The Charleston Sofa Super Store fire took place on June 18, 2007 in Charleston, South Carolina. Nine Charleston firefighters died in a flashover followed by a structural collapse. The death of the firefighters was the highest number of firefighter deaths in a single incident since 9/11. This tragedy has brought on many studies and improvements in firefighter safety. The fire department operations were directed by both the Assistant Chief who was at the store front and the Fire Chief who was on the loading dock.…
A section of the rendering from the roof slab of the Staff Room had fallen and pieces of concrete were on the teacher’s desk and the floor (averaging 10 – 20mm thick). A section of the rendering from the roof slab of the Computer Room #1 had fallen and pieces of concrete were on a table and the floor (Averaging…
Haverwood Furniture, Inc. manufactures wood furniture that sells at medium to high price points relative to other manufactures. Haverwood products are sold at 1,000 retails locations in the United States. 2007 pre-tax profit was $3.7 million on $75 million in sales. The company’s forecast of a 4% increase in 2008 sales is in line with expectations for the furniture industry as a whole.…
The space was adequate enough for the thirty-five group members, but the furniture is always limited to thirty-three chairs. Some members were observed bringing in chairs from other parts of the building to this group. This furniture limitation caused delays in the group’s…
Learning Outcomes (Objectives): At the completion of this lesson students will have: 1. Discovered what the primary and secondary colours are by observing a colour video, listened to the teacher explain the colour wheel concept and added and mixed colours to create new colours. 2. Added and mixed together the three primary colours: red, yellow and blue to make the three secondary colours: orange, green and purple on a blank colour wheel template. 3.…
Fix Sagging Sofa Check if your sofa seats and back cushions have zippers. All you’ll need is a bag of Poly-Fil, stuff your cushions and seats with poly-fil and your sofa will look just like new. Foot Rest If you have some old cabinets and drawers lying unused in the basement, you can easily convert these into useful comfy footrests. You can use unused cushions and wood polish or lacquer to give them a new shine.…
The self-operating napkin is a famous cartoon that sums up what Rube Goldberg machines are all about: creating a machine(or contraption or invention or device or apparatus) that uses a chain reaction to accomplish a very simple task in a very complicated manner. For example, the self-operating napkin accomplishes the simple task of wiping the chin through this convoluted series of events: lifting a soup spoon (A) pulls a string (B) that jerks a ladle (C) that then throws a cracker (D) past a parrot (E). When the parrot jumps for the cracker, its perch (F) tilts and drops seeds (G) into a pail (H). The extra weight in the pail pulls a cord (I) that opens and lights an automatic cigar lighter (J), which sets off a rocket (K) that causes a sickle…
Rube Goldberg Early Life - Most well known for his cartoons that show overly extensive inventions to complete simple tasks, Rube Goldberg was born in San Francisco on July 4, 1883. Even a young age, he loved drawing and using his creativity. This “nonsense” was discouraged by his parents, who wanted him to be an engineer. Though he was only four, he was already developing his art skills by tracing pictures from the book History of the United States. His first professional drawing lesson was taken when he was 11.…
At Sabin-Schellenberg, there is a welding program that can help high school students get their welding certifications before college. It also helps students learn about different welding process and how to fabricate multiple things out of metal. I am one of those students working towards a certification,but it's not as easy as it seems. One of my hardest accomplishments this year was restoring a stool for a customer while practicing on my 3G certification all in one weekend When I first got the stool project I was surprised that my teacher gave it to me because it was a challenging project that required a lot of skills to complete. The first thing I did was take a picture of the stool and started to work on it.…
Habitat for Humanity is an organization that helps people who can't afford a home on their own. Volunteers of all kinds all have the same values, and those are to help others and create better communities around the world. The goal is to help families have a place they can call home. Habitat for Humanity is a nationwide organization that was started by Millard Fuller in 1976. Habitat was started by Millard to help people because he was struggling in his life with what was important to him.…
A handscroll is a long narrow scroll for displaying a series of scenes in Japanese painting and calligraphy. The handscroll presents an artwork in the horizontal form and can be exceptionally long. The development of Heian culture was a way to show your love for another person. Both women and men would produce poems as well as paintings and calligraphy on the handscrolls. Lady Murasaki is the author of Tale of Genji one of the world’s longest novels.…
I chose the Chapter One “On Folded Wings” project because ever since I was a kid I always loved using paper to make all sorts of things, including shapes, cards, airplanes, and boats. Creating and designing things is always fun, and when you are a kid paper is one of the most abundant materials you could have to make whatever you like. However, my motor skills were not up to the challenge of making complex origami designs, but now, I think I’m ready to give it a shot. I want to show in this project that even the simplest of materials can be turned into something truly spectacular with just a few creases, cuts, and folds. And what do we have to thank for this art?…
LESSON 3 Learning Targets Focus of Instruction Lesson 3: Creating the triorama Introduction/Setting the Purpose: Over the past few days, we have worked to research information about various habitats, its animals, and the danger they face for our trioramas and public service announcements. Today, we are going to summarize all the information that we gathered to begin creating our trioramas (instructions at the end of lesson 3). Teacher Note: During this lesson teacher should provide a checklist of requirements for the triorama and public service announcement.…
Furniture 2015 Annual Price Notes Data for 12-1 Household furniture is seasonally adjusted. Seasonally adjusted data for 12-2 Commercial furniture was not available From December 2014 to December 2015 prices for 12-1 Household Furniture rose 3.1 percent. Previously, a 1.5 percent increase was seen for that index for the December 2013 to December 2014 period. The chart above shows steady increases for 12-1 Household Furniture over a ten year period.…
What Baby Furniture Do You Really Need? Are you expecting your bundle of joy? If ‘yes’ then congratulations! Whether you expect your first baby or second, bringing a child to this world is a joyful and an ultimate experience for parents.…