E Properties of Plane Areas Notation: A area x‚ y distances to centroid C Ix‚ Iy moments of inertia with respect to the x and y axes‚ respectively Ixy product of inertia with respect to the x and y axes IP Ix Iy polar moment of inertia with respect to the origin of the x and y axes IBB moment of inertia with respect to axis B-B 1 y x h C b y x Rectangle (Origin of axes at centroid) A Ix bh bh3 12 x Iy b 2 hb3 12 y h 2 Ixy 0 IP bh 2 (h 12 b2) 2 y B Rectangle (Origin of axes
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Content-Based Second Language Instruction: What is it? Origins and Definitions • Although it is most often associated with the genesis of language immersion education in Canada in 1965‚ content-based instruction is hardly a new phenomenon. We know that "until the rise of nationalism‚ few languages other than those of the great empires‚ religions‚ and civilizations were considered competent or worthy to carry the content of a formal curriculum" (Swain & Johnson‚ 1997‚ p. 1). • CBI is ".
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Have you ever come home with the stench of smoke clinging to your clothes? Or inhaled a cloud of smoke as a group of smokers passed‚ causing you to cough and choke? Neither experience is pleasant‚ and this is why smoking should be banned in public areas. Smoking can be dangerous not only for the smoker‚ but also for those around the smoker. Secondhand smoke is the third leading cause of preventable death (after active smoking and alcohol)‚ according to the Manitoba Medical Association. They also
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The Broken Spears Focus paper In The broken spears‚ author Miguel Leon-Portilla gives accounts from the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in 1519. These accounts include several texts written by surviving indigenous people of the Aztec civilization; these perspectives truly shows the emotion‚ fear‚ and uncertainty the Aztec’s felt in depth during this time. With the accounts in our textbook and the broken spears‚ we are able to draw conclusions viewing both facts and experiences through this
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Banker International‚ November 27‚ 2003 pp. 4-5; "Ideas that Work‚" Bank Marketing (November 2003): p. 10; "HSBC Enters the Global Branding Big League‚" Bank Marketing International (August 2003): pp. 1-2; Normandy Madden‚ "HSBC Rolls out Post-SARS Effort‚" Advertising Age‚ June 16‚ 2003‚ p. 12; www.hsbc.com. HSBC is known as the "world’s local bank." Originally called the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited‚ HSBC was established in 1865 to finance the growing trade between China and
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BASIC (Bay Area Science & Innovation Consortium) www.bayareabasic.org • basic@bayareacouncil.org Bay Area Council Economic Institute www.bayareaeconomy.org • bacei@bayareacouncil.org 201 California Street‚ Suite 1450‚ San Francisco‚ CA 94111 (415) 981-7117 • Fax (415) 981-6408 The Bay Area Innovation System How the San Francisco Bay Area Became the World’s Leading Innovation Hub and What Will Be Necessary to Secure Its Future A Bay Area Science & Innovation Consortium Report produced
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“Set up as a top-secret biological and chemical weapons facility during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War Two‚ Unit 731 has been referred to as the Asian Auschwitz. Through the practice of lethal human experimentation‚ the unit is thought to have been responsible for the death of up to 200‚000 civilians and military personnel – the vast majority Chinese and Korean nationals‚ but also South East Asians‚ Pacific Islanders and Allied POWs. In the sprawling six kilometer-square complex in the
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The thesis of this article was the Levack‚ although he made valid points‚ his primary focus of culture caused him to overlook other important factors that influence exorcisms. Edward Bever is the author of this book review that I decided to use as my source. The main focus of this piece was discussing how Levack successfully uses seven important points to discuss the history of possession and exorcism. The first point being that the early modern period broadcasted phenomena in the Christian world
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The fiction novel Out Of Focus by Margaret Buffie is an old‚ true sounding story about a teenager named Bernie Dodd with extra burdens‚ including looking after her younger siblings because their single mother is an irresponsible alcoholic. When Bernie was thirteen‚ she told her mother‚ “When you stop being drunk‚ I’ll call you Mom” (Buffie‚ 29). She is sixteen now‚ and still calls her mom Celia. Things started to look up for Bernie and her younger siblings Ally and Jojo; Celia is marrying Mario‚
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income‚ occupation‚ education and household status. Psychographic variables such as: lifestyle‚ activities‚ personality and social class. Behavioural variables such as: product benefits and product use patterns. Geographic variables such as: climate‚ country or region and the size of the area in terms of people that live in it. Much segmentation involves a combination of these methods. Nike as a company used to be a very production focused company‚ that is‚ it focused on having a competitive advantage
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