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    I recently took two different personality tests. One of these personality tests explains my Big Five personality. The second personality test tells me my MBTI type. #1.The Big Five characteristics our personality traits into five different dimensions openness‚ conscientiousness‚ extroversion‚ agreeableness and neuroticism. Openness is the imagination‚ feelings‚ actions‚ and ideas. Conscientiousness is competence‚ self- discipline‚ thoughtfulness‚ and goal driven. Extroversion is sociability‚ assertiveness

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    Francis Dam was located in San Fracisquito Canyon around present day Santa Clarita. The dam was built without any indication of being an issue until they increased the total height of the dam. The Los Angeles Water Company was the main group in charge of the dam and all associations that went with the dam. The Los Angeles Water Company decided to increase the height of the dam to increase the amount of water that could be stored‚ in doing so

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    During the movie‚ My Big Fat Greek Wedding‚ there was a lot of positive and negative communication that influenced the main character’s life decisions. The story is about a young woman‚ named Toula‚ that is of Greek decent who is fearful of being stuck in the life she is now living. She is a frumpy girl that works in her family’s restaurant because she has not been able to find a Greek man to marry‚ and because of this‚ her family claims that she is old and has failed in life. She is allowed to

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    Grand Coulee Dam Analysis

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    about the importance and consequences in which dams will provide. Dams are very expensive‚ take years to build and they are also can be very deadly during the construction phase. However‚ the cost of removing a dam is just as expensive for tax payers and city legislatures. Dams do provide hydropower energy to generate mills and also provide water storage. Two of the most common dam are: Hoover Dam in Arizona and Grand Coulee Dam in Washington. The Elwha Dam is located in Washington and is the home of

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    Belo Monte Dam Essay

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    Should the Belo Monte Dam be built? The Belo Monte Dam is a hydroelectric dam complex currently undergoing construction; it is located along the Xingu River in the Brazillian state of Pará‚ and is the 3rd largest in the world. For the construction the take place two huge canals (500m wide x 75km long) will have to be dug out. The topic of whether the construction of the dam should proceed has caused great controversy. Yes‚ the dam should be built Many people believe that the dam will help Brazil significantly

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    Case Study on the Hoover Dam

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    Before Hoover Dam After By- Balaji.T.K‚ CE02B011 CONTENTS No Description Page no 1. Hoover dam –an Introduction 1 2. Requirements posed by structural design 2 3. Requirements posed by other details 6 4. Type of Concrete 7 5. Guidelines for Mix design 9 6. Fabrication and Installation 10 7. Formwork 11 8. Cooling of concrete 12 9. Temperature control of Mass Concrete 12 10. Quality Assurance 13 11. Bibliography 14 Hoover Dam- an Introduction! It still stands tall as an engineering marvel

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    Ecology Report on Manly Dam

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    Word Count: 3‚916 Abstract Limnology of the Manly Reservoir Catchment was undertaken to assess the trophic status of the lentic system in the catchment area. Manly Dam is surrounded by urban development and bushland. It is of extreme importance as both a water supply for domestic and commercial use and as a site for a diverse range of flora and fauna. It has a large area of bushland which is an important ecological

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    Koyna Dam Case Study

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    The Koyna Dam is one among the 23‚000 large dams in the world. The Koyna project is a multi- purpose project‚ but primarily designed as a hydro- electric project that supplies hydro-electric power to Maharashtra‚ India with an installed capacity of 1920 MW. 2.1. Study Area The area selected for the present study is the Koyna Reservoir‚ situated on the west coast of Maharashtra‚ India‚ lies between the latitude of 17◦00’-17◦59’N and longitude of 73◦02’–73◦35’E. The location of the study area along

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    water supply are the Angat‚ Ipo‚ and La Mesa Dams. The water from these dams are then processed by the La Mesa and Balara Treatment Plants‚ which converts it from a raw state to clean and potable water. The water from the Angat Dam‚ the major supply source for the metropolis‚ is funneled directly to Ipo Dam. It then flows a distance of 6.4 kilometers to Bicti‚ after which it passes through five aqueducts—each about 16 kilometers long—to the La Mesa Dam and the La Mesa Portal. From the La Mesa Portal

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    Myanmar to give into the demands of the dam project that will primarily benefit China and Thailand‚ promising minimal financial compensation for Myanmar. Even if this compensations comes to fruition it is still nowhere near enough to get the country into a healthy state of living and does not make up for the citizens who have already been displaced by the construction of the Mobeye dam and the flooding. While the president has managed to currently halt the dam process the question is will the project

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