The Pratt Truss was designed by Thomas and Caleb Pratt in 1844. It became popular for railway bridges because it made good use of iron. The Pratt has many variations‚ most with their own unique name. For instance‚ the Baltimore‚ Pennsylvania‚ and the Parker are all based off the Pratt. Pratt Truss How the forces are spread out Here are two diagrams showing how the forces are spread out when the Pratt Truss is under a load. The first shows the load being applied across the entire top
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Argument Essay: Nation of Immigrants America is sometimes referred to as a "nation of immigrants" because of the largely open-door policy toward accepting foreigners pursuing their vision of the American Dream. Recently‚ there has been a clamor by some politicians and citizens toward creating a predominantly closed-door policy on immigration‚ arguing that immigrants "threaten" American life by creating unemployment‚ by taking jobs from American workers‚ by using much-needed social
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Live Nation Presentation: Introduction: About Live Nation Entertainment Page 1 Live Nation Entertainment is the world’s leading live entertainment and eCommerce company‚ comprised of four market leaders: Ticketmaster.com‚ Live Nation Concerts‚ Front Line Management Group and Live Nation Network. * Ticketmaster.com is the global event ticketing leader and one of the world’s top five eCommerce sites‚ with over 26 million monthly unique visitors. Established in 1976‚ Ticketmaster
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International Essay Contest for Young People is one of the peace education programs organized by the Goi Peace Foundation. The annual contest‚ which started in the year 2000‚ is a UNESCO/Goi Peace Foundation joint program since 2007. The United Nations has designated 2001-2010 as the "International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World" and 2005-2014 as the "United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development." Not only should young people benefit
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was the League of Nations a success? What were the aims‚ strengths and weaknesses of the organisation? Successes and failures of peacekeeping during the 1920’s The agencies of the League What was the impact of the Great Depression? Failures of the League during the 1930’s – Manchuria and Abyssinia Intrinsic problems with the League - always very likely to fail! Confused aims Fourteen Points (Jan 1918) - President Wilson had called for ‘a general association of nations...for the purpose
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The Third-Estate: The Nation The French Revolution was a crucial battle that dealt with achieving equality and removing oppression of the common citizens. The unfair class system placed the clergy and nobility above the majority of French citizens. This majority was known as the Third Estate and varied greatly in socioeconomic status‚ consisting of members with lavish lifestyles as well as common peasants and laborers. Such status differences made it difficult for the Third Estate to gain any
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Nathan Ngo “In Persuasion Nation” “In Persuasion Nation” by George Saunders is an extremely interesting read. I think that this book is the most fun book that I have every read. When I read “In Persuasion Nation” I felt like the formality of normal story writing is very minimal due to unique sentence structure‚ the vocabulary choice‚ and the tone of the essay. To start off‚ the sentence structure of “In Persuasion Nation” is very short and they really convey the emotion of the person who is saying
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Dear United Nations‚ We the representatives of Kazakhstan are in dire need of direct aid for our country. What would you do if your country did not have any rights for women? How would you feel if your wife or daughter was abused by another man? In Kazakhstan‚ women are limited to their rights and have no say in anything that happens to them. Not only are women and rights issues in this country‚ but also the economy. At the end of 2007‚ the global financial market froze up causing a downfall
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process that your country/institution/organization has followed in order to build a local‚ national or regional partnership responsible for implementing an adaptation plan. List the stakeholders that you have chosen and explain how you selected them‚ the role of the leading partner and the “decision-making rules” regulating the partnership. List any problems that have occurred and‚ where possible‚ focus on cases involving a degree of conflict. For such cases explain how the conflict was resolved or‚ if
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events and people. These events and people were the foundation for the development of a nation. The obstacles that were faced by those that settled and developed America were not only on unknown soil but were centered on the unknown in general. During the 17th‚ 18th‚ and 19th centuries there were people and events which I believe influenced history and were turning points in the development of a great nation. A significant point in history which occurred during the 17th century was in 1607 when
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