DETERMINATION OF MOISTURE CONTENT OF SOIL (ASTM D2216) 1.1 Introduction 1.1.1 OBJECTIVE To determine the natural moisture content of a soil sample. 1.1.2 Learning Outcome Understand the concept of Phases of Soil and Block Diagram Define Moisture Content and Explain its Uses Describe Lab Method for Determining Moisture Content of Soils Perform the Moisture Content Test Determine Moisture Content of the Soil 1.1.3 NEED AND SCOPE OF THE EXPERIMENT Moisture content is commonly used in geotechnical
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made by John McWhorter in “Why ‘Redskins’ Is a Bad Word” is that not every thing you say about race is offensive but you should be careful. He states‚ “It may not be mean to tell someone their skin happens to be reddish. But it’s mean to call someone a Redskin (6)” This shows that he doesn’t believe that every thing referred to the color of your skin is “racist” but a slur is. McWhorter also believes that there are better alternatives from words like Redskin. He shows us “ ‘crippled’ had a less neutral
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BADM 300 Exam 2 review 1. Attractive Nuisance a. Child’s failure to recognize risk – likely to trespass b. Artificial risk - pool‚ and big hole in the ground c. Utility slight - not a lot of value to it‚ d. Child likely to trespass e. Unreasonable risk of f. Serious harm 2. Adverse possession – you take some lands and use it long enough and becomes yours a. Hostile you don’t have permission to do it (not hostile is to come on my land) has to be against their interest b. Exclusive
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Component of soil Weight-Volume Relationships Prepared by: aidsalma@feng.unimas.my 1 Introduction • Soil is a three-phase material consisting of a skeleton of solid particles. • The solid particles encompassing voids filled with water & air. • It is necessary that the constitution of the solidswater-air mixture can be expressed quantitatively in terms of some standard physical properties. • Soil water is commonly known as pore water • If all voids are filled with water = soil is saturated
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Bibliography: Berry‚ David; 2012; Revisiting the Frankfurt School: Essays on Culture‚ Media and Theory; Ashgate Chomsky and Herman; Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media; Pantheon Books;(1988) Ritzer‚ George;2004;The McDonaldization of Society; SAGE Publications; Siochru‚ 2004;Global media and
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Soil Liquefaction Dangers During Earthquakes An earthquake brings a number of hazards: • Ground shaking and shifting can cause major damage‚ tearing apart houses‚ buildings‚ and roads. • Flooding that arises from broken water dams or river levees is another hazard. • Tsunamis‚ triggered by an undersea earthquake as well as seiches – waves coming from lakes shaken by a temblor – can submerge whole communities‚ sweep away edifices‚ topple trees and drown people. • Fire is another seismic hazard
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Name of Assignment: How I will develop sight word knowledge in my instructional programme. Introduction Sight words are words which are recognized on sight and do not require any analysis. Sight word knowledge refers to the ability to recognize the pronunciation of words automatically without conscious application of other decoding strategies (Leu and Kinzer‚ 1999). One of the benchmarks of a good reader is fluency. LaBerg and Samuels‚ 1976 define fluency as the process of automatically
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English Words ‘The air is always thick with our verbal emissions. There are so many things we want to tell the world. Some of them are important‚ some of them are not. But we talk anyway. A life without words would be a horrendous privation.’ (from the Introduction) Words and language‚ keys to human identity‚ are fascinating subjects. The aim of this book is to arouse curiosity about English words and about the nature of language in general‚ especially among students who are not intending
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you see the theme of the talk today – words are not enough. Ladies and gentlemen‚ through merely a picture‚ such adequate amount of data can be collected already. Now‚ try to describe this situation‚ without a picture‚ and only with words. I bet you’re going to use up 2 pages just to describe me standing here. The thing that I’m trying to say here is that‚ sometimes‚ words are just not enough. Ladies and gentleman‚ word is defined as a unit of language. Words can be used for a plethora of reasons
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Causes of Soil Erosion Amanda Brown Environmental Science 136 Rainfall and runoff is a water erosion problem also known as splash erosion. This is the first stage in the erosion process. The impact of rainfall drops on the soil surface can break down soil aggregates as the impact of falling raindrops breaks up the topsoil. This erosion is caused by long lasting and less intense storms. Runoff can occur whenever there is excess water on a slope that can’t be absorbed into the soil or trapped
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