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    A Night Divided Summary

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    The main focus in “A Night Divided” is a historical fiction informing life in East Germany during the time of the Berlin Wall. This novel was about a 12-year-old girl, Gerta, which had her family divided due to the Berlin Wall. Gerta, her mother, and her brother, live in the Eastern side of Germany, controlled by the Soviets. Gerta’s dream is to be united with her family and leave this place they all once called home. But one day Gerta’s hopes got up. Her father was pantomiming a dance. A dance…

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    The Renaissance was a cultural rebirth that occurred in Europe that brought old ancient elements and ideas to rediscover. One of the most important and popular cultural rebirths was architecture. Architecture during the Renaissance gave the architects a high influence today in many different ways. Several classical ideas of the Renaissance originally came from ancient Rome and Greece and brought architects in the Renaissance these brilliant ideas. One of the classical ideas that came from the…

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    Berlin Wall Failure

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    over the Wall. On the 31st March 1983, the pair climbed into an attic of a five-storey high building and fired arrows attached to fishing lines to retrieve a steel cable crossing over East and West Berlin (Trex, 2011). The two then attached wooden pulleys onto the cable to create a zip line and successfully cross the Wall. On the other hand, attempts through the air were not always successful. 22 year old Bernd Lunser lived in East Berlin and was determined to continue his studies in West…

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    Human Power Ornithopter

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    bats, which lead to the two-wing device feature. The wingspan exceeded 33 feet and the frame consisted of pine covered in raw silk, which is light but sturdy. The pilot, laying down in the center of a board, would pedal a crank connected to a rod-pulley system. To increase energy output, the pilot had a hand crank. In addition, the pilot had a head piece for steering. The pilot must have been really busy! This all allows the wings to flap…

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    various languages to support his point; whereas in the movie, the director is limited to time. Movies do not give the readers the freedom to visualize the book; it forces the readers to see how directors visualize it. “Harsh sounds of chains and pulleys, echoed through the room, bouncing off the walls with a hollow, tinny whine. The lightless elevator swayed back and forth as it ascended, turning the…

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    To be an electrical lineman it takes a lot mental and physical strength. Electrical lineman are very important to the economy. People are very dependent on electricity. The work they do consist of climbing poles, fixing lines that are down, and replacing old poles. The wages of a regular electrical lineman is 31.19 per hour and there being a minimum of 2,080 hours per year which adds up to about $64,875. Then you have journeyman lineman they make a little more they earn about on average 39.43…

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    American regional modernism in the mid-century founded by Sarasota school of architecture in Sarasota, FL during the 1941 to 1966. Develop by the members, Paul Rudolph, Bert Brosmith, Ralph Twittchell, William Rupp, Victor Lundy, Tim Seibert, Jack West, Philip Hiss, Gene Leedy, Carl Abbot and Mark Hampton. Sarasota school of architecture was characterizing by climate, topography and Florida lifestyle, which influenced in the development of American Architecture. By 1950’s it expand to outside…

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    scheme. It could possibly cause irreparable damage to your corps, this is a large mistake, therewith will this impact your game of golf. Bowflex exercise, fitness or machine helps enhance muscle flexibility. While, it uses force rods attached to pulleys to give you your workout, weights instead you generally look for on a standard exercise machine. While giving you a "full corps" workout and working all of your muscle groups, the seat on the Bowflex exercise and fitness machine can in addition…

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    Early Suspension Bridges

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    like Trajan in AD 105 that crosses the Tagus in Spain the bridge was made of granite with two massive arches 110 feet wide and 210 feet tall relative to the water.Every wedge block weighed 8 tons. Slaves organized these blocks through a system of pulleys powered by treadmills.In the 12th-16th century One of the greatest innovations of the middle ages is the ability to live on bridges. Arch bridges are a very prominent bridge. They use the arch as a main structure below the bridge depending on…

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    Renaissance is called as the early modern period and a time of enlightenment with most famous art, discoveries, poetry, medicine, inventions and other achievements were accomplished. Even some ideas of old time were intact but many new beliefs and concepts were formed as well. The medieval time was a challenging period with too plagues and other evil acts of inhuman nature. Later, the world changed a lot and diseases and evils of old time started to disappear. This however took much time to…

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