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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important that you have a customized body building workouts that are meant for you. What it means is that you have to take into consideration of your body type and genes‚ and how your metabolism rate is like when determining your workout routine as well as your muscle building diet. Following blindly without being able to improvise and improve will be as effective as compared to body building workouts just for you. One common mistake that most people made when building muscles is that they do not measure
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There are three particular foundations sustaining any process that concerns nation building: government representing political leadership; civil society or the citizens of the country; and business or the economic sector. These three concepts must work together and as much as possible‚ work together harmoniously to drive the said nation-building process forward because they serve as the hands and feet of the nation. Business is the cornerstone of prosperity in society: companies create the resources
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Building a Sand Castle For young and old people alike‚ a trip to the beach may mean something different such as relaxation‚ adventure‚ or a temporary escape from ordinary life. Whether it may be swimming or just snoozing in the sand‚ a visit to the beach means family fun. Families like to build sand castles‚ and making one can be fun with the right tools. The only equipment you will need is your family‚ a twelve to thirteen-inch deep pail‚ a small plastic shovel‚ a stick‚ and plenty of moist sand
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“One person’s craziness is another person’s reality‚” by Tim Burton. Throughout the three movies (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory‚ Edward Scissorhands‚ and Big Fish)‚ Tim Burton has reiterated his style‚ which is mystery‚ fantasy‚ and imagination. These make Burton movies extremely interesting to view because you always wonder what Tim Burton was imagining when he created his next film. His style comes from three properties that every movie should contain‚ music‚ shots‚ and lighting. Throughout
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BSE1D03 Intelligent Building and Associated Fire Safety Fire Safety in Buildings Professor Walter W. Yuen Chair Professor in Thermal Sciences and Engineering Professor W. K. Chow Department Head and Director‚ Research Centre for Fire Engineering Department of Building Service Engineering The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong‚ China BSE1D03 1 Topics covered in this talk: 1. Introduction. 2. The Risk of a Building Fire (Why do we care ?) 3. The “making” of a Building Fire 4. The Physics
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Building team and being a team member‚ first you have to recognize the concept and meaning of the team. Teams are one kind of small groups. A team is not only when people get together to work. “A team is a set of interpersonal interactions structured to achieve established goal” (David W. Johnson‚ Frank W. Johnson‚ Joining together: Group Theory and Group skills-8th Edition). To be more specific‚ a team includes two or more people who have these following characteristics. Firstly‚ people who are
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IS money ruining sports Money has always been involved in sports since the early ages. In today’s context due to the wrong use of money the prestige of sports has been declining. Cases such as match fixing‚ betting‚ corruption can sometimes be seen in the headline of newspapers and magazines. It is an inevitable fact that these cases is spoiling the reputation of sports. However‚ money is also helping find and encourage sportsperson and fans too. Corruption and bribery is some of the activities
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both Dalman and Lei view this as a competitive advantage. Based on new local health codes‚ new laws have been issued requiring trash dumpsters be a minimum distance of 30 feet (9.144 meters) from the rear entrance of the building. New land-use laws require that all out buildings be at least 6 feet (1.8288 meters) from the property lines. The enclosure that houses the trash dumpster is 5 feet (1.524 meters) from the property lines‚ which is in violation of those laws. The government inspector has
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Book Review of New Deal or Raw Deal? by Burton Folsom Jr. The financial status during the Great Depression was in a horrible state‚ and everybody then was trying many practices to get America out of all of its debt. New Deal or Raw Deal?‚ by Burton Folsom Jr.‚ is a book that discusses the many attempts people made during the Great Depression to get the America out of debt. The book gets into great detail of these attempts and of all the different people who were trying to find new ideas that could
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