...I love the C.N. Tower. One reason is I am from Toronto, and I have been up it about twenty times, although it is still fun every time. I find it very cool that this famous tower is in the same city as I was born in, also it is amazing that I can go so high and see so far across my home town. Almost all of my families have been up the tower, and I find that cool because I can talk about it with them when I see them. Every time I go back to Toronto, I always have the C.N. Tower in mind. Every time I fly into Toronto and I can see what was once the world’s tallest tower, looming over the clouds, on top of the world, like it is welcoming me back, that makes me feel at home. And the day when I get to go up the tower is a remarkable experience....
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...Architecture The Daniels & Fisher Tower in Denver, Colorado is 5 Elements of Architecture The Daniels & Fisher Tower uses five of the ten elements of architecture to create quite a notable building. These five elements are expressed in the buildings materials, the architect’s use of lines and repetition, how the building balances astatically, and the tower’s scale. Material This tower is constructed on top of a 24 foot thick concrete base. The tower is erected by a steel skeleton and is faced with “blond brick and creamy terra-cotta”. This healthy base and firm skeleton contribute to the firmness of this building. The four faces of the tower have Seth Thomas clocks, all with arms measuring six feet long. There is, finally, a 2.5 ton bell in the top two stories of the tower. Line As with any tower, the majority of the lines draw the audience’s eyes up from the bottom to the top. The majority of the tower’s lines are vertical, with a subtle horizontal contrast from the lines of windows on the faces. Just below the clock, the architect constructed a prominate horizontal line. This horizontal line appears due to an observation deck like platform. This floor only stops the vertical sides of the building for only 2 or 3 stories before another horizontal line. These two parallel horizontal lines create a box-like shape that dramatically stopping the eye’s move upward to draw attention to the ornamentation of this part of the tower. Above this block, is a smaller square...
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...recovery amid moderate demand and limited near-term supply. More enterprises are commencing search for new offices to enjoy the competitive office rents in anticipation of a forthcoming improvement in office rental. This is supported by an uptick business sentiment in US and Europe’s economies upon expectation of US Federal Reserve may taper the monetary easing programme. CBD Office Rental Demand Remain Resilience The absorption rate on office space in recent quarter has significantly increased q-o-q. despite a supply-led increase in vacancy rate of 0.88% q-q due to completion of 3 projects (Asia Square Tower 2, The Metropolis and Nexus @ One North) in 3Q13. Metropolis and Nexus @ One North has achieved strong occupancy level of 95% and 90% respectively. There is more pronounced increase in the overall vacancy rate in CBD due to the completion of Asia Square Tower 2. Despite of this, the median rent in the Central area reflects a mild 0.8% increase in 3Q13. Since the fall in occupancy level was more a function of new office completions rather than an overall demand contract in the 3Q2013, the higher vacancy rate did not have much negative effect on the rental. Average overall Grade A prime office rental in CBD area is currently at about $9.14 – $10 per square foot per month. [pic] Source: URA, PSR [pic] Source: URA, PSR Near Term Limited New Office Supply in Central Area There will be a scarcity of Grade A office project completions in Central region over...
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...What Underlies U.S.-Saudi Relations? America's Kingdom: Mythmaking on the Saudi Oil Frontier. By Robert Vitalis. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2006. 353 pp. $29.95. Thicker than Oil: America's Uneasy Partnership with Saudi Arabia. By Rachel Bronson. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. 353 pp. $28. National Security in Saudi Arabia: Threats, Responses, and Challenges. By Anthony H. Cordesman and Nawaf Obaid. Westport: Praeger Security International, 2005. 428 pp. $54.95. State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration. By James Risen. New York. Simon & Schuster, 2006. 256 pp. $26. The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11. By Lawrence Wright. New York: Knopf, 2006. 470 pp. $27.95 Oil is interwoven into the modern history of the Middle East. University of Pennsylvania political scientist Robert Vitalis tackles the early history of Aramco in Saudi Arabia prior to that kingdom's 1980 nationalization of the industry in America's Kingdom: Mythmaking on the Saudi Oil Frontier. Vitalis's research demonstrates that while a security-for-oil understanding forms the basis of the U.S.-Saudi relationship, the origins of the bilateral relationship were private financial interests. He approaches his study with an academic's love for archives and declassified documents. He does not whitewash Saudi history with the happy, pre-9-11 narrative so popular among Saudi scholars. Instead, he talks about the racism that pervaded Aramco camps...
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...We have heard a lot of questions about how safe our cell phones are, but nobody seems to have a clear answer about the issue. Some of the things we do know about cell phones and other wireless devices are that they emit electromagnetic radiation (EMR). They not only carry important data, but they carry germs as well. They are a cause of car accidents due to driver distractions. Among these issues the effect of EMR on people has to be the biggest. There’s a huge public health crisis looming from the threat of EMR from cellular phones. This radiation comes from both the handset and the tower based antenna that carries the signal. There have been studies that have linked the cell phone EMR to health issues in people. These issues include the development of genetic damage, brain tumors, and other conditions related to EMR exposure. It is uncertain how serious the effects are on people, especially for long-term cell phone users. These same users are the cause of another issue. This issue would be the germs that are carried on the cell phones we use. These germs come from use laying our cell phones down on different surfaces and from not having clean hands. These germs can range from fecal matter to E Coli bacteria on a person’s cell phone. E Coli if swallowed could cause a person to become very sick with fever, vomiting, and diarrhea. Another issue that cell phones cause is accidents due to driver distractions. We have all been driving on the road when we get behind someone that...
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...Peaceful 14. Reaxed 15. Warm 16. Thrilling 17. Racing wind 18. Tropical 19. Seasonal 20. Beautiful 21. Tasteful 22. Pleasant 23. Desolate 24. Sandy 25. Sunburn 26. Humid 27. Happy 28. Scenery 29. Breathtaking 30. Glamourous 31. Sheer 32. Lush 33. Isolated 34. Breezy 35. Splendid 36. Unique 37. Virtuous 38. Looming 39. Gentile 40. Superb Step 4: * Imagery * Personification * Simile * Metaphors Step 5: The dominant impression that my piece of writing will make you feel relaxed and peaceful. It will kind of make you feel like it is a commercial and it is very appealing to all the senses. The reader will wan t to go to the place when they are done reading it because they will understand how much it sounds like paradise. Step 6: As you gaze upon the bright and sunny day, you glance at the powdery white skies. You notice the beautiful blue water that shifts you into a relaxed trance. As you look up you can see trees that are as tall as the CN tower. The weather is as hot as the Sahara Desert, and you are able to see the...
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...five. four routes across France were established by the eleventh century Construction Timeline: Shows the constructional phases, under the direction of two campaigns, the first under Abbot Olderic used a reddish sandstone quarried from Combret in the Dourdou valley constructed the lower part of the apse and subsequent smaller apses on the site of a 1oth century basilica Abbot Etienne II. He used a popular at the time yellow limestone, as it was considered the sandstone was too friable. Plan: Central crossing at traversing axis articulated by a tower 2 towers on front representative of the passing through a barrier or gate to salvation, strong threshold protecting sacred zones and those who need protecting The exterior: The subject of the Apocalypse was popular in the Romanesque churches, as the end of the world was thought to have been the year 1000. These churches built within one-hundred years of that date, the looming fear of the end of the world was still fresh on Christian’s minds, who continued to worry that it could happen at any time. ...
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...I somehow found myself climbing to a high place, while quaking inside and out. The ninth and tenth grade class had come along on a week long trip to Washington D.C. A place filled with so much history and culture. Our first stop on the trip was Gettysburg Pennsylvania. We were on the site looking at the battlefield where thousands of soldiers died in the most deadly battle of the Civil War. It was a chilling experience, standing in the place where so many deaths occured. We took the van around the battlefield, stopping every once in awhile, getting out, and checking out some of the main attractions of the battlefield. After eating our sack lunches within sight and sound of the spring, many of us wanted to make the climb up to a view tower that showed almost the entire battlefield from one spot. We knew others had done so on the previous trips, we had heard the stories. The first group said that it was the most amazing part of the Gettysburg trip. A few guys went first to test it out. It was 125 steps to the top. Each step creaked as the boys ascended the once grey stairs, now rusted in places from many years of exposure to the elements. The climb ascended steeply above us. My sense of security is screamingly absent. There are guardrails, flimsy though I picture them. I can rely only on my own surefootedness—or lack thereof....
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...1. "1984" by George Orwell 2. "A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking 3. "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" by Dave Eggers 4. "A Long Way Gone" by Ishmael Beah 5. "A Series of Unfortunate Events #1: The Bad Beginning: The Short-Lived Edition" by Lemony Snicket 6. "A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engle 7. "Alice Munro: Selected Stories" by Alice Munro 8. "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll 9. "All the President's Men" by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein 10. "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt 11. "Are You There, God? It's me, Margaret" by Judy Blume 12. "Bel Canto" by Ann Patchett 13. "Beloved" by Toni Morrison 14. "Born To Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen" by Christopher McDougall 15. "Breath, Eyes, Memory" by Edwidge Danticat 16. "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller 17. "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl 18. "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White 19. "Cutting For Stone" by Abraham Verghese 20. "Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead" by Brene Brown 21. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 1" by Jeff Kinney 22. "Dune" by Frank Herbert 23. "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury 24. "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream" by Hunter S. Thompson 25. "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn 26. "Goodnight...
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...Homeland Security policies of President George W. Bush & Harry S. Truman Tasheika Fulmore Strayer University Professor Shelly Taylor Homeland Security Policies of George W. Bush and Harry S. Truman Over the years the citizens of the United States have had to either sit or seethe when a policy was passed by a president or they benefited from the policy implementation. We find examples in the civil rights act or most recently Obama care when it comes to looking at highly protested policies. However, no matter the feeling or benefit, presidents are expected to make policies. This paper will focus on two specific polices that deal directly with homeland security and will focus in on the presidents that created and enforced these policies. According to Robert Harvey (2008) ever since post WWII the U.S. has had a conflicted attitude towards safety. The author of this paper will coagulate a time line of two presidents and their desire to appease the safety view of Americans. For example, President George W. Bush and his homeland security act which grew out of the issues that arose after the 9/11 attacks. And also President Harry S. Truman’s national security bill which established the Department of Defense during the cold war. Each president had his own motive for signing these national security bills, but each bill grew out of similar problems that they each faced during their presidential areas. Both, presidents were under huge public pressure to make a decision...
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...Catastrophic Failure Risk - Empire State Building John R. South, Jr. Keller Graduate School of Management PM 595 Project Risk Management Professor Bill Ketterman February 11, 2011 Table of Contents Catastrophic Failure Title Page 1 Table of Contents 2 Introduction 3 Sources of Construction Risks 4 Systems to Address Project Risk 8 Discussion of Fault Trees 10 Conclusion 13 References 15 Appendix I - III 16 Introduction As the contractor that will construct the largest building during this time period, we must first review the facts about this building. New York City's soaring skyline wouldn't be the same without the Empire State Building. Reaching 1,250 feet, it holds the title of the seventh tallest building in the world. It remained the world’s tallest building for 41 years until the World Trade Center topped it off and seven followed. Built during the depression in 1930 and 1931, it cost a whopping 41 million dollars. The engineer who took on this giant project was H.G. Balcom. The design of the building changed 16 times during planning, but the 3,000 workers managed to pull it off in record timing, 1 year and 45 days, including holidays and Sundays. This skyscraper is made of 60,000 tons of steel, 200,000 cubic feet of Indiana limestone and granite, 10 million bricks, and 730 tons of aluminum and stainless steel. In 1945, a B-25 Bomber on its way to Newark Airport in New Jersey crashed into the 79th floor only causing minor damage luckily...
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...MGMT303 Fluor History The Fluor Corporation was founded in 1912 from the Fluor Construction Company. The company was originally founded in Oshkosh Wisconsin by three Swiss Brothers, Ralph, Casper, and Simon Fluor in 1869. The company began as a construction contracting business. In its early years, the company built lumber mills and worked to shore the riverbanks with concrete retaining walls that still stand today. Simon Fluor moved his portion of the company to California in 1911 and in 1912 his company became the Fluor Corporation. The Fluor Corporation is now one of the world’s largest construction firms with involvement in over 25 industries on six continents. Fluor is responsible for the construction of the Buddha Tower in the 1920’s to the Alaskan Pipeline in the 1970’s and the largest polysilicon facility in the world in 2008. (Fluor Corporation, 2008) Today Fluor employs 28,000 employees and has revenue of over 16 billion dollars. Mission Statement As Fluor employees, our mission is to assist clients in attaining a competitive advantage by delivering quality services of unmatched value. (Fluor Corporation, 2008) Fluor Corporation Organizational Strengths Market diversity is a major strength of the Fluor Corporation. Fluor serves multiple markets across a broad spectrum of industries. Market diversification allows Fluor achieve steady growth and balance in the markets they focus on. This strategy allows them to weather downturns in specific...
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...“My name is Khan and I am not a Terrorist.” This quote was taken from a film written by Shibani Bathija that depicted the feelings of a character whom believed to have been given bias and prejudice treatment from his surroundings because he was Muslim. Sadly, this statement has held truth too many feelings held by Muslims in America. Since 9-11, the treatment given to Muslim in American have been worse than it has ever been in years. Being an American Muslim has been a testing task. Post 9-11 has altered the mindset of the American people because of incorrect information. Although there are laws set against certain prejudice and bias acts, they still exist. One question we all as America need to ask ourselves is have we played a part in the way Muslims feel in today’s society. If the answer is yes, will you admit it and will you change? Most Americans will deny it, but as a society, we may fear American Muslims or have acted bias, racist, or even prejudice against them. Not all Muslims are terrorist! The Muslim population was once very small but has increased greatly in the 20th century. In 2005, nearly 96,000 people of Islamic countries have become permanent American citizens. Then in 2009, there was another 115,000 Muslims who became legal residents. Muslims in American are not only Arab descent. They are very racially diverse religious groups and come from various backgrounds. “Native-born American Muslims are mainly African Americans who make up about a quarter of the total...
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...and manliness” are seen as “mingled qualities” in the great authors of high school English canon. Hemmingway was seen for his bullfighting elephant shooting, West for his broad and swathing statements about self protection, Faulkner for his fox hunting, John Irving for his wrestling, and Kerouac, so heavily associated with his presentation as a lumberjack-ish figure, conveys the same (Theroux 569-570). There is little more honorable in one’s life than military service, according to common ideals of our current world. The action of fighting in battle holds the connotation of success, of pride and honor for one’s country and culture as a whole. Traditionally, though history, it has been men on the battlefield, the masculine energy storming towers and charging enemy fortresses, but what has this done to the current male psyche? How has this struggle for survival impacted today’s male youth in a time of relative peace on the homefront? It seems that military service is a near-compulsive action bombarding American teens everyday. ‘Serve your country’, a sign reads, ‘Uncle Sam needs you!’ Every year, 180,000 Americans enlist in the military, many of which recently-graduated high school students (“Ten”). America is known well as a country with one of the best militaries in the world, with a history in fighting for freedom and developing new military technologies to advance the evolution on the battlefield. Are the sons of America pressured by this precedent? Do they see this as the only...
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...Matthew Santarsiero Film 101 3/8/12 The 400 Blows by François Truffaut The movie 400 Blows, a film that was created over 50 years ago is as modern and extraordinary as any film presently released today. It was made during the French New Wave timeframe which was a completely different style compared to many other films during that period of time and honestly was similar to most of the “Hollywood” movies that I am used to in this country. This new wave of films fundamentally surrounded itself by creating a feel of real life and personality on the screen that would captivate its viewers, and the movie 400 Blows did everything and more than I expected. This movie exclusively left out a realizable plot, but there is one thing that it did not do. It kept the life that Francois Truffaut was telling as real and as close to authentic as he possibly could. It was shot in first person singular which allows the viewer to imagine exactly what is going on inside the head of the protagonist, in this case Antoine Doinel. We as viewers, are able to follow the childhood of young Antoine as he constantly gets into trouble and ultimately how he deals with living with an uncaring and very difficult family in Paris during his adolescent years. It’s very easy to become captivated with the dialogue and acting within this picture because at certain points you feel the characters emotions and daily struggles as if they were your own. During the time of watching this movie I immediately felt...
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