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    Why * What * How These four points interrelate‚ but let’s start with the most important: the purposes of comparison. You can compare any two things—an apple and an aardvark‚ or a slug and a skyscraper. It’s easy to compare things like that: a slug is ___ whereas a skyscraper is ___. You could fill in the blanks without even thinking. And that’s the problem: you can do it without thinking. That’s why so many papers comparing characters are (say it softly) bad and (even worse) boring

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    Questions 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 6‚ 7‚ 10‚ and 12 on page 84.Q1. Classify the following types of processes as continuous‚ assembly line‚ batch‚ job shop‚ or project: Doctor’s office. Automatic car wash College curriculum. Studying for an exam. Registration for classes. Electric utility. Doctor’s office – job shop or project. All patients do not require the same procedures‚ namely the service offered are custom in nature. Automatic car wash – assembly line flow. There is a linear sequence of operations

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    Empire State Building

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    The engineer who took on this giant project was H.G. Balcom. The design of the building changed 16 times during planning‚ but the 3‚000 workers managed to pull it off in record timing‚ 1 year and 45 days‚ including holidays and Sundays. This skyscraper is made of 60‚000 tons of steel‚ 200‚000 cubic feet of Indiana limestone and granite‚ 10 million bricks‚ and 730 tons of aluminum and stainless steel. The Empire State Building contains 3‚194‚547 light bulbs‚ 50 miles of radiator pipe‚ 70 miles

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    Today I got to observe in the classroom setting‚ but first they were outside. Since the boy was walking in the hall nicely and quietly‚ he was named “secret agent” for the rest of the day. The boy’s teacher uses this “secret agent” role in order to encourage the students to behave. Once he was given this role‚ he ran to the playground smiling and waited for his girl friend to be able to play. The two of them start to try and climb up the side of the bridge. The boy and girl chase each other around

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    was invented by an American industrialist and entrepreneur. His name was Elisha Graves Otis. With this invention‚ Otis basically laid the foundation for all elevator stores and companies to come‚ and forever changed the look of urban areas and skyscrapers for the society of his time and modern time. The elevator was one of the most important and impactful inventions of the 19th century. The elevator was a very unique and influential invention‚ and because of that it was important to the people of

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    iausdhashjkd ajsdkjad hjkasd asdhkasdhakdasdkj As a young architect Frank Lloyd Wright worked for Louis Sullivan (1856–1924) in his Chicago-based architecture firm. Sullivan is known for steel-frame constructions‚ considered some of the earliest skyscrapers. Sullivan’s famous axiom‚ “form follows function‚” became the touchstone for many architects. This means that the purpose of a building should be the starting point for its design. Wright extended the teachings of his mentor by changing the phrase

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     to  see  the   towers  that  seem  to  resemble  skyscrapers  on  the  left  and  right  as  extremely  steep.    To  me  it   seems  as  though  Norman  uses  use  of  line  to  create  the  separation  between  social  classes  in   the  way  he  creates  a  towering  steep  distance  between  the  people  in  the  skyscrapers  and   the  people  in  the  buildings  below.    The

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    Sky Scraper Poem Analysis

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    groups called stanzas. However‚ a poem can be rhyming or non-rhyming; it can contain full sentences or just fragments. The song “Sky Scraper” performed by Demi Lovato is an influential song that speaks of staying strong and believing in yourself. A skyscraper is a tall building which needs to be strong in order to endure; therefore the unique name of this song is used as a metaphor for rising above struggles and obstacles in life and succeeding despite heartbreak and turmoil. The song “sky Scraper” can

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    Inventions that sparked economic advancement 1865-1917 1865 Rotary printing press (web) • In 1865‚ William Bullock invented a printing press that could feed paper on a continuous roll and print both sides of the paper at once. Used first by the Philadelphia Ledger‚ the machine would become an American standard. 1866 Urinal (restroom version) • A urinal is a specialized toilet for urinating only‚ generally by men and boys. It has the form of being wall mounted‚ with drainage and automatic

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    left Bagatelle and went for a stroll on the streets of Port-louis.I looked upwards and I was amazed to admire some of the highest skyscrapers I have ever seen.These were beautifully architectured with some unique shapes. I could not figure out how most of them were built.The glasses on theses skycrapers were constantly changing colour. I kept watching these Skyscrapers for some moments while people were moving in a blured motion to

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