Sepang. I have been requested to incorporate green concepts design and sustainable features from inception and completion into the whole project. The whole of the project divided into three (3) phases‚ span over 5 years. The first phase is to a proposal to construct a high rise luxury condominium project on the hilly slope. I have been requested to look into selection of suitable retaining wall system for this project. In this assignment‚ I will: 1. Discuss the importance of retaining wall and
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Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby manages to catch all these key elements‚ and as it sets part in 1923 it does not show the signs of the abrupt end of the golden age that was the Wall Street crash. This literary work is in a brilliant way able to transmit the feeling of the twenties; throughout the book you truly feel as if you have been transported back in time. But at the same time‚ Fitzgerald’s critique is well shown. And somewhere along the book you stop and wonder: why is that so? What is it in the
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there are walls as well. The walls sometimes take a borders place. Walls are also used as a form of separation for some countries just as borders. Borders and walls are more than just cement blocks‚ wire fences‚ or tall steel beams that are a universal symbol for a division. They mean so much to some people and represent a lot
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the Wall 1. Plot: Lionel Wallace confides in his friend Redmond that ever since childhood he has been haunted by the sudden appearance of a mysterious door. This door led him to a different world‚ much better than the one they live in. However‚ once he leaves it‚ he never returns‚ though he is offered the opportunity three times. He deeply regrets never entering again. He is found dead from an attempt to once again live out this “illusion.” Redmond‚ however‚ believes that there may have been
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Hadrian’s Wall Although Rome has built numerous important defensive walls‚ Hadrian’s Wall was the most famous defensive barrier in the Roman Empire‚ and essential in protection of the northwestern section of the empire. It was a‚ “frontier developed to a higher level of defensive efficiency than any other in the history of Rome” (Divine‚ pp. 5). However‚ the Wall of Hadrian wasn’t only the most important wall in the Roman Empire. Because of the wall ’s important role in early Roman history‚
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Wall Street’s Parthenon To anyone in New York City‚ Federal Hall Memorial and the Parthenon may not look anything alike. But you cannot try and compare the two buildings directly for the obvious reason that they were built for completely different reasons‚ time periods‚ and importance. On one hand‚ the Parthenon was originally constructed in 432 BC as an ancient Greek temple dedicated to the Goddess Athena‚ and on the other‚ Federal Hall Memorial built in 1842 as a memorial on the site of the
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WALL-E By: Micah D-S Environment and waste WALL-E is a film with many maessages‚ however I think it is a very environment related movie. In WALL-E‚ Pixar critsizes people taking things for granted‚ and consuming absurd amounts of things they think of as the norm. This means Pixar is critisizing consumerism. They are trying to raise awareness of how easy it is to destroy a society‚ so that it doesn’t happen. WALL-E is a great film because it brings up real issues that the world. It brings up issues
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The Great Wall of China is one of the greatest architectural achievements ever recorded in history. The Great Wall translates to “long fortress.” The wall was made entirely by hand. It was built to protect the Chinese from intruders from different Nomadic Tribes. The wall is about 5‚500 miles long. The wall did not stretch across all of China but it stretched from Shanhaiguan in the East to Lop Nur in the West. Some people say that you can even see the wall from the moon! Wouldn’t that be something
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I use imagery to improve my performance on the rock wall. I think about my most successful climbs and try to emulate them. I imagine myself doing everything technically sound. I picture myself focusing on nothing but the rock wall. I use both internal perspective and external perspective when using imagery. By using both perspectives I feel that I get a better overall sense of how I am performing. I imagine the feel of the handholds against my palms. I see myself finding the perfect holds
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In the poem Mending Wall the speaker doesn’t show empathy for his neighbor. The speaker continues to carry on the topic with the neighbor about his reasons on keeping up the wall. The narrator talks about how fences or walls are for keeping animals in or out. He compares their yards consisting apple trees and pine trees. He states that if there were no Wall it’s not like his apples would go and eat his pine cones. The narrator complains of how his apple trees will never get across and eat
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