Abstract: Expanded polystyrene (EPS) composite soil is a new kind of lightweight geomaterial‚ which is made of soil‚ binder‚ water‚ and EPS. Geotechnical properties of EPS composite soil are significantly affected by its constituents. A wide range of engineering properties including the unit weight and the compressive strength has been reported based on the variation in its ingredient proportions. The unit weight of EPS composite soil‚ which ranges from 5 to 18 kN/m3‚ is lighter than that of natural
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My Last Farewell (Mi Ultimo Adios) Farewell‚ dear fatherland‚ clime the sun caress’d‚ Peal of the Orient seas‚ our Eden lost! Gladly now I go to give thee this faded life’s best‚ And were it brighter‚ fresher‚ or more blest‚ Still would I give three‚ not count the cost. On the field of battle‚ ‘mid the frenzy of fight‚ Others have given their lives‚ without doubt or beed; The place not matters—cypress or laurel or lily white‚ Scafold or open plain‚ combat or martyrdom’s plight‚ ‘Tis
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Farewell Address Washington’s Farewell Address‚ which was issued as a public letter in 1796‚ was and still is one of the most influential documents of our nation. It was also said to be a corner stone to our nations foreign policies. Drafted primarily by Washington himself‚ with some help from Alexander Hamilton‚ the address gives advice on the essential need of and importance of national union‚ the value of the Constitution and the rule of law‚ the evils of political parties‚ and the appropriate
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‘Don’t compete with colleagues; Embrace them’ “The survey by OfficeTeam revealed that nearly half of senior managers believe employees are more competitive with each other today than they were 10 years ago” (BusinessNewsDaily‚ 2012). In the real business world‚ getting along with colleagues makes the work environment and workers more productive and enjoyable in today’s organizations. However‚ not all situations with colleagues are easily dealt with. The given article entitled‚ ‘Don’t compete with
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my Last Farewell” Rizal’s most important poem is “My Last Farewell.” It has 14 5-line rimed stanzas; each stanza has the rime scheme: ABAAB. Charles Derbyshire translated it from the Spanish; the Spanish title is "Mi Ultimo Adios.” Derbyshire kept the original rime scheme when he translated from the original Spanish to English. “Farewell‚ dear Fatherland‚ clime of the sun caress’d” José Rizal was in prison waiting to be executed when he wrote this poem as a final statement to his fellow
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to understand the complex concept of wisdom. According to the dictionary‚ wisdom is defined as “the quality of having experience‚ knowledge‚ and good judgment” However‚ this definition takes form in many different theories. Ernest Hemingway‚ in A Farewell to Arms‚ explores different perspectives of wisdom as viewed by a young Frederic Henry and elderly Count Greffi. Some of the world’s greatest thinkers have formulated several different theories and perspectives regarding the meaning of wisdom. One
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A Farewell to Arms: Style Critics usually describe Hemingway’s style as simple‚ spare‚ and journalistic. These are all good words; they all apply. Perhaps because of his training as a newspaperman‚ Hemingway is a master of the declarative‚ subject-verb-object sentence. His writing has been likened to a boxer’s punches--combinations of lefts and rights coming at us without pause. Take the following passage: We were all cooked. The thing was not to recognize it. The last country to realize they were
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Shakespeare’s tragedy of Othello centres on deceit and naivety. The story begins in Venice‚ Italy and establishes the immediately the deceitful nature of Iago. Iago manipulates and lies throughout the story and is extremely influential. The protagonist‚ Othello held very little power in Venice however the transition of setting from Venice to Cyprus consequently transitioned the change of power to Othello. From this position Othello controls everything but there is much that he is unaware of. Iago’s
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Formal analysis on Farewell‚ My Concubine and Raise the Red Lantern. Among the Chinese films that were shown in class‚ Farewell‚ My Concubine and Raise the Red Lantern could be distinguished as more modern films compared to others. Being that they are fairly modern piece of work‚ the camera techniques‚ the color scheme‚ and different props used in the two films were quite alike. It was really interesting to analyze the mise-en-scene of both of the films‚ because these two films carry out completely
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In Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms‚ many different themes are present throughout the book. Love‚ lust‚ nationalism‚ tragedy‚ and hatred are what I think A Farewell to Arms is based on‚ but one theme that really caught my attention was the role of religion. I though the role of religion played a big part of this story because the love that Catherine and Henry shared was extremely influenced by religion. Henry’s feelings for Catherine were not only influenced by his feelings‚ but by his
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