...(The Bridge on the River Kwai) In this week’s movie, we watched The Bridge on the River Kwai. This movie portrays fictional events created around the construction of the Burma Railway during World War II. The story involves British troops captured and imprisoned in a Japanese camp. The Japanese commander in the camp, Colonel Saito, was determined to utilize all the British prisoners to construct a bridge to carry a railway line to invade Burma. On the other hand, the commander of the captured British troops, Lt Colonel Nicholson, raised a concern that the Geneva Convention, which governs war practices, prohibits the use of officers for manual labor. Saito totally disregarded the provisions of the Geneva Convention by putting the officers to work, and punishing Nicholson for challenging his authority. Colonel Saito was put under a lot of pressure to complete the project before the due date by his commanders. The British soldiers responded by sabotaging the construction, which compelled Saito to end Nicholson’s punishment to enable him lead the construction. A prisoner from the camp named Shears, who was disguised as a US navy commander, was able to escape from the time in the beginning of construction. Some of the key issues discussed in class last week, read from the book (Servant Leadership) and linked to the movie are highlighted as follows. First, taking into consideration the concept of bad leadership, which is a major obstacle to accomplishing team goals. Bad Leadership...
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...Transportation has had an everlasting effect on the American economy especially during the 1800s. Through the “Steamboats on River, Lake, and Bay” by George Rogers Taylor and “The Charles River Bridge Case” by Morton J. Horwitz we will witness the impact of transportation on the American economy. “The Charles River Bridge Case” illustrated the changing role of the state in economic development and the “ Steamboats on River, Lake, and Bay” discusses the development and impact of transportation changes in the nineteenth century of United States. The transportation boom stimulated the growth of the economy and increased the interconnectedness within the nation. The two books were written during the era of National Expansion and Reform, which...
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...Levelező Oktató: Hidasi Judit Tárgy: Távol-Kelet tanulmányok PIERRE BOULLE: THE BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER KWAI The bridge over the river Kwai is a book by French author Pierre Boulle. The novel is a fictional story about British prisoners of a war camp during the second world war in Burma under Japenese reign. The book tells the story of British prisoners of a war camp forced to build a bridge that would connect Bangkok and Rangoon named the „death railway” over the river Kwai. Meanwhile the Allies’ goal is to prevent the completion of the works. As the book has reached the heights of being considered a „classic” it is really hard to comment on it. Perre Boulle who witnessed the disasters of the second World War in the Far East used his own experiences to write this masterpiece of literature. The book portrays well the characters of the British Lieutenant Colonel Nicholson and Japanese Colonel Saito. In the meantime the novel has received huge criticism because of the behaviour of Nicholson. Survivals of such war camps state that such rebellious attitude (that of Nicholson) would have led to his elimination at an early stage in real life. Apart from that the book is an exciting twisted story. Nicholson who demands proper treat for his fellow soldiers agrees to build the bridge for the Japanese. But fugitive British soldier Shears, reaches the Allies, leads them to site and they destroy the bridge. The story ends here. Although this twist at the end makes the whole novel tensioned...
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...Introduction The river jamuna enters in bangladesh at nageshwari upazila of Kurigram district in the name of Brahmaputra. The average width of the of the river within bangladesh is 11.8 km. Bangladesh is a land of many rivers, and heavy monsoon rains. Therefore, the country is subject to inundation by overflow from the riverbanks due to d r a i n a g e cong e s t i o n ,rain fall run-off, and storm-tidal surges. Some 30to 35 per cent of the total land surface is flooded every year during the wet monsoon . These normal floods are considered a blessing for Bangladesh-providing vital moisture and fertility to the soil through the alluvial silt deposition. Only abnormal floods are considered disastrous, i.e., the high-magnitude events that inundate large areas, and cause widespread damage to crops and properties. During the peak flow season (July, August and September), most of the rivers overflow their banks, and deposit silt on the flood plains providing vital moisture and fertility to the soil. Thus, the normal floods are considered a blessing for Bangladesh. Only abnormal floods are considered disastrous, i.e., the high-magnitude events that inundate large areas. Causes of Devastating Floods · Excessive rainfall in the catchment area · Synchronization of the peak water levels of all the major rivers of Bangladesh. · Sometimes solar eclipse retards the outflow of water drainage by raising the tidal level. · Earthquakes cause tectonic anomaly in the Himalayan region and...
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...BRIDGES A bridge is a structure providing passage over an obstacle without closing the way beneath. The required passage may be for a road, a railway, pedestrians, a canal or a pipeline. The obstacle to be crossed may by a river, a road, railway or a valley. History The first bridges were made by nature itself—as simple as a log fallen across a stream or stones in a river. The first bridges made by humans were probably spans of cut wooden logs or planks and eventually stones, using a simple support and crossbeam arrangement. Some early Americans used trees or bamboo poles to cross small caverns or wells to get from one place to another. A common form of lashing sticks, logs, and deciduous branches together involved the use of long reeds or other harvested fibers woven together to form a connective rope capable of binding and holding together the materials used in early bridges. Dating to the Greek Bronze Age (13th century BC), it is one of the oldest arch bridges still in existence and use. Several intact arched stone bridges from the Hellenistic era can be found in the Peloponnese in southern Greece. The greatest bridge builders of antiquity were the ancient Romans. The Romans built arch bridges and aqueducts that could stand in conditions that would damage or destroy earlier designs. Some stand today. An example is the Alcantara Bridge, built over the river Tagus, in Spain. The Romans also used cement, which reduced the variation of strength found in natural stone...
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...feet, the highest elevation in Stow, is similarly tree-obstructed. Stow does offer a hill with a present-day view. Stories hold that ships’ pilots in Boston harbor used the stand of pine trees atop Pilot Grove Hill as a navigational landmark, suggesting that in the reverse direction a person atop the hill could see Boston’s skyscrapers. Alas, not so. Mayhap from a treetop, but not from ground level. However, Birch Hill Road, elevation 370 feet, does offer a glimpse of Mt. Wachusett, twenty miles to the northwest. Bridges can offer vistas. White Pond Road over the Assabet River, on the Stow/Maynard border, offers good views up and down river – albeit less than a mile’s length combined. The bridge is 120-feet in length with a surface 10-feet above the water. Parking is not permitted, but there are places along the shoulder to pull over and briefly leave the car as long as one does not wander too far away. Over the course of the winter this stretch of the river will first ice up as clear ice, then become snow covered, and come spring thaw, sport ice...
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...countryside. Because there was nothing to see through the train’s windows, many passengers dozed peacefully, lulled to sleep by the gentle, rhythmic, clickety-clack of iron wheels passing over jointed rails. Crewmembers roamed the aisles and halls making sure that those guests still awake were accommodated and comfortable. In less than a second, this peaceful scene was shattered by a thundering roar as seats were torn from the floor and passengers were sent flying through the cars. At 2:53 a.m. Amtrak’s only transcontinental passenger train, the Sunset Limited, plunged into Big Bayou Canot, killing 47 passengers. Eight minutes earlier at 2:45 a.m., a towboat, pushing six barges and lost in a dense fog, unknowingly bumped into the Big Bayou Canot Bridge knocking the track out of alignment. The train, traveling at a speed of 72 mph in the dense fog, derailed as a result, burying the engine and four cars five stories deep in the mud and muck of Big Bayou Canot.4,7,8,10,12,13 Bruce Barrett, a locomotive engineer, has described what might have been occurring in the cab of Amtrak engine Number 819 prior to the wreck.2 This scenario is based upon my 17 years’ experience as a locomotive engineer on a major western railroad and upon the compilation of bits and pieces of data from public records and accounts of the accident. Engineer Michael Vincent was at the controls of the two-week-old General Electric “AMDCopyright © 1999 by the Case Research Journal, H. Richard Eisenbeis, Sue Hanks, and Bruce...
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...Because there was nothing to see through the train’s windows, many passengers dozed peacefully, lulled to sleep by the gentle, rhythmic, clickety-clack of iron wheels passing over jointed rails. Crewmembers roamed the aisles and halls making sure that those guests still awake were accommodated and comfortable. In less than a second, this peaceful scene was shattered by a thundering roar as seats were torn from the floor and passengers were sent flying through the cars. At 2:53 a.m. Amtrak’s only transcontinental passenger train, the Sunset Limited, plunged into Big Bayou Canot, killing 47 passengers. Eight minutes earlier at 2:45 a.m., a towboat, pushing six barges and lost in a dense fog, unknowingly bumped into the Big Bayou Canot Bridge knocking the track out of alignment. The train, traveling at a speed of 72 mph in the dense fog, derailed as a result, burying the engine and four cars five stories deep in the mud and muck of Big Bayou Canot.4,7,8,10,12,13 Bruce Barrett, a locomotive engineer, has described what might have been occurring in the cab of Amtrak engine Number 819 prior to the wreck.2 This scenario is based upon my 17 years’ experience as a locomotive engineer on a major western railroad and upon the compilation of bits and pieces of data from public records and accounts of the accident. Engineer Michael Vincent was at the controls of the two-week-old General Electric “AMDCopyright © 1999 by the Case Research Journal, H. Richard Eisenbeis, Sue Hanks...
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...Truss Bridge Project Research Paper Our class has been assigned a project about the history and structure of Truss Bridges.In order for us to become more familiar and have a better understanding about truss bridges, we had do to some research.While there is a lot of logical engineering that goes into building a truss bridge,our teacher has instructed us to research 2 types of engineering behind the building of truss bridges and answer a few questions about our bridge.The two types we were told to look up and learn about were geotechnical engineering and materials engineering,both of which none of us had ever heard of.As for the geotechnical engineering,we we were to research the environmental and geological factors that should be considered...
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...Boats sail on the rivers, Lyric And ships sail on the seas; (alliteration) Rhyme Scheme: AAAAA But clouds that sail across the sky (consonance) Tone: dreamy Are prettier than these. Theme: nature Rhythm There are bridges on the rivers, (hyperbole) As pretty as you please; But the bow that bridges heaven, (metaphor) (imagery) (symbol) And overtops the trees, And builds a road from earth to sky, (metaphor) Is prettier far than these. The tone of this poem is dreamy because the author is making a picture inside her head that a rainbow is looking more pretty. on one side than the other side that has bridges and boats, ships, clouds that are moving. The theme of the poem is nature because it talks about trees, clouds, and water. Poetic Summary: This poem is about boats, ships, clouds, and bridges. It says that clouds that sail across the sky are prettier than boats and ships sailing on the rivers and seas. Also the poem talks about bridges on the rivers and the bow that bridges heaven, but the bow that bridges heaven is far and prettier. Poem Rewrite as Paragraph: Boats sailed on the rivers and ships sailed...
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...Wharton1 David Wharton Dr. Northcutt ENG 1020-04 April 10, 2012 “What a Beautiful Bridge” In the writing of A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway employs symbolism in many forms. Hemingway uses water in various states throughout the progression of the novel such as the use of rain and rivers to symbolize life and love as well as death and danger. Hemingway uses symbols to allude to the events that will occur in the coming chapters of the novel if the reader is keen to heed them. Hemingway’s use of the “bridge” and the rivers they cross, represent the lives of people and the hazards people encounter when they approach and cross a bridge in an effort to reach what is waiting on the other side. The novel opens with a beautiful description of life and of living our lives. “In the late summer of that year we lived in a house in a village that looked across the river and the plain to the mountains. In the bed of the river there were pebbles and boulders, dry and white in the sun, and the water was clear and swiftly moving and blue in the channels”(3). Life’s river bottom is littered with small problems and with large problems. When things are going well, our lives are blue skies and sunshine and we are eager to have life pass rapidly. Hemingway is making a stand on the political atmosphere that was prevalent in America in the late 1920’s and one which can be applied in contemporary America as well. I must Wharton2 disagree with Thomas P. McDonnell, who wrote in an article for the...
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...Bradshaw Model. This is relevant to our river studies as the river we visited was a natural river in its middle course. Before we started the investigation I expected that the river would be quite deep due to the heavy rainfall we had before we went, meaning that it would be fast flowing in some places. Because it was deep, it limited the space where we could carry out the investigation, but we were able to find shallow parts and record results so we did have a successful investigation. < This is silver stream source, as you can see the area is very boggy and not a lot of water flowing. The ground acts as a sponge in this part soaking up the water and storing it. Stones will be quite large here as the water is not strong enough to erode them < This is silver stream source, as you can see the area is very boggy and not a lot of water flowing. The ground acts as a sponge in this part soaking up the water and storing it. Stones will be quite large here as the water is not strong enough to erode them Location - The location of our investigation was at Ober Water in the New forest, Brokenhurst. This was our chosen location because it was close to the college, only a forty five minute journey; therefore making it easily accessible. Another reason for this location is because the area is rural which means the river has not been affected by urbanisation, this also means it’s a naturally flowing river. The three parts of the river we measured were all safe locations and...
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...I candidly don’t know why it was still called Sioux River, for it was merely a creek that divided our pasture from the Curby’s property. Mediocre, it was probably the only barrier between northern Spring Prairie Township and the southern tip of Faulkton Township. Thus, it wasn’t hard to suppose that the only bridge that spanned this insignificant river was located at the far northern edge of our pasture. This dinky old bridge wasn’t something you’ll discover on Google Earth or on a Montana state map, for it was one of those relics known only to those fearless of stepping on mucky cow pies and marching through fields of thistles. Historically, it was the sole way to cross the river, more recently it served as the exclusive stepping stone through a personal turbulent current....
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...become an understatement to solely say “things have changed.” Among all these extravagant developments comes the marvel of the bridge. It's safe to say that even centuries ago, the early humans must have created bridges from the simple material they found surrounding them in their all natural environment. Whether it was a 3 by 10 foot log they had so carefully placed across the water way, or piles of smaller wood, closely intertwined and lined by the strongest of branches, the primal people had found a way to gather and hunt across streams and rivers. As the years and population had increased, so had the development and appearance of the bridge. Because of great urbanization and city growth, there was a high demand for a solution to travel in a quicker and more efficient way. One of the cities that rapidly boomed was Chicago, now the third most populous city in the United States. This growth mostly had to do with the rail road and the Chicago River. Because Chicago was fortunate enough to have a natural waterway entwined in the city, it was essential to begin the building of bridges throughout. As architects and engineers from all over gathered to create bridges both beautiful and useful, the city of Chicago continued to grow. Although used by millions of people each year, most Chicago natives and tourist fail to see the true importance of the bridges in this beautiful city. Overlooked is the importance of the...
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...Analyse * Suspension bridge – they are likely to be used to span a wide expanse of water I find it appropriate for it to be built in this scenario because it is not possible to build a beam bridge * Cable stayed bridge- this is a versatile bridge because it can be suitable for short and long spans 1. The community of drakensburg has been struggling with a problem of primary kids and residencies having trouble to cross to the other side of the river to go to school therefore the municipality has issued a tender for companies to pitch. Research The department of transport has dumped large quantity of stones that can be used for the concrete. The stones will help to make the bridge stronger and it will therefore cost the company less money as it will not be required to buy stones Experiement What ive experiemented is that the river has a large quantity of water hich means that we will have three options to choose from in terms of bridges as ive already mentioned them above Modelling Research Designe brief I am going to design a bridge that can accommodate a large number of people meaning that it is going to be strong but it will cost less therefore it will save us money but Is going to be strong. As ive said before that the department of transport dropped a huge quantity of stones in the river the stones will help us when we doing the concrete that is why the bridge is going to cost less because the stones are not man made the are natural mountains stones...
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