Site Planning and building form are very important from the point of view of seismic performance of the structure. Also it is very important to have proper compatibility of elements resisting seismic forces. Site Planning and selection of building forms is the first step in designing of any structure and the decisions taken are very crucial for the behaviour of those structures during any earthquake. Based on examples taken from various past earthquakes and theories this chapter gives guidelines
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Money is the Most Important Thing in Life Everything in modern society is based on money. As the saying goes‚ money makes the world go around. Parents object to their daughters’ marriages unless their future sons-in-laws have jobs with good prospects. Many young people marry for money rather than love. Security is more important than happiness. Some people in Shanghai would even trade their self-esteem for money. Materialism influences education‚ too. Students acquire knowledge
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WHY THE BREAKFAST IS THE MOST IMPORTANT MEAL OF THE DAY? You may also don’t know the specific circumstances of the importance of breakfast‚ now; I’ll let you know to the harm of skipping breakfast. This is will affect you‚ or… me. To be the best time‚ medical research proof‚ and seven o ’clock in the morning to eight in the morning eat breakfast is the most appropriate‚ because the person’s appetite is the most exuberant. Resistance if you didn’t eat breakfast‚ you will become low‚ do not eat breakfast
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Name: Nimeshi Fernando Discuss why it is important for the tourism industry to distinguish between different types of tourists The Tourism industry is a service industry. The Oxford dictionary defines the word ‘tourism’ as “the commercial organization and operation of holidays and visits to places of interest”. The tourism industry comprises of various sectors such as – lodging‚ food and beverage services‚ transportation‚ entertainment and activites. Whereas “a ‘tourist’ (visitor/traveler)
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The most important political event that has occurred in my life‚ and I think most of my classmates would agree‚ was the tragedy that occurred on September 11‚ 2001. I think that most people can remember where they were and what they were doing when they first heard about the attacks. I was just starting my freshman year in high school. When I got up in the morning and saw a plane crash into one of the twin towers in New York City‚ my first thought was that it was a terrible accident. When the second
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The Most Important Pill As human beings‚ we like to believe we rest high atop the evolutionary tree. After all‚ we are supposedly civilized‚ enlightened‚ and smarter than all the other animals on the planet. Are we really though? Human beings dominate all other species‚ destroying those that stand in the way of our vision of progress. Dominate being the keep word. If humans were truly intelligent‚ wouldn’t they make living in harmony with nature their top priority. Despite humans knowing the importance
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INTRODUCTION Besides organizing‚ controlling and leading‚ planning is one of the management functions. Good planning is crucial to enable an organization to function effectively. Planning is done for two purposes‚ firstly as a protection to the organization and secondly to increase the affirmative levels of an organization according to C.W. Roney (Certo‚ 2000). As a protection to the organization‚ a manager can forecast the effects from each of the suggestions or alternative actions that will be
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Human Resource is the Most Important Asset of an Organization I agree with the statement that “Human Resource is the most important asset of an organization.” Human resource is “the set of individuals who make up the workforce of an organization‚ business sector or an economy.” (“Human resource definition”). Human resource is the least mobile of the four factors of production‚ which are resources required for generation of goods and services. The other factors of production are natural resources
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The most important cultural battle fought in the 1920’s would have been the battle over the Prohibition. The Prohibition was the constitutional ban on the production‚ consumption‚ and sale of alcohol. This ban was put into place in 1920 and lasted for 13 years. At the core of this battle was whether to keep it around or to do away with it all together. There were several different groups on either side of this opposition each of which had their own agenda and reason for believing the way they did
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George Washington emerge as the most significant leader in the founding of the United States of America‚ even to the extent of being called the Father of the Country. He was an important figure even then. He was the first president of the United States and was the general of the Continental Army. He was a powerful man who led our country to freedom. It was he who contributed greatly to the victory of the American Revolution. It is even believed by some that without Washington‚ the War for Independence
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