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    Turtle Creek Casino

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    Turtle Creek Casino and Hotel Capstone Project Lisa Cragg Human Resource Seminar 5/6/2013 Dr. Brown Turtle Creek Casino and Hotel Background Turtle Creek Casino and Hotel is a nonprofit organization that has owned and operated by the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians. Turtle Creek Casino is located 4 miles east of Traverse City on M-72 in Williamsburg‚ Michigan and is open 7 day a week‚ 24 hours a day. The casino has affiliation with the Grand Traverse

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    Types of Bridges

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    major types of bridges. We have a separate page for each type of bridge. Please go to one of the following pages. Beam - The beam type is the simplest type of bridge. The beam bridge could be anything as simple as a plank of wood to a complex structure. It is made of two or more supports which hold up a beam. Arch - In the arch type of bridge‚ weight is carried outward along two paths‚ curving toward the ground. Suspension/Cable-stayed - The deck (trafficway) of a suspension bridge is hung by cables

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    Truss Bridges

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    Truss bridges were invented in the year of 1844. The first Truss to be invented was the Pratt Truss. This is because Caleb and Thomas Pratt invented the bridge. The basic types of Trusses are Warren‚ Pratt‚ Howe and K Truss. These are just the four that people use most commonly. The Truss Bridge is almost like a beam bridge with braces. The Truss Bridge can either be a through Truss or a Deck Truss. A Through Truss means that the deck of the bridge is under the bars or braces of the bridge. A Deck

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    Mean Creek Essay

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    In the film ‘Mean Creek’‚ the director Jacob Aaron Estes uses visual and verbal techniques to successfully convey the main idea of loss of innocence; this idea is relevant today to teenagers and shows their actions due to it. The main idea is presented to the viewer in three vignettes; banks of the river‚ burial site‚ and taking the police to the burial site. In the vignette ‘Banks of the river’ the director successfully displayed the use of verbal and visual techniques to show the relevant idea

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    Bayonne Bridge

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    three necessary components of a successfully functioning and prosperous city‚ and bridges aid in fulfilling those needs. Bridges are generally used to connect two areas of land which are separated by water or another geographical feature. One particularly unique bridge is the Bayonne Bridge‚ which connects New Jersey to Staten Island‚ New York. The innovative construction which went into creating the Bayonne Bridge surpassed that of most others by incorporating advanced technology in order to serve

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    Bridge on the Drina

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    1) What did the bridge represent? The bridge signified the very important connection between Sarajevo with the rest of the Turkish Empire. The Bridge got rid of the boat transportation system across the river. This boat transportation system was very unreliable. The serfs were forced to build the bridge under terrible working conditions. 2) Who built the bridge and why did he do it? Mehmed built the bridge at the age of 60 when he became a Grand Vizier. He built the bridge to make a tribute to

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    Padma Bridge

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    Padma Bridge 1 Padma Bridge Padma Multipurpose Bridge Carries Crosses Locale Maintained by Designer Design Material Total length Width Motor vehicles‚ Railway Padma River Louhajong‚ Munshiganj to Shariatpur and Madaripur Bangladesh Bridge Authority Maunsell AECOM Truss bridge Steel 6‚150 m (20‚180 ft) 21.1 m (69 ft)  Bangladesh Construction begin expected in 2013 Construction end Coordinates expected in 2016 23°25′21″N 90°18′35″E The Padma Bridge is a multipurpose road-rail bridge across

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    Padma Bridge

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    Padma Bridge Padma Multipurpose Bridge Carries | Motor vehicles‚ Railway | Crosses | Padma River | Locale | Louhajong‚ Munshiganj to Shariatpur and Madaripur‚ Bangladesh | Maintained by | Bangladesh Bridge Authority | Designer | Maunsell AECOM | Design | Truss bridge | Material | Steel | Total length | 6‚150 m (20‚180 ft) | Width | 21.10 m (69.2 ft) | The Padma Bridge is a multipurpose road-rail bridge across the Padma River to be constructed in Bangladesh. When completed

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    Ruby Bridges

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    8:50am Black History Assignment Ruby Bridges Born on September 8‚ 1954‚ in Tylertown‚ Mississippi‚ Ruby Bridges was 6 when she became the first African-American child to integrate a white Southern elementary school‚ having to be escorted to class by her mother and U.S. marshals due to violent mobs. Bridges’ bravery paved the way for continued Civil Rights action and she’s shared her story with future generations in educational forums. Ruby Nell Bridges was born on September 8‚ 1954‚ in Tylertown

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    Brooklyn Bridge

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    The Brooklyn Bridge The Brooklyn bridge in its days was the biggest‚ most famous bridge in the world‚ it had the most beautiful suspension bridges and the most dramatic testament yet to American technical ingenuity and daring. The bridge indicated that there was no place like New York‚ no place like American in the 19th century .The heroic history of the Brooklyn Bridge and its construction is well known‚ its position in the American life is remarkable ‚as is the infinitely unprecedented structure

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