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    A Hero As A Hero

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    the consequences. Heroes are brave, determined, and intelligent. Whether it's big names or small people, everyone can be a hero. Determination, bravery, and intelligence are key parts of heroism, and Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and Ruby Bridges displayed these traits as well as others. To begin, Frederick Douglass displayed determination, bravery, and intelligence throughout his life, those traits and his actions combined are what makes him a hero. “It was life or death with me. But I remained

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    Ideally, your natural teeth would last for a lifetime. However, illness, trauma and dental disease can result in weakened, damaged or missing teeth. Bridges and crowns are dental prosthetics that can be used to replace or strengthen teeth. Although some patients need both crowns and bridges, other patients require only one type of prosthetic. All About Crowns Crowns are artificial teeth that are cemented to natural teeth or metal posts that have been affixed to the jawbone. If the crown will be

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    projects like highways, railroads, bridges, tunnels, dams, airports and buildings.[1] Source 3 states that the wiki Millau viaduct is the longest bridge in the world.It is a multi span cable stayed bridge that connects the two sides of the A75 which connects Paris to Barcelona but to be exact it links Paris to Perpignon. The bridge was designed by a French structural engineer by the name of Michel Virlogeux and British architect Norman Foster[5]. The aim of the bridge was to reduce the amount of traffic

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    you are stuck on a bridge in rush hour traffic. All of a sudden the bridge collapses and you along with hundreds of other people are severely injured. This is what it was like for the people involved in the Minnesota bridge collapse, one of the deadliest bridge collapses in history. The Interstate 35W bridge otherwise known as bridge 9340 is one of the busiest bridges in Minnesota (Karnowski). On average about 140,000 vehicles cross the bridge everyday (Weeks). The truss bridge was built back in

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    Truss Bridge Analysis

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    The initial design of the truss bridge shows trusses that are symmetrical throughout the bridge which allowed the weight of the truck moving across to be spread evenly throughout the bridge, allowing it to be stable when the weight is added resulting in minimal deflection of the overall bridge. Throughout the process, most supporting beams were mainly solid bars as they are good in tension and are more sturdy giving the bridge stronger structure. Other beams that didn’t take much load were changed

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    Pratt bridge design in order to maximize our efficiency with the limited amount of resources we were given. We also chose this type of bridge because it was simple and allowed for us to complete it within the given time frame. Our bridge was constructed using ⅛” x ⅛” balsa wood sticks, string, cardboard, paper, and a lot of hot glue. The balsa wood was used to make the frame, the cardboard was used to act as a level plane for the cans to stand on and as reinforcement for the sides of the bridge, and

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    Drains In Bamber Bridge

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    Do you require assistance with blocked drains in Bamber Bridge? Apart from the terrible smell, a blocked drain can result in the unwanted overflowing of wastewater, causing leaking roofs, walls or ceilings, damage to wiring and electrical fittings. There are a number of aspects that can cause a blocked drain. If the drain in question is outside, falling leaves and garden debris could be cause. Tree roots are also known to cause this problem by growing into the drain and causing a blockage. Drains

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    Rainbow Bridge History

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    for over 50 years, it’s called the Rainbow Bridge. The Rainbow Bridge provides a lot of great history, many new cultures and interesting activities for tourists to take part in. Rainbow Bridge contains many interesting historical features. A surveying party first found the Rainbow Bridge in 1909, the scientists were quickly able to find out how it was created. It was in fact created by “erosion of the sandstone by the flowing water”(Rainbow Bridge). The president then in May of 1910 made it

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    Writing The Bridge Myths

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    Writing the Bridge: stories and myths The Bridge is not a historical novel, as all of the events that take place in the novel take place in my living memory but it is a novel indebted to an actual event. I do feel a responsibility to do the research, to understand or at least try and understand what happened. This is especially the case as many of those affected are still alive. The research for writing about Antonello has included reading through volumes of the Royal Commission report, reading

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    Bridge on the River Kwai

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    Bridge On The River Kwai. The film deals with the situation of British and American prisoners of war, who were captured by the Japanese during World War II and were forced to build a bridge over the river Kwai, in order to accommodate Japanese Burma-Siam railway. At first the prisoners were planning to sabotage the construction of the bridge, and to not finish the construction at the scheduled date. Because of that decision, the Japanese were forcing British officers to be working along the ordinary

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