for jointed masses. The authors have described failure modes associated with splitting‚ shearing‚ sliding‚ and rotation based on the results of Singh’s testing of a jointed block mass in uniaxial compression and published literature. The discusser does not have access to Singh’s data Singh 1997 but is familiar with Brown’s triaxial tests on block jointed models Brown 1970 and accepts the four failure modes under those test conditions. These failure modes would have wide acceptance throughout rock
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What might be done to encourage more people to vote in elections? Firstly in this essay I would like to say why voting is relatively important nowadays‚ the second thing I will discuss is why the public tends to avoid voting on elections‚ third thing will be an issue of how to encourage more people to vote and lastly I will conclude with my opinion. Nowadays‚ in our society‚ which is mostly democratic‚ everyone tends to participate in politics. Participation in politics can also be seen as the
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SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY by: George Gordon (Lord) Byron (1788-1824) sHE walks in beauty‚ like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellow’d to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies. One shade the more‚ one ray the less‚ Had half impair’d the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress‚ Or softly lightens o’er her face; And on that cheek‚ and o’er that brow‚ So soft‚ so calm
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Paula England begins her article “The Gender Revolution‚ Uneven and Stalled” by highlighting the sweeping progress towards gender equality- including the increase in women’s employment and decrease in gender discrimination. However‚ she brings our attention to the asymmetric change occurring in the gender revolution- with big changes going mostly in one direction. From a functionalist perspective‚ Paula states that women’s lives have changed much more than mens- with‚ for example‚ women entering
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should be able to have healthcare that won’t break the individual’s
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high-quality chicken products have contributed to continual increases in U.S. chicken consumption‚ which has surpassed pork
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Many states have banned saggy pants inside of schools and most are against this style in public. Florida and Arkansas have passed laws restricting saggy pants from schools. Some people disagree and believe that it is “distracting” for students to sag their pants in school. Other communities have agreed but went further and passed on a “blanket ban” on wearing saggy pants anywhere. Other states have tried doing this (Louisiana and Virginia) but they failed to pass the statewide bans. The Lawmakers
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essay Things are not always what them seem People always like to trust their intuition. When people see others for the first time‚ they immediately like or dislike them based on their look or their speech‚ even their clothing. They use intuition to ensure a person‚ but actually a good-looking man will be a bad guy. William Shakespeare wrote Macbeth. It is considered one of his darkest and most powerful tragedies. It talks about the kingdom‚ the prophecy and blood. In Macbeth‚ things that characters
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Birth-mark and The Thing in the Forest Birth – Mark : First and fore-most the birthmark represents the fatal flaw of humanity‚ and that eventually we all fall into sin‚ sorrow‚ decay‚ and death. I think that the birthmark represents the desire for perfection or in this case the lack of. Georgina’s husband found her birthmark to be all consuming blot on her otherwise beautiful face. He made it something so awful that his wife lost her own feeling of beauty and began to feel ugly. She was willing to
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Do Non-Human Primates Have Culture? September 26‚ 2011 Andrew Baron Do non-human primates have culture? Let’s first start off by asking ourselves; what distinguishes us from other primates? It used to be said that what distinguished us from other anthropoids was our use of tools. With new discoveries in the world of anthropology‚ we found that other apes such as chimpanzees use tools effectively in order to sustain their everyday life. This definition then became nullified‚ and a search for a
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