Brickwork

ON THE OUTSKIRTS of Leptis Magna, Aurelius Falco, along with Rubio and Titus Buccio, arrived at the expansive villa and stable complex of Tertius Honoratus. It was late in the morning and it was still cool and crisp, still a good hour until noonday. Honoratus greeted them on the terrace of his villa, aptly named the “Domus Veneta,” it being the headquarters of the Blue Faction of Leptis Magna. He was a large, hoary-haired man of African complexion with a bulb-like nose. He was garbed in a blue…

because there were more serious things to concern yourself with. Mental illness was ignored and if you were the oldest you had a job to do. Women, of past eras, bared all the unseen burdens just from behind the ironing board, but they arranged the brickwork for us future women. They laid there like the helpless dress wishing and silently calling out to be noticed and soon that call was heard. Now women have a voice and do not have to bend to what men and society expect of them and we are lucky…

11. On May I, Peters, a concert producer, executed two contracts. The first contract was with Selena, a world-renowned singer, which provided that Selena was to perform a concert at Thomas's theater in Manhattan on July 4 for a fee of $200.000. The second contract was with Thomas, the owner of a theater in Manhattan, under which Peters rented Thomas's theater in Manhattan for the July 4 concert for a rental fee of $20,000. Peters sold out in advance all of the tickets for the concert and would…

Knight Captain Jona Falx strapped his small sub-machine gun to the back of his snugly fitting Verian uniform as he stepped out of the comfort of the Verian Protection Embassy and onto familiar Cerinian soil. As was his custom and duty every other week, he traveled the insane, but less than time-consuming distance from Veris Alpha to their heavily influenced state planet Cerinia to check on his designated family. The Verian Kingdom and Cerinia’s top tribal leaders established this custom back…

After the French & Indian War (or Seven Year’s War as it was known in Europe) had come to an end, the British government found itself largely in debt as a result of the cost that it spent to defend its North American colonies. But the cost of the war would not stop with the fighting; instead it would continue to grow even once the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1763 because of the need to leave British troops in the colonies – not only for the colonists protection but also because it was…

1.0 Introduction The choice for construction materials is endless. Knowing the particular attributes of these materials allows for the most efficient and productive application which will lead to many years of satisfaction. Civil engineers must have an in-depth knowledge of the main construction materials available in today’s market so that their client receives the best end product for the lowest capital investment. To gain experience in material selection through observation of past…

Underneath the Himalayas, Northwestern area of the Asian subcontinent was starting phase of an advanced city life, “a counterpart of the civilizations that had emerged along the Tigris and Euphrates and the Nile appeared along Indus river in northwestern India.” (Edgar, Robert R, et al 66). It was the most punctual known human progress in South Asia. It is known as the Indus Valley Civilization. It was the main human progress to thrive in India. This kept going from 2500 BC until 1500 BC. It is…

Reyner Banham, an architectural analyzer as well as a critic, tried to codify the then-upcoming structural campaign of Brutalism through his seminal December 1955 essay. He claimed that if an observer is introduced into an area of interest, then it would automatically be damaged for good. He also claims that Das Kapital had taken in the capitalist line so that the Marxists could have a rough time identifying it when they came across, and the widespread of concepts Freud that any client could…

He came to realize how powerful the gods were. At the end of the epic Gilgamesh said to Ur-Shanabi, the boat man. “Go up, Ur-Shanabi, pace out the walls of Uruk. Study the foundation terrace and examine the brickwork. Is not its masonry of kiln-fired brick? And did not seven masters lay its foundations? One square mile of city, one square mile of gardens, One square mile of clay pits, a half square mile of Ishtar’s dwelling, Three and a half square miles is the…

According to Enhanced Fujita Scale, the tornadoes in the United States and Canada can be rated in six categories: EF0, EF1, EF2, EF3, EF4 and EF5. Scale Wind speed (mph) Rating classifications EF0 65–85 Weak EF1 86–110 Weak EF2 111–135 Strong and significant EF3 136–165 Strong, significant and intense EF4 166–200 Violent, significant and intense EF5 >200 Violent, significant and intense Figure 1. The six categories of tornadoes of the Enhanced Fujita Scale EF5 tornadoes have happened in the…