The Tacoma Narrows Bridge was the third largest in the world in 1940. Unfortunately that wouldn’t last too long. On November 7th‚ 1940 only four months after being open it collapsed due to violent swaying and flexing. Some of the reasons for its collapse were that it was put in an area of Tacoma that was prone to high winds and the engineer used solid girders instead of open trusses to cut costs. Another issue that engineers later learned about was its lack of aerodynamics. With that said we will
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Women’s roles 1950 Women’s roles were greatly changed in the 1950s‚ with the men coming back from war and taking their jobs back. Women had‚ during World War II‚ taken men’s jobs while they had been away at war. After the war‚ many women wanted to keep their jobs. Many of them became wives and mothers as the men came back from the war. In 1957‚ 70% of working women held clerical positions‚ assembly lines or service jobs. 12 % held a profession and 6% held management positions. Those that held professional
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Childhood: Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro was born on February 5‚ 1985‚ in Madeira‚ Portugal to Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro and José Diniz Aveiro. Cristiano has an elder brother‚ Hugo and two elder sisters‚ Elma and Liliana Cátia. His name was inspired by the former US-president‚ Ronald Reagan‚ whom his father was influenced by. Early life: Ronaldo was born in Santo António‚ a neighbourhood of Funchal‚ Madeira‚ the youngest child of Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro‚ a cook‚ and José
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Debra A. Brown Narrative Essay (A Narrow Escape) Unit 1 The Context of Writing Chapter 9 February 17‚ 2008 A Narrow Escape On Monday‚ February 17‚ 2003‚ people ranging from the ages to 21 to 60 were getting dress for a night of dancing and mingling‚ at the E2 nightclub in Chicago. In the middle of winter‚ but not the windy city that usual occurs during this time of year‚ in Chicago. Each had plan their evening at E2 nightclub‚ which they had no idea what would take place in
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Information Literacy and Database Search Activity The reason of this assignment is to explore and explain approaches in navigating databases‚ talk about the finding of the search process‚ closing with four relevant sources that related to the research questions‚ “What competence do counselors believe they have to incorporate spirituality into hospice care‚ and What course(s) are need for counselors to feel comfortable integrating spirituality in a therapeutic setting?” This essay will talk about
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Today many people are familiar with the musicals South Pacific‚ The Sound Of Music‚ Oklahoma! and Carousel but do they know their origins? All of these plays were engineered by the dynamic due Oscar Hammerstein and Richard Rodgers who worked to broaden the boundaries of theater by merging theatre‚ music and film. Not only were they responsible for making their own plays but they formed musical scores‚ worked as lyricists‚ owned and operated the publishing company Williamson Music‚ and had their own
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Search Warrants Melissa Eggleston American Inter Continental University Abstract This paper will discuss many factors of search warrants‚ it will discuss the process by which a search warrant can be sought and issued‚ emphasizing the Fourth Amendment requirements. This paper will also explain probable cause and the standard by which the cause is met. Also‚ it will describe and discuss at least 2 types of searches that do not require a warrant. Also being discussed is the rationale for allowing
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computers everyday without caring the surrounding. Recently‚ a piece of news mentioned that the post 80s are having the symptom of relying too much on web search engines which help users find specific information by typing keywords only1. They think that searching by engines can obtain accurate data and save time. They are said to have ‘search engines dependence’ which means that they rely on searching every word without thinking nowadays. According to the survey conducted by the China Youth Daily
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key resources and competitive capabilities? What competitive liabilities and resource weaknesses does it have? What opportunities exist? What threats to its continued success are present? The key resources and competitive capabilities of the search industry are due to the huge company’s success. For instance‚ Google gains the trust of users through reliable‚ accurate searches and a clear distinction of upfront advertisements in searches. Therefore‚ the online business user’s can do their work
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supplying search functions to corporate clients and content-targeting advertising. The company utilizes its popular internet search engine to match Google advertisers with Internet users. It targets advertising to search results which are more likely to attract potential customers. The Google philosophy to "do one thing really‚ really well" ‚ its search function‚ has built its loyal customer base and its success has enabled Google to enhance the features it offers to more than just search. Google competitive
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