The collapse of the 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge stunned everyone‚ especially engineers. How could the most "modern" suspension bridge‚ with the most advanced design‚ suffer catastrophic failure in a relatively light wind? The State of Washington‚ the insurance companies‚ and the United States government appointed boards of experts to investigate the collapse of the Narrows Bridge. The Federal Works Administration (FWA) appointed a 3-member panel of top-ranking engineers: Othmar Amman‚ Dr. Theodore
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Spanish philosopher‚ George Santayana once wrote‚ “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” This quote is widely used because of its relevance to a variety of topics. Engineers use reverse engineering to investigate an engineering failure and prevent it from happening again. We remember the tenth mission of the space shuttle Challenger that ended on January 28‚ 1986 in a catastrophic disaster. Seven astronauts were killed that day when the Challenger they were piloting‚ exploded
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The Collapse of the Ancient Regime. The memorandum sent to the king by the princes of the blood in December 1788 is a document of record; as it is the petition itself‚ not a record of it and it is a private source as it was generated solely for the use of the king‚ although the petition was published shortly afterwards‚ and therefore became a public source. The source was written in the period of the ancient regime‚ a month before the French revolution occurred in 1789 and is a strong
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The events that led to the collapse of the Roman Republic were as follows: During the early 1st century‚ there were many uprisings among non-Romans in Italy and Asia Minor due to their inability to vote since they were not Roman citizens; they had no voice in rulings that affected them. In addition‚ the citizens refused the non-Romans’ demands for citizenship purely out of greed as they wanted the spoils of war for themselves. At this tumultuous time‚ Lucius Cornelius Sulla‚ with his client army
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Several WAISers disagreed with Christopher Jones‚ who denied Reagan’s role in the collapse of the Soviet Union. Harry Papasotiriou writes: "The Soviet Union certainly collapsed of its own weight‚ but Reagan helped speed up the process. The following paragraphs are from a forthcoming book that I am co-authoring. Reagan’s conviction that the Soviet Union was both a dangerous military power and a collapsing economic system derived not from any deep knowledge of the Soviet Union. Yet he proved to be
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COINTELPRO main priority was to destroy the Black Panthers by which they accomplished. The Black Panthers had corruption within the Party‚ most of the leaders were in jail‚ exiled‚ or dead. These along with political repression is what helped in the collapse of the Panthers.
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Adult Learning and Learning Styles When one thinks about education thoughts are naturally turned toward adolescents. In today’s society the media is quick to expose flaws in the educational system. One rarely thinks about the educational needs of adults‚ but for many adults there is a large need for continuing their education. One might venture to ask the question what is adult learning? According to Malcolm Knowles adult learning is a process of self-directed inquiry (Urological Nursing‚ 2006)
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Society may collapse as a result of corruption. Corruption is the abuse of public resources to enrich or give unfair advantage to individuals‚ their families or their friends. Common forms of corruption are:- A business or individual pays a bribe to a government official in order to be given a government contract or license‚ the use of government owned resources‚ such as motor vehicles for private use ‚ a government official takes advantage of his or her position to favor a family member or business
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works. Reference English I (Based on the Basic Education Curriculum) by Josefina Payawal-Gabriel English Communication Arts and Skills Through Filipino Literature by Josephine B. Serrano Week 1 Learning Outcomes Learning Content Learning Strategies Learning Resources Evaluation Values Identifying the parts of a news story Getting the gist of a news Making a report based on Reading Describing people‚ places and things Making comparisons Selection: News Story: Universe
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Learning a new language is a challenge for most people. All over the world‚ many people can speak two or more languages. There are hundreds of languages among the countries. Chinese is spoken by the largest population; however‚ English is one of the most popular languages around the world. What are the secrets to learning Chinese and English? This paper is going to discuss the differences and similarities between learning Chinese and English. Firstly‚ knowing the differences between Chinese and
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