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for workers, but also gives business to the manufacturers of necessary supplies needed to build a nuclear facility. For example, the average nuclear facility uses 1,200,000 cubic feet of concrete to build a nuclear facility the same amount used in the building of the Pentagon. This produces jobs because the concrete has to be delivered and made. There are also 66,000 tons of steel needed the same amount used in the erection of the empire state building and 44 miles of piping needed these items…

fled, ("Berlin Wall") this had made the economy on the east side increase as they received a huge number of skilled workers. With this the economy of the communist side was threatened, so Khrushchev ordered to close the border for good. They built a concrete wall that divided the city. With this it became impossible to get from east to west side with the exception of the checkpoints where principally diplomats were allowed to enter or…

In “Racism" Carmelita Castaneda and Ximena Zuniga begin their introduction by questioning the interpretation that the election of Barack Hussein Obama, the first person of color elected president of the United States, has brought about a concrete breakthrough for racial equality towards people of color. The authors also make note of the contrasting view that racial disparities in education, healthcare, criminal sentencing, and employment are increasingly marginalized based on well substantiated…

architectures of large buildings, Wright utilized modern materials, including steel frames, reinforced…

Shaw Library which sits on the edge of the Shaw neighborhood is one of the oldest libraries in D.C. The goals of the new neighborhood Library was to provide a new kind of library service, one with a strong emphasis on the updated media of communications and information. The new Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Neighborhood Library: A Landmark of Social Change." During its first year of operation, the Watha T. Daniel/Shaw branch offered a variety of community activities, including workshops in photography,…

this massive emigration. Finally, the Berlin Wall was constructed abruptly on a night of August 1961, with shocks and surprises of many people from both sides of the country. Throughout the course of its existence, the Berlin Wall was constantly reinforced in order to stop people from escaping to West Berlin. “The…

The 20th century had two big things happen. The first was a mass amount of bloodshed, which is why it has been nicknamed the bloody twentieth century, and the second was many positive advancements. The two, a lot of the time, went hand in hand. Some of the advancements during this time were that in medical, technologies, tools, and weapons, as well as the development of world politics. The many positive advancements in the twentieth century help override the violence that took place throughout…

Introduction of paper 2: According to the comparison of movements in paper 1, as for the topic of space, I found out that Minimalism may be one step forward for functionalism to purchase the spatial freedom which required by people as time goes by. Starting from earliest times to present day, people always make great efforts to purchase the freedom of space. And the reason why the works done by Le Corbusier have a strong appeal is mainly because of his quest for freedom in architecture. In my…

Democratic Republican started to build a barbed wire and concrete Antifaschistischer or wall in between East and West Berlin. Due to this, August 13th, 1961, was later known as Barbed Wire Sunday. The original purpose of the wall was to keep so called fascists out of East Germany. Germany did not want the fascists undermining the socialist state in any such way. After the wall was already up, the German troops continued to reinforce the wall with concrete in some places and “death strips” in…

Chantal Hébert’s article, “Canada’s diversity model should be defended, not denounced”, deals with cultural diversity in Canada’s politics. It lists many politicians, “federal, provincial and municipal leaders” (Hébert 2016), who share the viewpoint that the Canadian model of cultural diversity should be defended and exported. The article argue that rather than looking for inspiration in some other country’s policies, we should stand by our multicultural, inclusive model. According to leaders…