Malcolm Danmola Ms. Carter Honors Physics 13 February 2013 The Brooklyn Bridge The Brooklyn Bridge, originally known as the East River Bridge, is a bridge in New York City that spans over the East River. It is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States. This is the only bridge that connects the borough of Brooklyn to its sister, Manhattan. This bridge, with a huge span of 486.3m, was the longest suspension bridge in the world until 1903. Not only was it the longest, but it was the very first steel-wire suspension bridge in America.
Residents of New Orleans have been urged to leave the city, but its evacuation routes were so congested, the authorities acknowledge that hundreds of thousands of residents would not get out in time. Leslie Phillips January 31, 2006 stated from the government’s point of view, “in the days leading up to Katrina’s landfall, 85 percent of the city evacuated successfully the 85 percent that were ambulatory and had, found, or could afford transportation, and had a place to stay. That is the one bright spot in this tale. However, many of the city’s most vulnerable populations – the poor, the sick, and the aged – were left behind. The city opened the Superdome as a refuge of last resort, but the Dome was ill equipped to accommodate the tens of thousands who would flock there in desperation to escape the rising floodwaters.
Some 39,000 tons of steel and 115,000 cubic metres of concrete were used in the construction. The total cost of the bridge including the approach roads consisting of 13 kilometres of dual carriageway, 13 kilometres of minor access roads and 24 minor bridges was £19,500,000 (~£250,000,000 today). The bridge has a main span of 1006 metres between the two main towers. The side spans which carry the deck to the side towers are each 408 metres long. The approach viaducts are 252 metres and 438 metres long on the north and south sides respectively.
Explain why you took the trip and how you passed the time along the way. Describe what affected you most during the journey. BACKGROUND Sal Hiddle, the narrator of Walk Two Moons, is unhappy when she and her father leave their Kentucky farm for the city of Euclid, Ohio. Unlike the fictional Bybanks, Euclid—like many of the locations mentioned in the book—actually exists. It is a city of about 55,000 located on the shores of Lake Erie, twelve miles from Cleveland, Ohio.
The film is four hours longer, but it is divided into four one hour parts (207 Lee). The film shows disturbing and detailed pictures of the disaster while it was in progress, and also after the disaster was already done (208 Lee). In his documentary he recollects information from the citizens, who suggested with evidence that the inundation was not only caused by Katrina but the city´s levee system was not adequate for the city structure (208 Lee). The organization of the article is
It quickly evolved into an international trade port due to its good location. However, for several centuries Brugge had very little written history. This is due to what many historians referred to as the slumber of Brugge good location (Rodenbach). Brugge’s historical 200 year slumber is due to Brugge’s sharp decline in the 16th century. This gradual decrease in power slowly sucked the life out of the city of Brugge until it reached a point of desperation and poorness in the 18th century (Lonely Planet).
Cruising at this time was still expensive and was mostly used for transport between two points however, ocean travel was considered to be completely safe until the Titanic disaster in 1912. Following World War 1, there was a major shortage of vessels for the liner businesses and even ships taken from Germany as compensation couldn’t meet demand of the traffic at the time due to emigration from Europe
A geologist noticed the gravestones in New York were becoming impossible to read. While over time erosion will occur, this rate was much too rapid. In London during the 1900’s, Cornell professor-to-be Gene Likens noticed that buildings were deteriorating very quickly. After measuring pH levels of the rain and noticing how alarmingly low they were he came up with the term Acid Rain. What may have been his biggest contribution was what he noticed about where the acid rain was most potent.
Ernest Hemingway was born into the conservative suburb of Oak Park, Illinois, a town he later went on to describe as ‘full of wide lawns and narrow minds’ (Tiebert, 2007, page 240). When America joined World War One, Hemingway saw that as an opportunity to leave Oak Park, but he could not fulfil the medical requirements due to his poor eyesight and was deferred. He went on to join the volunteer ambulance service, travelled Europe and returned home in 1919. It it thought that Hemingway could not bear to be back in Oak Park after travelling the world. Soon after this he gained literary success and he met his first wife, Hadley Richardson, and they moved to Paris in 1921.
There were various factors behind on why the Estates General was called in 1789 but the two main factors can be seen as the critical financial crisis in France and also the failure of reforms. In 1786, Calonne, the Controller General, told Louis that the country was in the verge of bankruptcy – there were deficit of 112 million being made due to the extravagant and lavish spending of the royal expenditure compared to how much they were earning. In two years, the deficit increased to 126 million livres, worsening the situation. The financial crisis was the result of France being at war for the past 20 years. First, the War of Austrian Succession 1740 to 1748, then Seven Years War which lasted from 1756 to 1763 and caused France to lose huge amounts of overseas territory due to its defeat.