In chapter 14 Henry Petroski talks about the decline in the quantity of today’s constructions. Today most of our infrastructure is built with low quantity materials and bad workers‚ which have relatively lower quantities compare to those old time contractures because the developers try to save more money. Under the influence of the society‚ people start to have an inferior attitude and expectation about all the constructions. One of the main reasons why people start to lower the standard of constructions
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In the passage "Energy Story" it explains the basis of how electricity works. The purpose of this is to teach you about protons‚ neutrons‚ electrons‚ etc. it teaches you the negative‚ positive charges and how it works. Also includes things like conductors and insulators. Some examples of this is like how copper‚ aluminum and steel are good conductors or how rubber‚ plastic‚ and glass are great for insulating electricity. Some experiments that are shown in this passage is making positive and negative
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Through Hell for Hitler is the life story of the author‚ Henry Metelmann. He was an Austrian and born in Altona‚ near Hamburg in 1922. He writes about growing up during the era of the Weimar Republic‚ and how the mass unemployment and widespread poverty left a lasting impression on his life. So‚ when his father took him to a town gathering to celebrate Hitler’s appointment to lead German‚ he became excited at the promises that Hitler made to make Germany a great nation. Hitler Youth soon took over
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WrTamara M. Newton Written Task Question: How could the text be read and interpreted by two different readers? In 1990‚ Tim Obrien‚ decided to share his poignant story with the world‚ converting all his Vietnamese War experiences into a book called: The things they carried. Through one of his chapters‚ On the Rainy River‚ were Obrien is illustrated as a young man who has received a draft notice‚ and has two choices‚ go to war and be a “hero” or scape from responsibilities and be remembered
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The Roaring Twenties seem like a dream to many‚ but “The Roaring Twenties were the period of that great american prosperity which was built on shaky foundations “(J. Paul Getty). Even though the twenties were the calm before the storm‚ there are many forms of entertainment that helped shape the future of entertainment. These forms of entertainment include jazz music‚ the silent film industry‚ and the improvement in cartoons. One of the first things to influence this era in American History were
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whole forest to become infested by these bugs. Once a tree is infected it is a goner. The article written by David O. Williams describes the effects of the pine beetle on various industries in colorado and also presents possible solutions to the problem. He first starts by giving us an example of what the infestation has done to the tourism industry in Utah. It has killed almost
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In the story “Ambush” by Tim O’Brien‚ it is a story about a soldier having a conversation with his daughter. In the conversation‚ you can see some of the soldier weaknesses‚ strengths‚ and how his actions affected the story. Next‚ the soldier weakness are shown. The soldier in the story has a conversation with his daughter. His daughter asked “have you ever killed anybody” and the soldier lied to her to protect his reputation to his daughter. He didn’t want his daughter to think he’s a murder so
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Zichao Huang Mr. Lambert English028 March 17‚ 2015 The Story of an Hour “The Story of an Hour” is about a woman named Mrs. Mallard who is married to a man named Mr. Mallard. Mrs. Mallard does not have a very good heart‚ and she is sick. Something bad has happened‚ and people do not know how to tell her about it. Josephine is her sister‚ and she tells Mrs. Mallard that Mr. Mallard died in a train accident. Richards is Mr. Mallard’s friend‚ and he is there because he knew about the accident. Richards
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Last week‚ I described an article by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation website titled Tootsie’s Story: Medical Error Takes a Life (http://www.rwjf.org/en/culture-of-health/2013/02/tootsie_s_story_med.html). This article described an elderly woman‚ Tootsie‚ who was living with two chronic health conditions: congestive heart failure‚ in addition‚ patient only have one functioning kidney. These two conditions in addition to other growing ailments made her immobile. Tootsie was essentially placed on Synthroid
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The book Written in Bone has enticed many readers with thought -provoking‚ compelling facts and research about the bones of colonial settlers. In the passage Written in Bone‚ Sally M. Walker develops many central ideas throughout the text. One central idea is that forensic anthropologists explore bones to tell the stories of the past. Whereas another central idea in the passage is that while forensic anthropology aids us in answering many mysteries of the past‚ it can also formulate more questions
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