Case Study: Ordinary Portland Cement INTRODUCTION • Cement – Is a material with adhesive and cohesive properties which is capable of bonding mineral fragments into a compact-solid whole • Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) – Is a hydraulic cement. It is used in the making of concrete with property of setting and hardening‚ of which when the chemical properties reacts with water. OPC Does not disintegrate in water as it sets and hardens in water • Reason of widely usage in Malaysia – Is because
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they would eventually escape if they pull the ones around them down to continue trying to reach their goal. However‚ it destroys friendships and creates enemies that also tend to add on to the societal burials against you. You would think that many people
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issues I have with the movie reside within the script. Drew Goddard did a commendable job adapting the best-selling novel by Andy Weir‚ brilliantly incorporating a lighthearted tone to blend with the seriousness of the situation. Every film nowadays strives for Nolanesque melodrama‚ so a film with this much heart is absolutely refreshing. Unfortunately‚ the sentimentality becomes a bit overwhelming at times‚ and a few scenes of shaky dialogue feel out of place. Overall‚ the movie is fantastic. Scott’s
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Intro to Humanities “Sankofa” Why have African Americans forgotten their roots? “In this bright future you can’t forget your past.” Sweet‚ simple‚ and to the point was this quote said by Jamaican reggae artist Bob Marley. The major theme of this movie is returning to the past to understand your future. In the beginning of the film the protagonist starts off as Mona‚ a self-centered model oblivious to her surroundings‚ and its importance. She stood on the very ground where many of our ancestors were
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The movie was about a group of P.O.W.s and their attempt to escape a German prison camp‚ or Stalag that was created to hold the most troublesome inmates. On the first day‚ within the first twenty minutes‚ two men tried to pass off as Russians who were allowed out of the camp to cut down trees while others hid in the trucks full of trees. None of them escaped‚ but it showed how witty‚ adventurous and desperate those men were. Another man‚ Capt. Hilts‚ one of three Americans at the camp‚ stepped across
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losing the freedom‚ that each and every black man held‚ each fought for something that should be changed. With the strength and courage that each man had‚ they had the heart to go on. When looking at the North‚ they were portrayed as a group of people that were very wealthy. That the North was going to win the war with every effort possible. But when Robert had to go and ask for shoes and supplies‚ it was almost as though the generals in the North were treating the blacks as the South. Second to
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Ordinary Wolves by Seth Kantner is told from the eyes of a ten year old boy living away from civilization in the winter of 1978. Cutuk Hawcly has blonde hair and blue eyes which makes him stand out in Alaska where most natives have dark skin. Because of his different appearance he has to try and prove that he is as nätive as the people in the village. Cutuk ends up getting beat up by some boys in the village. Afterward a lady shouted‚ "Hey‚ what you try let them boys do? Don’t always pick fight"(52
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America it still makes it seem as if Selena was an automatic sensation‚ particularly in Mexico‚ where it is known she had difficulty winning people over. This is evident through the one scene in the movie where Selena visits Mexico and whilst there speaks Spanglish to reporters without any repercussions as later on a newspaper calls her the “genuine artist of the people.” Yet‚ it is no secret that at the beginning of her career the language barrier between Selena and her Mexican audience posed an issue
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other nation is beneath us. In particular‚ the Ku Klux Klan images were shocking in the sense they showed this clan beating up innocent African Americans as well as lynching them. The Ku Klux Klan believed in white supremacy‚ the idea in which white people are the most superior race in the United States and therefore should dominate the country; therefore African Americans were targeted because of their difference in
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recollection‚ and to allow the viewer to understand the nature of anterograde amnesia‚ an ailment that Leonard Shelby suffers from. The ambiguity in the ending of Nolan’s work raises many questions about the reliability of human memory. Throughout the movie‚ the audience is forced to ask repeatedly if the “memory” of the protagonist can be trusted‚ and eventually doubt the fidelity of human memory as a whole. In Memento‚ Leonard’s methods of record keeping assert that human memory can be deceptive‚ and
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