Low-cost sustainable building materials and construction technologies THE CHALLENGE The building and construction industry is considered a major contributor to climate change - and a key player in sustainable development - with the potential to significantly impact the environment in both positive and negative terms. According to the International Energy Agency‚ buildings account for 30 to 40 percent of energy use worldwide. The construction industry consumes over 3 billion tons of raw materials
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Contents Introduction I work as a legal advisor at EastEnd solicitors‚ on behalf of the Head Solicitor I am going to create a detailed report for our new client Mr Mitchell. I am going to be informing him about the elements and various cases that need to be considered to assess a crime along with a thorough explanation of corporate liability. Elements of Crime When proving that the defendant
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Gilgamesh is capable of love; as he and Enkidu "embraced and kissed...[and] held hands like brothers" (Mitchell‚ 2004‚ p. 90). The two heroes’ quest to kill Humbaba in the Cedar Forest reveals Gilgamesh’s development further‚ with his desire to embark on the quest itself driven by pride‚ as he proclaims "I will make a lasting name for myself‚ I will stamp my fame on men’s minds forever" (Mitchell‚ 94). As his faithful companion‚ Enkidu attempts to persuade Gilgamesh against completing his desired
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David George Joseph Malouf (born 1934) is an Australian writer. He was awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 2000‚ his 1993 novel Remembering Babylon won the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 1996‚ he won the inaugural Australia-Asia Literary Award in 2008‚ and he was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Malouf was born in Brisbane‚ Australia‚ to a Christian Lebanese father and an English- Jewish mother. He was an avid reader as a child‚ and at 12 years old was reading
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Published in 1847‚ under the pseudonym Currer Bell‚ Jane Eyre‚ is “ one of the most widely read of English novels.” Written by Charlotte Bronte‚ this novel made a major impact on the Victorian reading public‚ as well as today’s viewing public. With about thirteen television and film adaptations‚ it is not surprising that Jane Eyre is one of the most filmed novels. Unlike most books of its time‚ Jane Eyre took its readers on a journey into the restricted life of women living in the nineteenth century
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his leg is injured. The book is about a black man being on a slave-trade voyage after being shipwrecked. This reflects on Dana because she travels back in time to come and rescue an ancestor and ordered to work at the Weylin’s place. " As a kind of castaway myself‚ I was happy to escape into the fictional world of someone else’s trouble‚" (86). Therefore‚ Butler must have put this to perplex what slaves had been through. " I read books about slavery‚ fiction and nonfiction. I read everything I had in
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Born in 1917‚ Louie Zamperini was an Olympic athlete‚ a castaway ‚ and a war hero. He was living in California as a are these your words? petty street thug‚ until he had a your word? revelation that eventually led him to become a track star. However‚ as World War II broke out ‚ not even that could keep him from being drafted. The story of Mr. Zamperini’s courage begins in a small town in Southern California ‚: Torrance. There he grew up your word? scavenging the town for any trouble he could get
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the intensity competitive gaming but lacked in the aspect of character portrayals. After watching your film I have come to the consensus that Billy Mitchell was dramatized as a character of heroic status only to aid the plot of the film that therefore deprived him of the recognition he deserves. First and foremost I will begin by saying Billy Mitchell has done much to receive the recognition he has gained in his lifetime through his scores in various old time arcade games. The movie portrays Billy
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in the story‚ although appearing fine in this passage. - Page 13 and top of 14: conversation between Mitchell Sanders and Henry Dobbins Quote(s): “You want my opinion‚ Mitchell Sanders said‚ there’s a definite moral here.” (Pg.13) “I don’t see no moral” (pg. 14) Meaningful words/ phrases: moral‚ pebble‚ blood‚ Paladin‚ gift‚ superstition Overall meaning/ author’s purpose: Mitchell Sanders bizarrely tries to teach a lesson in morals by
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Brigadier General William “Billy” Mitchell‚ an observer of the air war prior to the United States’ entry‚ studied the concepts of Sir Hugh Trenchard (Father of the Royal Air Force) to formulate his own ideas for the application of air power. Mitchell took Trenchard’s ideas of forward action and relentless offensive to heart. Applying these principles‚ in 1918‚ Mitchell successfully devised and executed a plan that put 1‚500 planes over the battlefield
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