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    Yesterday‚ the 8 orange team went to the Conodoguinet Creek for class. We went there to see the velocity of objects running down the stream. We got water samples to see what the alkalinity levels were in the creek. Finally‚ the last thing that we did was pick up rocks and brought them to shore to see if there were any macroinvertebrates that were attached to the rock. That is why our class went to the Conodoguinet creek yesterday. When my group went to the first station‚ we were testing the

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    Building Bridges

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    railway bridges because it made good use of iron. The Pratt has many variations‚ most with their own unique name. For instance‚ the Baltimore‚ Pennsylvania‚ and the Parker are all based off the Pratt. Pratt Truss How the forces are spread out Here are two diagrams showing how the forces are spread out when the Pratt Truss is under a load. The first shows the load being applied across the entire top of the bridge. The second shows a localized load in the center of the bridge. In both

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    Myall Creek Mascarre

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    Myall Creek Massacre on June 10‚ 1838 What is Myall Creek Massacre? Myall Creek massacre (1838) an incident in which‚ in retaliation for an alleged “outrage”‚ White station hands killed 28 Aborigines at Myall Creek in New South Wales‚ Australia. As a result‚ 11 White men were tried for murder. They were acquitted‚ but seven of them were retried‚ found guilty‚ and hanged. There was much public protest. Although prosecution of White people for such an incident was unusual‚ the incident itself was

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    The Bridge: Synopsis

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    The Bridge: Synopsis In 1970‚ Antonello is 22 years old and recently married. He has been working on the Westgate Bridge for almost 2 years and loves his job. Like many of his workmates‚ Antonello is proud of the bridge. He believes it is going to be more spectacular than the Sydney Harbour Bridge‚ that it is going to bring the city together and that they‚ the bridge builders‚ will be remembered for years to come. On the 15th October 1970 the Westgate Bridge collapses during construction and thirty-five

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    Foresthill Bridge

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    decided to trespass on to California’s highest bridge‚ and take a selfie. In the process of taking a selfie‚ the unidentified woman accidentally fell sixty feet of the Foresthill Bridge‚ landing on a trail below. Paul Goncharuk‚ a friend says “they we’re taking a picture on the bridge‚ and then the big bolts that are holding the beams together‚ she stepped on them kind of weirdly and lost balance and fell backwards”. The Foresthill bridge is the highest bridge in the state of California‚ and measures to

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    Women Hollering Creek

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    Waiting for Freedom In the story "Woman Hollering Creek" Sandra Cisneros discusses the issues of living life as a married woman through a character named Cleofilas; a character who is married to a man who abuses her physically and mentally .Cisneros reveals the way the culture puts a difference between a male and a female‚ men above women. Cisneros has been famous about writing stories about the latino culture and how women are treated; she explain what they go through as a child‚ teen and when

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    The Myall Creek Massacre

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    The Myall Creek Massacre In the early days of the European settlement of Australia‚ especially during the 1800’s‚ it was common for large numbers of Aboriginal people (men‚ women and children) to be massacred by the white settlers‚ including by police and soldiers. Most of these were not reported and were known to only a few people. Therefore‚ there was no action taken to punish the offenders and indeed‚ there was approval from most white settlers and government officials for this to continue

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    The Buffalo Creek Disaster

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    |the Buffalo Creek Disaster | | | A book by Gerald Stern |PART ONE | | | |Prologue | | | |On the morning of the 26th February 1972 a coal company’s massive coal-waste refuse pile which dammed a stream in middle fork hollow | |collapsed in the Buffalo Creek Valley. Over 130 million gallons

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    Millegan Creek Apartments

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    Is This Project Likely To Be Successful? Location‚ Product‚ Pricing Given the information‚ this project seems promising for success assuming high occupancy levels. The Millegan Creek Apartments would be a 390 unit apartment project in Williamson County‚ for a proposed $15‚715‚000 loan. It would be about 11 miles northwest of the CBD and close to many of Austin’s high tech companies. This location would be beneficial because it can service many of the high tech companies’ employees and since

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    Buffalo Creek Incident

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    Coal Crimes of Buffalo Creek Sara Hauke Medical Anthropology May 26‚ 2011 Let us imagine that one day a natural disaster hits your town‚ you watched everyone you know lose their homes‚ and for some‚ their lives. Your life view most likely would be skewed for some time‚ but who could you blame? Nature? God? While tragic‚ an act of nature or god most often carries no great amount of blame with it. This is not the case in the Buffalo Creek incident however. It is important to note that the

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