Earthquake Resistant Building Construction (ERBC)‚ With Reinforced Hollow Concrete Block Masonry (RHCBM) Technique Reinforcing the hollow concrete block Masonry‚ by taking advantage of hollow spaces of blocks CONCEPT Reinforced Hollow Concrete Block Masonry (RHCBM) elements are designed both as load bearing walls for gravity loads and also as shear walls for lateral seismic loads‚ to safely with stand earthquakes. This structural system of construction is known as shear wall – diaphragm
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The book I read is Hollow City: The second novel of Miss Peregrine’s peculiar children by Ransom Riggs. It is a horror story about a group of kids with special abilities trying to help their headmistress turn back into her human form. It is told form the perspective of Jacob Portman‚ a kid from present day Florida‚ the other kids have been in a time loop that has preserved them for many centuries. The kids and their abilities are as follows(as written in the books character description): Jacob Portman-Our
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It was the day after Halloween‚ and Arwen didn’t expect that her monster would be back. As Arwen stopped at the corner of her street‚ she closed her eyes and cleared her mind. Sure enough‚ an ominous cloud loomed in the corner of her conscience‚ obscured by the flitting thoughts that managed to break through her filter. She had been checking several times a day‚ but her monster remained like a shadow following her wherever she went. Arwen pursed her lips with worry‚ her blue eyes flashing in the
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MVP-John Legend Do you ever wonder how people today join together in the empowerment of groups that help the world today. Well you can thank John Legend for all of this. He has been changing the lives of millions ever since he was a young boy. He was born a child prodigy and when he made his first song Kanye West discovered him and was a major part on his musical career today. Even though John Legend may have not made an influence with an invention that changed the world. He changed it in a different
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shows you how to realize your personal legend. It prepares your spirit and your will‚ because there is one great truth on this planet: whoever you are‚ or whatever it is that you do‚ when you really want something‚ it’s because that desire originated in the soul of the universe. It’s your mission on earth” (22). | This quotation is said by Melchizedek‚ commonly referred to as the old man. This is the passage that introduces the ideas of one’s personal legend‚ and the soul of the universe. Much of
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"The Hollow Men" by T.S. Eliot and The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald but have similar themes and were both published in 1925. These pieces of literature illustrate two similar opinions on the same time period. There is a parallel between the two works that can easily be shown. The reoccurring themes of senselessness‚ unattainable fantasies‚ and facade appear and both works and can be cleanly displayed. "The Hollow Men" by T.S. Eliot states in lines three trough six "We are the hollow men We
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Perhaps one of the most popular growing activities that we see people of all ages dive themselves in‚ is the e-sport game called League of legends. Whether you choose to watch this game like a sport or decide to play the game casually or competitively‚ League of Legends has a home for your interest. League of legends is an online MOBA game created by the company called Riot. The objective of the game is quite simple. Two teams consisting of five players battle it out to destroy the opposing team’s
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How Urban Legends Work In this essay the author Tom Harris tells us how urban legends effects us on how we live‚ the stories that are told can either give us a lesson to be learned or it gives us a warning‚ some stories can be horrific as in the story about the traveling sales man who met a women in Las Vegas and had a few too many drinks and had be drugged and had his kidney removed by a body organ harvesting gang and woke up in a bathroom tube covered in ice and a note to call for help before
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Block 4 Personal Legend Narrative What is a personal legend? A personal legend is the path we decide to take that fills our hearts with enthusiasm; it is the path of our dreams. My personal legend has changed overtime. I have been influenced along my journey. I have also been faced with many obstacles‚ but I have still made movement with them there. I have learned many lessons along my journey‚ and I will continue to learn more. This is my personal legend‚ read on. When I was a young
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T. S. Eliot’s "The Hollow Men" Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in St. Louis‚ Missouri of New England descent‚ on Sept. 26‚ 1888. He entered Harvard University in 1906‚ completed his courses in three years and earned a master’s degree the next year. After a year at the Sorbonne in Paris‚ he returned to Harvard. Further study led him to Merton College‚ Oxford‚ and he decided to stay in England. He worked first as a teacher and then in Lloyd’s Bank until 1925. Then he joined the London publishing
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