20th FIFA World Cup to be held in Brazil[3] at a cost of $9 billion,[4] as of January 2014 formal bidding for the project had yet to start, with the Brazilian government delaying the auction by "at least" one year in August 2013.[5] Project history[edit] The original project, named Expresso Bandeirantes, was to build a high-speed rail line between São Paulo and Campinas.
The project was canceled in 2007 because the Brazilian government concluded that it was more viable to connect Campinas, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro with a single line 518 kilometres (322 mi) long.[6][7] On December 7, 2009, the federal government announced the scoring criteria for bids, with 70% for the cost of building the project and 30% for ticket pricing.[8]