1. Briefly describe at least three strategies for noise mitigation for airports‚ highways‚ or railways. Under what circumstances would you considered each to be appropriate? -The most fertile areas for the highways noise mitigation are in urban planning decisions‚ highway design‚ noise barrier design‚ speed control‚ surface pavement selection and truck restrictions. Speed control is effective since the lowest sound emissions arise from vehicles moving smoothly at 30 to 60 kph. Above that range
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see a plastic bag blowing by you‚ grab it and put it in the nearest trashcan. Most places have recycling bins set up all over. Sure‚ it’s not your fault that some people just don’t care. But you do! Show you care by being good to your Mother Earth. 3: Use less energy in your home. Whether you work from home or just like to lounge around and watch TV‚ there are all sorts of ways you can conserve energy in your home and do your part to help the world. If you’re on the computer‚ you don’t need any lights
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Plath presents nature and the natural world in her poem ‘Tulips’ ‘Tulips’ is a poem that was written by Sylvia Plath in 1961 and was published after her death in 1965. Plath wrote this poem while recovering in hospital after recently having a miscarriage and having an appendectomy. This poem‚ set in the hospital‚ expresses Plath’s feelings and emotions at this time in her life. Nature and the natural world are themes‚ which are portrayed‚ in a negative light in many of Plath’s poems‚ ‘Tulips’ included
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AUSTRALIAS DAY: 1942 In Memoriam W.J. Miles IF EVER it were time for the dead to ride then surely that time is now: From the Leeuwin’s cliffs to the roar of Sydney-side‚ from Wyndham to the Howe call up your ghosts‚ Australia‚ call up your many dead; your Kelly and your Lalor and the shirted men they led; call up your brave‚ your Stuart‚ your Wentworth‚ your Benelong‚ your men who dared Hashemy with its bitter slavish wrong. Call up your quietened singers from the silence of the grave
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4 steps to writing about a poem 4 steps to writing about a poem 1. About the poet‚ his concerns 2. The story of the poem 3. Theme: idealises bush life 4. Techiques (how) Paterson constrasts this beauty of the bush with the harsh‚ dirty life in the city and the effect this has on people. • List a series of visual images‚ using adjectives and adverbs with negative connotations: ‘my dingy little office’ and a ‘stingy/Ray of sunlight struggle feebly down’ • Also uses sound images to create
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Armitage’s poems‚ ’Poem’ and ’About His Person’ are written about someone who has‚ for unspecified reasons‚ passed away or gone. One is in the style of a eulogy and looks back on the life of its persona‚ presenting contrasting views of it‚ while the other examines the articles found on a man after his death. Both give the readers some impression of the personas‚ but are somewhat ambiguous‚ inviting us to form our own mental pictures of the people and judge them for ourselves. The man in ’Poem’ seems
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2 )A small valley.3 )A road drain | | Guango trees | | | Logwood | A tree‚ Haematoxylum Campechianum‚ in the legume family‚ of great economic importance and growing throughout Central America | | Buttercup | Any of many herbs‚ of the genus Ranunculus‚ having yellow flowers; the crowfoot. | | SETTING The poem is set in Jamaica. The poet uses nature and describes the weather being hot and wet. The poet also uses trees‚ bushes‚ flowers‚ and fruits to portray nature as alive and abundant
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Respectfully I have to say that I do not agree completely with Beatty’s poem about tipping. I go out to eat almost every weekend and when its time to tip‚ I just give the person ten percent plus whatever I feel like is proportional to the service him / her gave to me. Her tone throughout the poem seem be irritated‚ which could probably accredited to bad tipping experiences in the past. This is evident to me when the author‚ Jan Beatty‚ says “If you leave 10% or less‚ eat at home.” (line 17). She
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Misconception about the nature of scientific knowledge (nature of science) The definition of scientific knowledge is that it is “accumulated by systematic study and organized by general principles”. Many people think that scientific knowledge is absolute and cannot change‚ but this is not true‚ because science is a process for producing knowledge the process is to make careful observations of phenomena and to invent theories out of those observations. Change in knowledge is necessary‚ because
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Poem – Horatio Nelson – Guy Head (1798-1799) In the prosperous lands of the Norfolk‚ a boy was conceived‚ one of eleven. Importance would be bestowed upon the bloke and he would earn a place in heaven and in the heart of his kinsmen For Horatio Nelson was born for the sea‚ and early he began his naval career. However his importance‚ no one could foresee except that a ship’s wheel he would steer‚ and the love for his King and his Kingdom. Known for his unconventional tactics of
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