At first the purpose of the passage “Owls” by Mary Oliver is difficult to pinpoint. This is because Oliver begins with describing the penetrating fear of a “terrible” (33) great horned owl‚ and suddenly develops into a section discussing a desultory and trivial field of flowers. The mystifying comparison between the daunting fear of nature and its impeccable beauty is in fact Oliver’s purpose. Oliver uses hyperbole in her lyrical and poetic diction to convey her true feelings about nature. She
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* * The Bay Bridge Tunnel * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * By: Ryan Goldberg * Class: Drafting 3 * Date: 10-14-12 * * * * The CBBT (Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel) is a 17.6-mile long composite bridge composed of low-level trestles‚ high-level trestles‚ single-tube tunnels‚ and truss bridges. It was commissioned to be built in 1960 and
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John Roebling‚ the creative genius behind the Brooklyn Bridge project‚ had first envisioned it in 1852 after having witnessed the horrible delays caused by the East River choked with ice. However‚ because of suspicions among the public of whether a bridge that would have to be wide enough to allow boats to pass under it and strong enough to sustain the terrible winds and powerful currents of the river was possible‚ the project seemed unrealistic. The winter of 1866/1867‚ which was one of the worst
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the project is to build a truss that would be able to take a specific amount of downward force remarkably with respect to the weight of the truss itself‚ i.e. to construct a truss that would hold a relatively high efficiency score. And construct the bridge in such a way to as to keep the deflection of the structure at minimal. Introduction First of all‚ what is a truss? In an engineering view‚ a truss is a structure that is made up of series of triangular unit made of straight members that are connected
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INTRODUCTION A View from the Bridge is a play by American playwright Arthur Miller that was first staged on 1955. At the beginning was considered as a one-act verse drama but then it subsequently revised the play to contain two acts. The Drama presents different society taboos that happened at that time in the United States such as migration‚ sex-war‚ maleness and homosexuality. ANALYSIS It is set in 1950s‚ in an American neighborhood near the Brooklyn Bridge NY; where most of the European
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Popsicle-Stick Bridge The goal: to build the strongest possible bridge to take a matchbox car‚ using wooden popsicle sticks. Constraints: The bridge must span a 55cm gap No more than 100 popsicle sticks may be used The sticks may not be cut Only white glue may be used Construction paper may be used for the deck only The test load is applied to a 4cm-wide section at the top of the arch. The test jig looks like this: (Well-built bridges can support over
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In Spring 1960‚ Ruby Bridges was one of several African-Americans in New Orleans to take a test to determine which children would be the first to attend integrated schools. Six students were chosen‚ however‚ two students decided to stay at their old school‚ and three were transfered to Mcdonough. Ruby was the only one assigned to William Frantz. Her father initially was reluctant‚ but her mother felt strongly that the move was needed not only to give her own daughter a better education‚ but to "take
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Earthquake Resistant Bridges Jacqueline Stoy 4/24/2013 Geography of Cultural Diversity 3350:275 Tuesday/Thursday 12:05-12:55 Throughout history‚ bridges have been a primary means of transportation. Unfortunately‚ natural disasters have come to destroy such bridges on many occasions. One of the most deadly natural disasters to face the bridges is earthquakes. The movement of the ground causes the supporting beams and columns to twist and collapse‚ often resulting in injury or death for
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Signature Bridge The Yamuna Bridge at Wazirabad is an unsymmetrical cable-stayed bridge with a span of 251 meters and length of 675 meters. The bridge’s composite deck carries 8 lanes (4 in each direction). It is about 35 meter wide and is supported by lateral cables spaced at 13.5 meters interval. The height of the steel tower is approximately 150 meters. The area around the bridge will later be developed into a park and the Yamuna River will be widened to lake like dimensions. At the same time
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Spaghetti Bridge Abstract For this assignment our task was to build as a group a spaghetti bridge with the objective of carrying the most weight as possible using only spaghetti and hot glue‚ meeting the specifications. The bridges will be loaded until they fall. After testing to destruction‚ the bridges loading capacity was 14.4kg‚ with an initial mas of 0.840kg. This gave a weight to strength ratio of 17.1 putting the group at 4th/8th position in class. From this it was learned the
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