221 Fay A. Austin Main factors affecting the preservation of Chinese paper documents: A review and recommendations 227 Liu Jiazhen and Wang Jingxuan Arab online book clubs: A survey 235 Amany M. Elsayed System migration from Horizon to Symphony at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals 251 Zahiruddin Khurshid and Saleh A. Al-Baridi News 259 International calendar 271 Abstracts 272 IFLA Journal Official Journal of the International Federation
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Added Improvements Sea to Sky Highway Improvement Project Introduction This report examines‚ from a construction management point of view‚ the Sea to Sky Highway Improvements Project. The project was initiated in 2004 and completed in 2009. The impetus for the project was the awarding of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games being awarded to Vancouver/Whistler British Columbia in 2003. The report includes; 1. Background information describing the age of the existing highway‚ some of the engineering difficulties
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Interstates bypass all the towns‚ cities‚ and highways that people would not notice unless they drove on the highways instead of the interstate. Interstates are long‚ mostly straight‚ flat roads that lead from one place to another. On the interstate‚ semis loom over you like giant beast‚ cascading you and your entire car in a shadow as it rides by. Certain towns‚ shops‚ or cultures can only be found on blue highways‚ roads written in blue on a map‚ these highways can take you somewhere you have never been
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Highway Of Tears The Highway of Tears is a stretch of pavement that runs through central British Columbia. This road has been the scene many devastating moments in the 19-20th century. There have been many First Nation and Metis women murdered or gone missing along this highway. This essay will be explaining why this highway is so devastating to First Nations and Metis people. The Highway Of Tears is actually highway 16. This beautiful piece of road stretches from Prince George‚ B.C. all the way
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dynamic behavior of highway bridges has increased in recent years‚ due to the introduction of high-speed vehicles. Under loads of high speed‚ the bridges subject to large dynamic effects. Therefore‚ the demands on highway bridge structures are increased. The dynamic aspects have often shown to be the governing factor in the structural design. Generally‚ for all highway bridges induced by vehicle speeds over 200 km/h‚ dynamic analysis is required. A correct understanding of Highway Bridge dynamic is
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those that enter the desert‚ never return. In the true account The Devils Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea‚ The Welton 26 faced betrayal‚ hardship‚ and the possibility of death with great courage and peserverance. Many immigrants faced betrayal and were deceived by coyotes who took advantage of them and only cared about their personal profits. This ideology is evidently integrated in several parts of The Devils Highway. "Don Moi could sense their reservations...But he’d
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The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill The largest marine oil spill in United States history began on April 20‚ 2010‚ with an explosion at the Deepwater Horizon offshore oilrig in the Gulf of Mexico. Millions of barrels of oil flowed into the water over the next 87 days‚ much of which washed up on shore along the Gulf coast region of the United States and Mexico. The accident was the result of numerous shortcuts undertaken by BP‚ and resulted in both environmental destruction and legal action. The events
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Kathy Giovinazzo February 12‚ 2011 April 2010 BP’s Deepwater Horizon well exploded‚ sending oil gushing for three months into the gulf. The explosion killed eleven crewmembers and is probably the greatest environmental disaster the United States has faced. Scientific estimates put the amount of oil that was being discharged from the broken well at above 1‚470‚000 U.S. gallons per day. On July 15‚ 2010 BP successfully stopped the flow of oil from the wellhead‚ after spilling 190 million
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In The Devil’s Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea‚ the idea that the individual is influenced by the goals and the perspectives of achieving a better life. The media along with the people in power manipulate the goals and perspectives of the individual leading to misunderstandings and speedy conclusions. The Devil’s Highway is about 28 immigrants who attempted to cross the border but instead of finding the land of opportunity‚ they came across a deadly desert. Luis Alberto Urrea starts giving more context
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Semester 1‚ 2013 Author: Daniel Smith – 5549426 Title: The Analysis of BP and the Deepwater Horizon Disaster of 2010 Due Date: 5/5/13 Word Allocation: 2193 excluding executive summary‚ headings‚ tables‚ references and appendices Executive Summary This report provides an examination into British Petroleum (BP) and the Deepwater Horizon disaster of 2010. It looks specifically at the functional area of organizing from POLC and the
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