BASE ISOLATED BUILDINGS What is base isolation? When a building is built away (isolated) from the ground‚ resting on flexible bearings or pads known as base isolators. It is of the most popular means of protecting a structure against earthquake forces. HISTORY The first evidence of architects using the principle of base isolation for earthquake protection was discovered in Pasargadae. One of the world’s first base-isolated structures – the William Clayton building Base Isolation
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contrasting two different texts. The selected text types certainly depict the element‚ firstly through the film ‘Strictly Ballroom’ directed by Baz Luhrmann‚ which explores the tension between uniqueness and conformity. And secondly the novel ‘The Ink Bridge’ by Neil grant‚ which explores the alienation and ignorance about a whole new culture. In the film ‘strictly ballroom’ Lurhmann was able to show the personal‚ cultural and social contexts. We as the audience saw these ideas through the use of Scott
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20/5/2014 TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING EV407 ASST. PROF. DR. DEPRIZON SYAMSUNUR UCSI KUALA LUMPUR MAY 2014 deprizon@yahoo.com +60146468479 INTRODUCTION TO TRANSPORTATION 1 20/5/2014 Content • • • • • • • What is Transportation? Mode of transportation Function of transportation What is modal split? Why use modal split? Network of transportation Transportation interchange What is transportation? • Transport or transportation is the movement of people and goods
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Ruby Bridges was born on September 8‚1954 in Tylertown Mississippi. She grew up on a farm with her parents and grandparents. When she was 4 years old her parents moved to New Orleans hoping for a better life. Her father worked at a gas station attendant and her mom took night jobs to help support the family’s growth. Ruby had 2 young brothers and a young sister. When Ruby was in kindergarten she was one of the African-American in New Orleans who was chosen to take a test to determine if she could
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Building Technology sba Topic An Investigative Tour into the Manufacturing Processes of Concrete at the Jamaica Pre-Mix Ltd. Molynes Road Plant Teacher: Clement l. Morgan Student: Herbert j. Yee Date: March 2015 Done as a partial fulfillment of course requirement TITLE An Investigative Tour into the Manufacturing Processes of Concrete at the Jamaica Pre-Mix Ltd. Molynes Road Plant. 28/01/15 TABLE OF CONTENT Section
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Page No. Introduction…….………………………………………………………………………………..1 Chapter One: Data Cabling 1.1. Termination‚ testing and commissioning network...…..…2 1.2. Designing secure power supply systems ….……………………6 1.3. Hubs‚ Repeaters‚ Routers‚ Bridges and Servers..…………10 1.4. Structure of Routers‚ LANs and WANs……………….………...14 Chapter Two: Communication 2.1. Client Server and Peer to Peer Protocols………..….…….…18 2.2. Common BAS protocols……………………….….…………………….22 2.3. Identify data error
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operation‚ the High Bridge plant‚ along with Riverside in Minneapolis‚ once formed the hub of Northern States Power Company‚ a predecessor to Xcel Energy. The original plant was replaced with a new natural gas fired generating facility starting in 2005 as part of Xcel Energy’s Metro Emission Reduction Project. The coal-fired plant was retired in 2007 and the new facility came on line in May 2008. (High Bridge Generating Station) One interesting feature about the location is that High Bridge gets its name
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can do to families. Poverty can either make or break a family. It can force closer and helps them find the strength to carry on‚ or it can tear them apart by causing arguments about money and food. Poverty is a key component in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. In this novel characters constantly think about how poor they are. They are always thinking about how they will but their next loaf of bread‚ or what one neighborhood looks like compared to another. Every activity and game is planned around a limited
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Empire State Building The Empire State Building was the tallest building in the world from 1931 up to 1970 when a taller building‚ the original World Trade Center‚ was built. It has been New York’s most admired and most well-known structure for many years now. It was built on Fifth Avenue in New York City with 102 stories‚ standing 1‚454 feet or 443 meters high. It is a cultural symbol of America and was one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. In 1986‚ the Empire State Building was named as
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The Bridge Builder Horace King Horace king was born in 1807 in South Carolina. He was tri-racial‚ being Caucasian‚ African‚ and Indian. His father was a mulatto named Edmund King; his mother‚ Susan was the daughter of a full-blooded Catawba Indian and a black female slave. At an early age he learned his trade from his owner John Godwin. Many reference show that Horace was a well-liked‚ outgoing‚ enthusiastic man. From letters we have learned that his mother was also owned by John Godwin and that
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