...order to preserve our forests, we need to find new ways to reduce our dependency on wood. Since bamboo is one of the fastest growing grasses, a significant converter of CO2 and potentially as strong as wood – this project will test the strength of wood against bamboo. If bamboo can support even close to the same weight as wood, we can imagine a day when bamboo can be used as a replacement. In an effort to make this experiment practical, within my appendix, I will also propose a way that we can grow bamboo in the Bay Area utilizing marginal/unused land. These areas will create revolutionary new carbon-offset zones, provide additional revenue to local governments, reduce significant amounts of CO2, develop new businesses in an emerging industry, and promote, by example, green living. Purpose: Is bamboo stronger than wood, and if so, can it help us stop global warming? Research: Hypothesis: The wood will break under the same conditions and weight before the bamboo. Materials: 9 sticks of bamboo sized per test 9 pieces of solid wood sized per test 2 large plastic buckets 2 “S” hooks Chain to attach the hooks to the wood Sand and bricks Two cement platforms to put the wood on Procedures: Lay the wood on the platforms and attach the “S” hook. Attach a bucket to the “S” hook and fill with sand/bricks until the wood breaks. Weight the bucket. Take the “S” hooks of the wood and place them on the bamboo. Attach the bucket to the “S” hooks and...
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...be to criticize the minor imperfections of these pieces – the uneven pattern created by carving by hand, the lack of perfect symmetry in the manmade spindle form. This cynical view has some validity – if; the priority of making the object is the actualization of perfection. Social commentators like Richard Sennett believe this kind of priority misses the true point of Craftsmanship – the desire to do something well for its own sake. I agree. The actualization of Craftsmanship is not about the making a perfect object. It is about the intrinsic need to do a job well for its own sake. There is not much published documentation about the history of professional woodwork in Jamaica. Inferences can be drawn through history, that making items from wood has been a longstanding part of Jamaican culture, beginning with the crafts made by the Tainos. These indigenous people crafted their homes, boats and even gods...
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...the amount of newspaper refuse as well as the amount of commercial charcoal consumed. In addition, no lighter fluid is needed with the homemade charcoal paper. Therefore, petroleum-based products are also conserved. Making your own charcoal takes only water and a washtub. The time spent forming the charcoal paper briquettes is negligible, although they need to dry for a couple of days in the sun. Things You'll Need • Washtub • Water • Old newspaper Instructions 1 Tear the old newspaper into pieces about the size of your hand or smaller. 2 Place all the torn newspaper pieces in the washtub. Cover with water and let sit for at least one hour. The newspaper will be ready when it is thoroughly saturated with water and is mushy to the touch. 3 Grab a large handful of the mushy newspaper. Form it into a ball about the size of a golf ball or ping pong ball, squeezing out as much water as you can. Repeat until all the mushy newspaper is in ball form. Discard the water. 4 Place the wet newspaper balls in the sun for at least two days. Do not let them get rained on. They must be completely dry and brittle. At this point they are ready for use in the same manner as charcoal briquettes. Tips & Warnings • Moister climates may require longer drying times. Direct sunlight is best for ultimate drying. • You will use twice as many of these paper charcoal briquettes as regular charcoal for grilling. • You do not need lighter fluid for this type of charcoal briquette. • Do not...
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...The houses vary in the same style depending on their location and social status and taste of the family. Houses of the Filipinos are usually made of wood and nipa. Later galvanized iron replaced nipa for roofing. In some towns, barrios, and cities, houses made of nipa and bamboo are still to be found. Some have sawali walls and cogon roofings. Most of the houses especially the older ones are situated high above the ground for better ventilation and reduced humidity. In the past, building a houses was fast and inexpensive. Houses were built then through the help of friends and neighbors. Today there are only few bamboo houses. Most houses are already built of strong materials like hollow blocks, wood, galvanized iron and glass windows. Modernity has not entirely changed the architecture of the Filipino houses. The batalan is stall a part of the houses in Luzon and is used as an open bathroom, a place for water jars or tapayan and a place for washing. The modern batalan is made of concrete and is still adjacent to the kitchen. The banguerahan, a storage shelf and drainer before the dish rack was introduced, is still a part of a few modern houses. The modern banguerahan is no longer enclosed with bamboo spikes but is screened. The old house of before were not painted. The present ones are painted in varied colors and built styles. The old houses were built high on the ground and the space below calle4d silong was fenced with bamboo to keep pigs, dogs, and chickens...
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...Wood properties database EXPLANATORY NOTES AND ENTRY CODES FOR WOOD PROPERTIES DATABASE 1. NOMENCLATURE 1.1 Botanical/Scientific name 1.3 Family The timber species ate presented individually according to their botanical names. Botanical names consist of a combination of a genus and a species name. Author citations are included for completeness. Example: Ocotea bullata (Burch.) E. Mey. Botanical names are standardized according to Index Kewensis – an enumeration of the genera and species of flowering plants. Supplement 1 - 16, published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England. After 1985 the name of this publication changed to Kew Index, of which yearly publications are available for 1986 – 1989. Other publications that were consulted, are: Bailey H.B. & Bailey E.Z. 1978. Hortus Third – a concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada. Macmillan Publising Co., New York. Von Breitenbach F. 1990. National List of Indigenous Trees. Dendrological Foundation, Pretoria. Von Breitenbach F. 1989. National List of Introduced Trees. Dendrological Foundtation, Pretoria. 1.2 Synonyms Families, to which the species belong, are included. Plants developing woody tissues are classified in about 250 families, of which eight belong to the Gymnospermae (softwoods/conifers) and the rest to the Angiospermae (hardwood/broad-leaved species). 1.4 Hardwood/Softwood The classification in this field will indicate whether the species is a hardwood (broadleaved) species) or...
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...A bright light appeared in the distance, so she began to walk down to it. Once she was about to run her fingers along the bark, she fell onto a grassy area. Once she looked around, Pilanu noticed some familiar objects, like bushes in a perfectly straight line. Straight. That was what the flower was trying to communicate to her. As she strolled around the corner of grass, she saw the tallest mountains she had ever seen. Mountains. Up. It was all coming to her now. She was at the gates of Mount Olympus. She walked up to the gates, which seemed to touch the light fluffy clouds, and pushed them open. Her mother and grandmother were waiting for her there. As they ran to each other, thrilled about their reunion when Zeus powerwalked down the path. He congratulated them on their ability to make their way back to Mount Olympus. Pilanu began to speak about how she was determined to finish her lessons on how to control her capabilities, and Zeus agreed. She would begin classes as soon as possible. Those 17 years of Pilanu’s life taught her that even though she might be in times of struggle, she would make it through if she never gave up. That she would always find her way back to where it all began, to a place of joy and...
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...the film is trying to convey or what it is about. In Ana’s Playground and The Cabin in the Woods discussions of gender are seen throughout the content and context of the film when it is analysed through its cinematic coding. Ana’s Playground, 2009 is a short film about a group of young children playing a game of soccer on the streets in a war-torn country. When their ball is kicked over a fence, Ana is faced to risk her life in a challenge to retrieve the soccer ball whilst a sniper is shooting at her. Violence is the main thematic value within Ana’s Playground as it is present throughout the whole film.The film gives us an insight of how children live and experience the violence that occurs within war-torn countries. The four children seen within this film is Ana, what appears to be her little sister, and two other boys. When Ana is chosen through the use of coin flipping, to retrieve the ball from over the fence, the audience would expect one of the boys to replace this life risking duty as this is a gender expectation from the audience. This shows that the female gender is represented as being obedient but also very vulnerable. From the very moment Ana is chosen to retrieve the ball, is a representation of her innocence and naivety being lost. The Cabin in the Woods, 2011 is a recent Hollywood comedy horror film about five friends that go on a holiday to a remote cabin in the woods and unknowingly are being observed and become victims for a ritual. The narrative codes within...
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...Local Lawsuit (Morris v. Wood Preserving) Summarize the actions that lead to the lawsuit. In Morris v. Osmose Wood Preserving, 340 Md. 519 (1994), a number of homeowners purchased townhomes that had a roofs constructed of Fire Retardant Treated (FRT) plywood manufactured by the defendant Hoover Treated Wood Product, Inc. (Hood Wood). Homeowners claim in their complaint the fire retardant treated plywood, when exposed to high temperatures begin an acidic reaction that was designed to stop the spread of fire. It was also alleged that the reaction can occur at temperatures as low as 130 degrees and roofs can reach 180 degrees without the presence of fire. The homeowners say that the chemical reaction “weakens the wood and destroys the bonding between the plywood laminates, thereby causing the wood, among other things, to bow, darken, spot, warp fracture and otherwise deteriorate and lose strength capacity.” The homeowners claim that this reaction will eventually occur in the plywood installed in their homes, without regard to ventilation or moisture levels I attics. Management also advertised there products falsely after begin notified. The homeowners brought this class action suit to recover cost to replace their roofs that had the alleged defective fire retardant treated plywood. Discuss what management could have done in terms of risk management to have prevented the events that lead to the lawsuit. In retrospect, management could have handled this situation...
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...Applying the principles presented by C.K. Prahalad, and Porter and Kramer’s ‘Creating Shared Value’, please conceptualize a product or service for BOP markets (you may use a new product or service, or one that is an extension of an existing product). Idea = biological packaging (leaves, sawdust, manure) Tagline = total product value Assumptions: ● BoP markets lack sufficient trash and recycling services and will burn their trash to provide heat and fuel to their homes and families. ● A 40lb bag of Pellets is about $6 and good for about 12 hours of burn time. ● 3 ⅓ lb of wood pellets will last 1 hour ● ~1 lb of wood pellets will last ~20 minutes Four Action Framework The first question forces a company to consider eliminating factors that companies in an industry have long competed on. Often those factors are taken for granted even though they no longer have value or may even detract from value. Sometimes there is a fundamental change in what buyers value, but companies that are focused on benchmarking one another do not act on, or even perceive, the change. ● package/contents structure ● input and construction materials ● distribution channels / efficiencies of scale ● discard process The second question forces a company to determine whether products or services have been over-designed in the race to match and beat the competition. Here, companies over-serve customers, increasing their cost structure for no gain. ● package...
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...Cookies are very tasty and they are what are allowing me to gain access to this website. Sorry for anyone who is reading this it is not an actual paper if you have not been able to figure that out by now. Cookies are very tasty and they are what are allowing me to gain access to this website. Sorry for anyone who is reading this it is not an actual paper if you have not been able to figure that out by now. Cookies are very tasty and they are what are allowing me to gain access to this website. Sorry for anyone who is reading this it is not an actual paper if you have not been able to figure that out by now. Cookies are very tasty and they are what are allowing me to gain access to this website. Sorry for anyone who is reading this it is not an actual paper if you have not been able to figure that out by now. Cookies are very tasty and they are what are allowing me to gain access to this website. Sorry for anyone who is reading this it is not an actual paper if you have not been able to figure that out by now. Cookies are very tasty and they are what are allowing me to gain access to this website. Sorry for anyone who is reading this it is not an actual paper if you have not been able to figure that out by now. Cookies are very tasty and they are what are allowing me to gain access to this website. Sorry for anyone who is reading this it is not an actual paper if you have not been able to figure that out by now. Cookies are very tasty and they are what are allowing me to...
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...liver I did not have so I bought it from a store. Some of the other members in the group needed to help me with the ipod, private property sign, and a chainsaw. All of these items have a meaning to this video because they all play an important role in symbolizing or portraying the story The Devils and Tom Walker. The ipod is the most important item because its filming the entire production of the Sweded Video. Without the Ipod, there wouldn’t be a film to watch. The chainsaw is with Tom Walker as he goes through the woods and begins to cut down the trees. While walking he stumbles upon a sign that is planted deep in the ground of the woods. He picks the sign up and throws it away as if the words “private property” meant absolutely nothing to him. The private property sign is present in this film because it adds more of a curiousness toward the viewer since Tom did not care what that sign said. Due to Tom’s idiocy of going past the sign and wandering a bout the woods, he hears a noise that sounds like a howling or a fierce wind that is coming upon him. As the noise draws to a close Tom stands there utterly confused and nervous about what was making that fierce noise. Tom asks with a stuttering voice “whose there?” “hello?” A figure of black pops right up before his eyes. The figure of...
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...Porter’s Industry Analysis of the Global Paper and Paper Products Industry BY: Craig I Dworkin Date: March 12th, 2012 Threat of New Entrants Rate of Force: 4 (Moderately - High) 6 Economies of Scale 3 Product Differentiation 6 Capital Requirements 2 Switching Costs 4 Access to Distribution Channels 2 Cost Disadvantage Independent to Size 5 Government Policy The Global Paper and Paper Product Industry are considered to have a high barrier to entry. It is “rather costly, due to the high capital outlay and fixed costs involved in setting up and running production plants.” Economies of scale provide a competitive advantage for larger companies as they are able to increase production in order to reduce cost per unit. New entrants could also be discouraged by increased governmental and environmental regulation. Larger players tend to also control access to distributions and could discourage new entrants from entering. Switching costs are rather simple because there is no uniqueness to the product. “However, entry barriers are lowered by the lack of differentiation within this industry.” Some countries have also introduced economic incentives for the Global Paper and Paper Products market. These incentives could create a favorable investment environment for new entrants. Rivalry Among Existing Firms Rate of Force: 4 (Moderately High) 2 Rate of Industry Growth 1 Product or Service Characteristics 5 Amount of Fixed Costs 6 Capacity ...
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...she wouldn’t even think about going swimming in the river. It seems like the author misses the house she grew up in when she was little. The story is directed towards older adults and bringing back their childhood memories and how bad it is not to be a child anymore. The reason I could tell who it is directed to is because that’s the only people that could understand what she’s actually feeling. She sadly talks about how the fields were ruined, elm trees she loved fell down, and that the town also built anther highway ruining the scenery. It shows me that enjoy the time as a child you have now because you will never be able to return to it. Another thing that had her chocked up was the private property signs. She loved walking through the woods freely not worrying about getting yelled at or arrested. The essay ends talking about how to try to preserve the wildlife. The essay a walk on the wild side was a very good written piece. I liked the descriptiveness of how southern Ontario use to be and now how it is. One major point that the author is trying to get across is that enjoy life as a child because you’ll never be able to return back to the good old days. When she was talking about how everything was changed from when she was little it made me...
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...(disambiguation) and Heartwood (disambiguation). For small forests, see Woodland. For wood as a commodity, see Lumber. For other uses, see Wood (disambiguation). Page semi-protected Wood surface, showing several features Wood is a hard, fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. It has been used for thousands of years for both fuel and as a construction material. It is an organic material, a natural composite of cellulose fibers (which are strong in tension) embedded in a matrix of lignin which resists compression. Wood is sometimes defined as only the secondary xylem in the stems of trees,[1] or it is defined more broadly to include the same type of tissue elsewhere such as in tree roots or in other plants such as shrubs.[citation needed] In a living tree it performs a support function, enabling woody plants to grow large or to stand up by themselves. It also mediates the transfer of water and nutrients to the leaves and other growing tissues. Wood may also refer to other plant materials with comparable properties, and to material engineered from wood, or wood chips or fiber. The Earth contains about one trillion tonnes of wood, which grows at a rate of 10 billion tonnes per year. As an abundant, carbon-neutral renewable resource, woody materials have been of intense interest as a source of renewable energy. In 1991, approximately 3.5 billion cubic meters of wood were harvested. Dominant uses were for furniture and building construction...
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...ALTERNATIVE CHARCOAL OUT OF USE PAPER BAGS Jayson Andrew F.Paguia Nomo Angelo E.Mendoza Carlo Ducao Arjohn Malabanan IV-Aguinaldo Abstract The Investigatory Project “Alternative Charcoal out of use paper bags” Help the consumers and save money Introduction (a).Background of the Study The paperbags is use to substitute of using plastic bags in market and store because of increasing garbage.Because of the paperbags is used only once. We decided to use paperbags as substitute the common charcoal that made in burning wood. This study aims to recyle the used paperbags that used in markets and store.The benefits of this investigatory project is to save money and let other people know the use of paperbag charcoal as substitute of wooden charcoal. (b). Statement of the Problem * The Effectiveness of paperbags charcoal and wood charcoal * To lessen the garbage * To save money This study aims to know the effectiveness of paperbags as a charcoal,We also want to save money and lessen the garbage in this country. (c). Objectives This study aims to recyle the paperbags that use in market and store as substitute in using plastics.As to help the environment we decided to recyle the paperbags and make it a charcoal in this investigatory project we can also save money and lessen the air pollution because of the trees that needs tot burn to make a charcoal. (d). Significance of the Study Consumers – They can use this study to know what are...
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