been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense. e1 NOTE—Range value in 12.2.2 was editorially corrected July 2001. 1. Scope 1.1 This specification covers materials for use as chemical admixtures to be added to hydraulic-cement concrete mixtures in the field for the purpose or purposes indicated for the seven types as follows: 1.1.1 Type A—Water-reducing admixtures‚ 1.1.2 Type B—Retarding admixtures‚ 1.1.3 Type C—Accelerating admixtures‚ 1.1.4 Type D—Water-reducing and retarding
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Ray Bradbury’s The Illustrated Man: The Concrete Mixer Imperialism Ray Bradbury’s “The Concrete Mixer‚” tells the story of a Martian named Ettil‚ who refuses to invade Earth on the theory that the people of Earth have greater morale than the people of Mars. Ettil had feared that his people were doomed to the same fate as the people in his books: whom at the end of every story were conquered by Earth. When the Martians’ arrive to Earth nothing is as any of them thought it would be. They had been
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Poetic Analysis of Song Lyrics I chose “Bullet with Butterfly Wings” by lyricists and lead singer of the Smashing Pumpkins Billy Corgan as my song for the poetic analysis essay. I seemed to identify with the song the first time I heard it on the radio. The lyrics describe how many teens felt growing up in the 1990’s‚ myself included‚ hating everything around us and facing adulthood with hopes that some contentment in life will come. “Bullet with Butterfly Wings” is one of those songs that
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Let’s Help Make this Documentary a Success! BY: Srithaja #1 The documentary‚ "God Grew Tired of Us" is a tragic story about the three Lost Boys of Sudan written by Christopher Dillon Quinn. It shows how the life of a refugee is and how they are discriminated against for their skin colour and for the way they act in America. There are many aspects I like about the documentary such as how the three Lost Boys in the documentary stayed positive throughout the film‚ even when they started getting
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God Grew Tired of Us By: Winnie Wat God Grew Tired of Us documents the journey of three Sudanese men who were part of the “Lost Boys of Sudan”‚ a refugee camp home to thousands of young men who fled Sudan amidst the wars that went on since the 1980s. The three young men were one of the few who were invited to live in America and the documentary follows the men on their journey of adapting to the North American culture‚ customs and the new found freedom they never had back in Sudan. Throughout
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Poetic Justice “Poetic Justice” is a short story by Dianna Appleyard. In the short story is there presented a contrast. It is a contrast between a woman‚ who lives an ordinary life with husband and children‚ and then Jed Cunningham who lives on the edge. He take risks‚ is very spontaneous and never looks back on the past‚ he is always “seizing the day”1 as the story puts it. Somehow there is a common in these two persons‚ and it is their dreams. Their dream about doing something they know never
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“PROBLEMS IN READY MIX CONCRETE” A PROJECT REPORT Submitted by MISTRY UMANG 100393106006 VARSHA RAJPUT 100393106001 In fulfilment for the award of the degree of BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING in Civil Engineering S.P.B. Patel Engineering College‚ Mehsana Gujarat Technological University‚ Ahmedabad December‚ 2012 CERTIFICATE Date: This is to certify that the dissertation entitled “PROBLEMS IN READY MIX CONCRETE” has been carried out by MISTRY
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Musique Concrete Music has existed since the beginning of time‚ evolving and changing with the times and culture. From monks chanting to the Beatles in the 1960’s‚ there is a long line of the evolution of music. The existence of musique concrete was another step in the world’s music history. But before going any further perhaps the definition of musique concrete should be specified. “ Musique concrete is the name given to a class of electronic music produced from editing together fragments of
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After watching both the TED talk “The Danger of the Single Story” and the film “God Grew Tired of Us” I definitely noticed the large nature of prejudice and stereotyping of African Americans in our society. Society has made massive improvements since the times of slavery and the stereotypes that have reinforced it. However‚ there still seems that several individuals go uninformed about the lingering stereotypes‚ negative positions‚ and subjugation to Africans and African Americans. It’s also crucial
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Consolidation of plastic concrete is termed as compaction. In the process of compaction‚ efforts are only directed to reduce the voids in the compacted concrete. Compaction of concrete can be done either manually or mechanically. When it is done manually it is called hand compaction or tamping‚ and in second case it is termed as machine compaction. Hand compaction: Hand compaction is done with the help of steel tamping rods‚ or timber screeds. Marrow and deep members are compacted with tamping
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