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    German University in Cairo Faculty of EMS Department: Mechatronics Prof. Dr. Imam Morgan Mechanics II (ENME 402) Assignment (2) Name ID Group Grade Signature Dead Line: Thursday 11/4/2013 -1- Problem (1) A tractor-trailer is traveling at 90 km/h when the driver applies his brakes. Knowing that the braking forces of the tractor and the trailer are 16 kN and 60 kN‚ respectively‚ determine: (a) the distance traveled by the tractor-trailer before it comes to a stop‚ (b) the horizontal component

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    A teenager with a death wish and a 79-year-old high on life find love in Hal Ashby’s cult black comedy. Deadpan rich boy Harold (Bud Cort) keeps staging elaborate suicide tableaux to get the attention of his mother (Vivian Pickles)‚ but she keeps planning his brilliant future for him instead. Obsessed with the trappings of death‚ Harold freaks out his blind dates‚ modifies his new sports car to look like a mini-hearse‚ and attends funerals‚ where he meets the spirited Maude (Ruth Gordon). An eccentric

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    Life as We Make It

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    My favorite book is called “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”. It is a short book‚ barely over 200 pages but I have yet to read a better 200 pages. One of my favorite scenes in the book occurs in Part One where Charlie‚ the main character and narrator‚ is driving back from the homecoming dance in a pickup truck with his friends Sam and Patrick. They put in a mix tape‚ roll down the windows‚ and speed through a tunnel leading downtown. Inside the tunnel‚ the sound of the wind is sucked up and replaced

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    The Book Thief Book Report

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    In The Book Thief‚ a story by Markus Zusak‚ Liesel is trying to live through Nazi Germany during World War II. Liesel Meminger is a curious young girl who did not start as the book thief. Her first stolen book wasn’t intended to be stolen‚ it had simply been left behind; When her brother died‚ she picked up The Grave Digger’s Handbook. When she arrived at her foster parent’s home‚ it wasn’t long before her papa discovered this book. He taught her to read and it began Liesel’s obsession with words

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    You Make a Difference

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    teacher is one of the holiest tasks! Nowadays‚ the responsibility of teacher is not teach student knowledge from the book merely; instead‚ is to bring student up in a right track ‚make student capable enough to face all the odds of life and help student to pave the best way for themselves. How a incredible task it is !so I really want to express my thankful love to them “YOU MAKE A DIFFERENT” which is the song I want to dedicate to teachers. Maybe most of you may feel confusing that which song

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    Chelcie Tjoeng Ms. Pacheco English III/Period 5 30 August 2017 Weekly Book Report #2 Bergin‚Virginia. H2O. Illinois: Sourcebooks Fire Inc.‚ 2014. 332. Number of pages read this week: 22 Characters: Ruby Morris‚ Simon Morris‚ Becky Morris‚ Caspar McCloud Plot: (Describe the plot in one paragraph.) Ruby has a huge crush on Caspar McCloud and ever since that incident‚ Ruby has gotten the opportunity to get closer to him. Caspar confesses that he has feelings for Ruby too and they start to get closer

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    USA Holidays Memorial Day is a legal holiday‚ observed annually on the last Monday in May in most of the United States‚ It honours the nation’s armed services killed in wartime. The holiday‚ originally called Decoration Day‚ is traditionally marked by parades‚ memorial speeches and ceremonies‚ and the decoration of graves with flowers and flags. Memorial Day was first observed on May 30‚ 1868‚ on the order of General John Alexander Logan for the purpose of decorating the graves of the American

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    At the dawn of the twenty-first century the United States stood as the lone superpower with the ability to reach any corner of the globe. Journalist Robert Kaplan wrote about the American military‚ and how the planet was divided into area commands and there was no corner of the globe that was unaccounted. (Kaplan‚ 4) The U.S. military’s ability to reach any country on the planet is only rivaled by the influence the United States wields on the political scene. In the last century‚ American government

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    ghkgfkhqwadl;kasfdvncm bcvew: Teenagers Social Problems - Essay - Meorra - StudyMode.com www.studymode.com/essays/Teenagers-Social-Problems-4112... Teenagers social problems can be related to anything that happens in this society. Teenagers can be affected about anything. They grow in a society that still ... Read More » : Teenagers Social Problems - Essay - Meorra - StudyMode.com www.studymode.com/essays/Teenagers-Social-Problems-4112... Teenagers social problems can be related to anything that

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    of some help. By helping parents with the chores‚ they will learn about house upkeep and grow a sense of responsibility and belonging to the family. Firstly‚ too much work will make moms stressful and exhausted. They have to raise the kids‚ keep the house tidy and nice; they also have to work in the society to make ends meet. Excessive work would cause both physical and mental problem‚ which in turn will affect the family. If children help moms do proper chores‚ all the family members’ lives will

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