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    Verrazano Narrows Bridge – 1964 Figure 9 Tacoma Narrows Bridge now known as Verrazano Narrows Bridge During Failure Taken From: (Wikipedia, 2015) Leap 6: Wind The Tacoma Narrows Bridge was opened in 1940 but the design had a flaw. When the bridge deck was subjected to minor winds the deck moved up and downwards and began twisting, the bridge eventually collapsed. Peter Sluszka, a qualified bridge engineer explained that, aerodynamic instability of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge had to do with the…

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    Insulating or not insulating? This is the question Being the effect of green roofs on energy use closely related to specific climate conditions. In the following a geographically explicit investigation of the effects of thermal insulation, growing medium and plant selection on the thermal efficacy of the installation of green roofs is proposed. This section summarizes the findings related to a number of case studies about green roofs and their thermal behaviour both monitored and modelled. Green…

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    New Grub Street

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    Personal space/privacy/intimacy/solitude It is necessary for artists to dream, plan, and research on their own, and so the artist traditionally turns to a space of solitude. A space that is private, that they can claim for themselves; a place of intimacy. However, they are in no way limited by the walls and physical boundaries of these spaces. Bachelard concentrates on solitude, and repeats and emphasises the word heavily . He draws on the significance of solitude in creative endeavours,…

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    Slums Case Study

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    1. Introduction “Slums are litmus tests for innate cultural strengths and weaknesses. Those people whose cultures can harbor extensive slum life without decomposing will be, relatively speaking, the future’s winners. Those whose cultures cannot will be the future’s victims.” (Kaplan, 1994) One of the biggest challenges that India has to face today is the augmented urbanisation as a result of the economic liberalisation. Close to 16 crore people have moved to cities in the past 20 years, and…

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    Lifestyle Theory Summary

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    Boy named Woo Eng Leong, aged 17 committed a sexual act towards a 10 years old boy is sentenced to jail. His crime acts seduced the victim to a secluded area where he performed a sexual act towards the boy by asking the boy to remove his pants. He did the same by removing his own pants, but the boy ran away after wearing his pants. I believe this comply the theory of biosocial theory as the theory defines as in behavioral and social science that describes personality disorders and mental…

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    Joseph Bloggs seeks a land use control consent to develop a retirement village at 12 Smith Street, Palmerston North. The proposal is to construct 20 units (10 single storey double attached dwellings) on a single site legally described as Lot 1021 DP 50032, that has a net area of 2300m2. The site is currently vacant and has frontage to Smith Street and Jones Place. Retirement villages are provided for in the provisions contained within Section 10 (Residential Zone) of the Palmerston North City…

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    2.1. Artificial Insemination (AI) : Development of techniques for successful. .freezing of spermatozoa has progressively evolved over the. . Past 60 years (Kucuk et al., 2014). At the starting of 20th century Ivanov started studying on artificial insemination (AI) of sheep’s, where Ivanov’s .studies on extenders and reproduction resulted in the development and the practical application of AI in farm animals, reviewed by (Bohlooli et al., 2012). AI provides. .many advantages to farmers and…

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    Running head: DIVERSITY Age, physical and mental ability; chapter thirteen and fourteen Union Institute University 1. What possible effects could a large proportion of people aged 45 to 64 and a smaller proportion of people under 45 in the current workforce have on organizations’ ability to attract and retain a competent and motivated workforce? How might discrimination against younger and older workers combined affect employers, given the shifting age…

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    Isabella Day Grandmother

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    to grow up in, tension always hung heavy in the air. Barely having enough money to feed everyone didn’t stop them from owning many pets, generally including 2 dogs, 6 cats, and dozens of strays. A few blocks away from the lake, they lived in a two storey,…

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    Pete Norris

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    Pete Norris, the thirty-three year old Internet Security consultant, rapist and multiple murderer, was restless. As he had been for the past month, since the death of Analise Helm. She'd been His fifth victim, but very different from the rest. Ms Helm, he'd met on the dark net, and she'd offered him an opportunity that he'd never before contemplated, the offer of joining him in his spree, not, as she may have thought, as a partner, but to Pete, as a witness. A live human being, to be there as he…

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