Knowing Exposure Risks Important to Saving Structures from Wildfires Sep. 4‚ 2013 — A recent study of one of California’s most devastating wildland fires by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) strongly suggests that measures for reducing structural damage and property loss from wildland urban interface (WUI) fires are most effective when they are based on accurate assessments of exposure risks both for individual structures and the community
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hill overlooking a large lake‚ this museum is a cultural facility for the artistic education of children. It is made up of three units – the main museum‚ an intermediate plaza and a workshop complex- all linked by a long pathway slice through the hillside. The main unit is a multi-functional complex containing a library‚ indoor and outdoor theatres‚ exhibition gallery‚ multi-purpose hall and restaurant. It is composed of two staggered volumes‚ one of which connects with a fan-shaped building housing
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In the Puget Sound landslides are fairly common‚ mostly due to a very wet climate and ever changing environment. The definition of a landslide is: A gravity driven down slope movement of a mass composed of soil‚ rock‚ and vegetation. A landslide generally happens when the material in the down slope is heavier then the supporting soil. There are many contributing factors that cause landslides‚ steepness of slope‚ composition of soil and rock‚ groundwater condition‚ recent precipitation patterns
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep/ Blade Runner (symbolism) Often times novels and movies are written and produced and most generally all include some type of symbolism. Types of symbolism can be shown through a physical item or even an idea. Symbolism can be used to shape one specific character or a society as a whole. In Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep‚ symbolism is best shown through Mercerism‚ the almost Godly figure in this novel. Much like God‚ Wilbur Mercer created this religion and
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King‚ an oracle reveals a prophecy to Jocasta that her son was “fated to lie with [his] mother... and was doomed to be murderer of the father that begot [him].” (lines 793-795). Hearing this prophecy compels Jocasta to order her son to be left on a hillside to die. Although Jocasta’s actions prove she attempted to avoid this fate‚ it was inescapable and resulted in her ultimate demise. Similarly‚ Medea is also a victim. She was left in a state of despair after her husband‚ Jason‚ whom she had given
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have a similar author’s purpose. Jeannette Walls’s purpose of writing her memoir is to teach readers to achieve their dreams and not let their past hold them back. Especially‚ she describes her house as a compact residence that is located on a steep hillside. The front of the house includes a drooping porch‚ which is supported by spindly cinder-block pillars. It has been a long time since someone has painted it (Walls 150). Evidently‚ Jeannette Walls has had many obstacles while growing‚ but she does
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183) During this time‚ there vast building programs‚ as railroads across Britain and factory towns grew‚ doubling in size every ten years.This expansion of railroads depended mainly on unskilled laborers‚ such as the “navvies” who tunneled through hillsides and laid railroad lines and the miners who dug the coal out of the earth. (Evans p.115) In the 1840s‚ 200‚000 men were building railroads in
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The Stolen Child "The Stolen Child"‚ a poem by W.B. Yeats‚ can be analyzed on several levels. The poem is about a group of faeries that lure a child away from his home "to the waters and the wild"(chorus). On a more primary level the reader can see connections made between the faery world and freedom as well as a societal return to innocence. On a deeper and second level the reader can infer Yeats’ desire to see a unified Ireland of simpler times. The poem uses vivid imagery to establish
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on them. They retreat and the horns travel around to the backside of the supply depot to begin their second attack. While the British are distracted the Zulus make themselves seen by firing weapons they received from their previous battle from the hillside. The two fire at each other for a while until the Zulus begin to advance. The British shoot and stab while the Zulus charge at them with their sharp handheld swords and attack. The Zulus infiltrate the
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A major theme that can be found across all the regions in the African unit is the connection between the earth and the sky. Throughout a multitude of works‚ through the use of symbolism‚ one can see the many representations of the earth and the sky. There is the Gelede mask created by the Yoruba tribe in 1950 that depicts this theme. The Gelede mask is used in the ceremony celebrating women during the Gelede festival. Above the mask you see these figures that depict two snakes and three birds. Birds
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