Energy Efficient Building Windows Energy efficient windows have multiple layers of glass. The reason for this is because the more layers of glass you have the better it insulates the house. Three or four layers of glass are one of the best because you have more airspace in between layers. A smaller airspace doesn’t insulate the building as well as a thicker airspace would. The thickest an airspace should be is 1 inch because any thicker than that will cause the glass of the window
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The New York Times produce the article known as “The Changing American Family” by Natalie Angier. The purpose of the entire article is to show that the American family has changed rapidly. However‚ I focus on the section titled “The Baby Boom for Gay Parents.” This part of the article aims to dispel negative connotations about gay parents and their children. Historically‚ gay parents were deemed unsuitable as child takers (Angier). Some gay parenthood critics believed that children will suffer
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Rachael Rasmussen 11 November 2012 New World‚ New Housing The loss of a home by fire or any other means is a horrible and heart wrenching occurrence in any place and during any time but‚ for Anne Bradstreet and other colonialists settling a new land with a scarcity of tradespeople‚ and goods to rebuild and refurnish the loss must be unimaginable. American colonial settlers in the early seventeenth century lived in a variety of habitations‚ anything that could meet a shelter need after coming
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Kenya Hill Professor Christo Whelan English 110: Intro to Academic Prose 8 October 2012 Utopia or Bust Some people may think that we are living in the perfect world‚ but in reality we are not. If someone grows up in a great neighborhood‚ has good support from their family‚ and can afford all of the latest technology‚ they will obviously think that things are going great. A lot of times we forget to think about the people who were not lucky enough to live in a great neighborhood and have all
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The Economic Boom “One of the oldest and perhaps the noblest of human activities has been the abolition of poverty…we in America today are nearer to final triumph over poverty than ever before in the history of any land.” Herbert Hoover‚ 1928 The economic boom (the period of economic prosperity typically placed (1921-1929) was caused by an expansion in industry‚ which led to more jobs and an increase in disposable income. Many changes took place in the 1920’s. Growth of mass production in industry
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This house‚ belongs to the family Corrie ten Boom‚ and open to the visitors where there are guided around since 1988 and the history of the Ten Boom family is told‚ and the house was built around 1600 for the sheriff of Haarlem. They always live in the property‚ and Willem Ten Boom began in 1837 a clock and watch shop‚ and his family lived above the shop. The Ten Boom family was of devout Christians‚ who put their lives to serve the community. Over the years‚ they get deep involved in many activities
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obstacles.” These words of Christopher Reeve perfectly describe the essence and soul of Corrie Ten Boom – a devout Christian watchmaker who saved nearly 800 individuals from the horrors of World War II‚ and as a result was placed in a concentration camp herself. To the survivors and their descendants‚ and even to other Jews‚ she was their hero. The three main characteristics that classified Corrie Ten Boom as a hero are the following: selflessness‚ loyalty‚ and resilience. Considering her history‚ before
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CANADIAN BUBBLE‚ EH? How real is Canada’s housing bubble anyway? More real than any other countries. That is due to the following facts that I will present below‚ but first it is better to start with a little history. In the year of 2008‚ as stated on Statistics Canada‚ the recovery of the recession was much quicker than in other recession period such as in 1981-1982 and 1990-1992. However‚ was it a real recovery or an illusion? In 2011‚ Globe and Mail published an article on why Canada’s recession
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Explain why the policies of republican presidents encouraged the economic boom in 1920s The boom was a huge economic development for the US. The First World War had been very beneficial to America‚ factory production had risen substantially so it could reach the needs of the war. America then experienced a substantial growth in industry and farming. Businesses also began to mass produce goods through standardization such as automobiles which lead many Americans to purchase the goods which in turn
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The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom is the autobiographical account of Corrie and her sister‚ Betsie. The book takes place during World War II in Holland and Germany. Corrie tells of her home life‚ her capture‚ and her ministry to the Jews in the concentration camps. Corrie begins telling of her home in the beje on top of the family watch shop. At forty-five she is still unmarried and she and her sister live with their father. Corrie recalls her life for the past forty-five years; her widowed aunts
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