The Earthquake-Resilient Building The Brilliant Idea: A replaceable‚ building-wide system to help hospitals‚ apartment buildings and office towers survive severe seismic shaking. By Logan Ward and the Editors of Popular Mechanics September 30‚ 2010 6:30 AM Elastic high-strength steel cables run down the center of the system’s frame. The cables control the rocking of the building and‚ when the earthquake is over‚ pull it back into proper alignment. A steel frame situated around a building’s
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Cristian-Marian Necula Professor Mahmut Terci Lit. Club 18 October 2012 HIKOKOMORI – RESEARCH PAPER Hikikomori‚ which roughly translates to "pulling inward‚ being confined" is a Japanese term referring to a social paradigm similar to that of extreme anxiety and reclusiveness. It was introduced to the public in the 90’s‚ and is currently an ongoing social issue in Japan and not only. Statistics evince that about 1 million individuals in Nippon live as "hikkokomori"‚ most of
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The main topic being the Modern Breakthrough‚ I have this week worked on texts and articles from that period of time especially the novel‚ Forrådt‚ by Amalie Skram. My problem statement reads as follows: Explain the modern breakthrough as a literary and historical period and for morality feud. Analyzes the novel exstracts from “Forrådt‚” by Amalie Skram with a focus on gender. The authors of the Modern Breakthrough rebelled against the old traditions created by Romanticism‚ and focused instead
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add back only fat because it’s much easier to gain fat than it is to gain muscle. "That’s the dirty little secret of most popular diet plans‚" says exercise researcher Ellington Darden‚ PhD‚ author of the new Women’s Health book‚ The Body Fat Breakthrough. "They don’t combine muscle-maintaining exercises with the calorie reduction. More muscle is your ticket to a better body." It’s no secret that muscle is more metabolically active than fat‚ so by having more lean muscle on your skeleton‚ you’ll
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One of the most important characteristics of the Baroque era is the major breakthroughs in the sciences and mathematics. This inevitably happened with humans trusting and expanding the power of reason. The major breakthroughs during this time led to what is known as the Scientific Revolution that changed people’s minds about the universe. One of the fundamental principles during this era was the Empirical Method‚ also known as inductive reasoning/method. Francis Bacon described this method as one
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The radio breakthrough in the 1930’s was huge. It not only offered news updates‚ but it also provided entertainment to all ages. Some news updates and broadcasts were often referred to as “fireside chats”. The radio benefitted everyone‚ everywhere‚ but eventually went out of style as other trends came into existence. However‚ even as the interest in radio lessened‚ it played a key role in the evolution of things like the television. In addition to the Golden Age of Broadcasting‚ radios have changed
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Throughout time film has navigated itself in many directions through the use of growing technological advancements and worldly changes which have impacted in many breakthroughs in film history. Bicycle Thieves which was written by Cesare Zavattini and directed by Vittorio De Sica captured hardships of Italy post World War two through their neorealistic style and thematic approach. The famous final scene captures the true essence of a working class man during this historical era; this was accomplished
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The Industrial Revolution was an era of technological breakthroughs that impacted the U.S. in several different ways. A lot of new things were happening during the Industrial Revolution‚ people were inventing many new things‚ there was a ton of immigration‚ and the economy was booming. Despite the seeming greatness of the Industrial Revolution‚ it was only positive in the long term‚ and negative in the short term. There are many reasons why the Industrial Revolution was a good thing‚ One reason
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African American Dancing: A Breakthrough Dance brings life to the party. It is not known for being spiritual as much as it is secular in today’s world. African American dance originated from a different perspective than regular dance. African American dance has a meaning behind the movements; Non-African American dance is a pastime that usually does not have meaning behind the dance moves. Slavery originated African American dance. The history of dance is just as distinct as some of the major events
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not be attending the next week of school. Chris has been showing signs of a fever and yesterday he had blisters all over his face‚ turns out he has chickenpox. But this isn’t the chickenpox we grew up with‚ this is a new‚ stronger strain known as breakthrough varicella. It is just as contagious as the chickenpox we experienced when we were children and it has the strength to overcome our children’s vaccinations. Over the past years many parents have decided that diseases such as shingles‚ mumps and
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