1.Name at least 6 different types of bridge trusses: Pratt‚ Parker‚ K-Truss‚ Warren‚ Howe‚ Camelback http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/common-types-truss-bridges 2. Name and describe the 3 most common types of bridge truss types: Warren: The Warren Truss uses equilateral triangles to spread out the loads. The triangles reduce the forces to only compression and tension. Pratt: A Pratt truss includes vertical members and diagonals that slope down to the center. The inner diagonals are under
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Bridge to Terabithia In most novels involving children‚ the endings are clear-cut happy endings with the children learning a valuable life lesson in the process of their adventures. An exception to this is Katherine Paterson’s Bridge to Terabithia. Though the valuable life lesson is still present in the story‚ its acquisition comes at a terrible price‚ effectively breaking the myth that life will always work out happily. Katherine Paterson is said to have written this novel based on something
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The Swinging Bridge Discrimination can be found in many different forms and it can happen to anyone. Some people are discriminated against their race‚ gender or age. Some people are discriminated by religion ‚ culture‚ belief or how wealthy they are. Some people are even discriminated by their physical ablities or sexuality. Discrimination is a very ghastly thing and it is a major issue faced by the many of the characters in the novel The Swinging Bridge. The characters Mona Singh ‚ Kello
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Chapter 8: Forgiveness-A Bridge across Abysses of Revenge The article focused on the topic of forgiveness and the past. Specifically how it relates to incidents which have happened throughout history with various countries during war times. Donald W. Shriver talks about the different approaches to how nations have dealt with war crimes and massacres‚ and great injustices in the past. He gave one example of how Americans has the tendency to either deny such allegations or try to forget about the
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What has globalization changed? Each year in the United States alone‚ drug abuse is linked to 52‚000 deaths and costs nearly $110 billion in healthcare. To define globalization for a better understanding: “ it’s a process of interaction and integration among the people‚ cultures‚ companies‚ and governments of different nations‚ a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology.” However‚ Gleiser had a different approach to globalization. His argument in the
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The River as Bridge At the beginning of the new millennium urban populations outnumbered that of rural populations for the first time in history. Urban areas have long had connotations of being harmful to our environment and the people living in them are often seen as either careless or oblivious in regards to maintaining their surrounding environment; most notably the rivers that flow through their cities. The Trinity River begins in North Texas and flows all the way to the Gulf of Mexico; it flows
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new culture‚ people become dependent on those around them more fluent in the new society’s ways and lose their connection to the humans around them who seem too challenging to comprehend. The excerpt from the novel Monkey Bridge by Lan Cao exposes readers to this world through the eyes of a girl from Saigon who must help her mother orient herself to American life. In the excerpt‚ the girl describes the contrasts between her mother’s great shopping abilities in the open markets of Saigon and the complete
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Bridge to Terabithia The title of the book that I will be reviewing is called Bridge to Terabithia. The book was written by Katherine Paterson in 1977. The genre of the book is realistic fiction and children’s literature. The book is set in the small town of Lark Creek and the magical land of Terabithia in 1970. One of the main characters is a ten year old boy named Jesse Aarons. Jess had long straw coloured hair and was quite tall for his age‚ he was white and thin. Some character traits I noticed
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internal damage to his kidneys. At his side sat his mom. When I asked what happened‚ she said that Cj was hit off of Brooks Bridge by a drunk driver. A thirty-foot fall into the ground below‚ landing in the grass. Cj was two-inches away from the stone hard concrete that could’ve ended his life. It takes something very immense to show who your real friends are. It could range from a moment of drama where a friend stays by your side‚ to sitting bed side by your friend in critical conditions. I learned
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How Does Miller Convey Tension In This Scene? In this essay I will be discussing the various ways that Arthur Miller creates tension in the last scene in act one of A View from the Bridge. When you read this essay you will have to understand the definition of tension is. According the Oxford School Dictionary‚ “tension is a feeling of anxiety or nervousness about something that is about to happen.” Before the scene I will discuss how Eddie and Rodolpho created an awkward tension between them.
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