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    Lumacad‚ Eugine A. English 3 (Technical Communication) Mendez‚ Charles Wayne M. I. Introduction Suspension bridges in their simplest form were originally made from rope and wood. Modern suspension bridges use a box section roadway supported by high tensile strength cables. In the early nineteenth century‚ suspension bridges used iron chains for cables. The high tensile cables used in most modern suspension bridges were introduced in the late nineteenth century. Today

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    A DC motor is a mechanically commutated electric motor powered from direct current (DC). The stator is stationary in space by definition and therefore so is its current. The current in the rotor is switched by the commutator to also be stationary in space. This is how the relative angle between the stator and rotor magnetic flux is maintained near 90 degrees‚ which generates the maximum torque. DC motors have a rotating armature winding but non-rotating armature magnetic field and a static field

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    bunch of child abused mental patients” (Ware‚ 104-112). When the doctor finally comes in during the checkup he makes remarks like “hey hey take it easy Superman‚ I’m just doin’ my job here…” and “Just don’t do go trying to be more powerful than a locomotive‚ y’hear?” (Ware‚ 127-128). While we don’t see the figure or character of Super-Man here‚ both references are inclusive of the hero. In the ultimate case of abandonment‚ death‚ Superman is also present. Jimmy finally meets his sister and step mother

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    family lives‚ and the sacrifices that they have to make. Similarly‚ Sonny Hickam also finds himself living in a poverty filled mine town. “All around me‚ Coalwood was always busily playing its industrial symphony of rumbling coal cars‚ spouting locomotives‚ the tromping of the miners going to and from the mine. How could that ever end”(Hickam‚ Jr. 46)? This shows how mining has impacted the town and consumed the lives of everyone in it. It is clear that poverty is a reoccurring theme in both of these

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    Jacob Marley‚ the business partner of Ebenezer Scrooge‚ died seven years ago. On a dingy Christmas Eve‚ Scrooge‚ a cold‚ unfriendly miser‚ works in his counting-house while keeping an eye on his clerk‚ a small man named Bob Cratchit. Scrooge’s nephew wishes Scrooge a merry christmas‚ but Scrooge answers him with a disdainful "Bah! Humbug!" He believes Christmas is the same as any day of the year‚ a day in which one must still pay bills. His nephew‚ fred‚ thinks of Christmas as a "kind‚ forgiving

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    (Q.) What is Devsari or Dand? (1 Mark) (Ans)   Devsari or Dand was a small token fee paid by people of other villages bordering thevillages of Bastar. It was charged when someone from the other village wanted to have some forest products fromBastar. (Q.)How did the forest laws initiate the scope of employment? (1 Mark) (Ans)   Many communities left their traditional occupation and started trading of forest products or other economic activities. For example‚ the Mundurucu people in Brazil who started

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    percent.[1][2][3][4] Diesel engines are manufactured in two stroke and four stroke versions. They were originally used as a more efficient replacement for stationary steam engines. Since the 1910s they have been used in submarines and ships. Use in locomotives‚ large trucks and electric generating plants followed later. In the 1930s‚ they slowly began to be used in a few automobiles. Since the 1970s‚ the use of diesel engines in larger on-road and off-road vehicles in the USA increased. As of 2007‚ about

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    realized that this winery had absolutely no money to give him‚ he changed the subject by asking about the silver locomotive he had been staring at through the window. While this lightened the high strung tension in the room it also opened up another conversation and gave Michael an idea of how to get Mark’s money back. He would take what he found out was wine in those silver locomotives‚ bottle and sell it. 2. You learn what the job is and then you do it – This lesson came about when Michael had

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    farmers had a smaller amount of work to do and had more time in their hands. Farmers were able to go to the city and leave the farm earlier. The development of machines helped people in England gather ideas that helped them think of inventing locomotives. Locomotives are a powered rail vehicle that is used for pulling trains. The use of steam was one of the most important changes at this time. There were three main inventions‚ which were the steam engine‚ steamboat‚ and steam-powered train. In 1769

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    fourteen. In the beginning he started as a painter‚ later becoming a railroad fireman. Debs attended night school during this time at a local business college. In 1875 Debs was a charter member and elected secretary to Vigo Lodge‚ Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen. This was his first taste of a union. In 1879 Debs began to dabble in politics. First by being elected city clerk

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