The Channel Tunnel (French: le tunnel sous la Manche), widely recognized as one of the world’s greatest civil engineering projects, is a 50.5km underwater rail tunnel connecting Folkestone, Kent in the UK with Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais in France under the English Channel. Even though it began construction in 1988 and was opened in 1994, the idea to have a cross-channel tunnel was first mooted more than 200 years ago but did not materialize due to political, national security and cost considerations
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Carpal Tunnel Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is a common injury among people who work with their hands a lot. Jobs and hobbies such as a heavy duty mechanic and sewing will often lead to this injury and have people asking why does this happen. This injury can prevent the play of many of our favourite sports and can cause pain up through the arm that it affects. Carpal Tunnel can affect a person’s feel which is extremely crucial in sports such as golf, tennis, billiards, and many more. However there are
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Wind tunnel A wind tunnel is a tool used in aerodynamic research to study the effects of air moving past solid objects. A wind tunnel consists of a closed tubular passage with the object under test mounted in the middle. A powerful fan system moves air past the object; the fan must have straightening vanes to smooth the airflow. The test object is instrumented with a sensitive balance to measure the forces generated by airflow; or, the airflow may have smoke or other substances injected to make
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“We only regret the chances we didn’t take,” (Lewis Carroll). In Through the Tunnel by Doris Lessing, Jerry shows us that some risks are worth taking. Jerry displays that even if the risk is life threatening that we must try. Some risks are worth taking while others are not, however, we take both kinds of risks. Sometimes we mistake what we want to do with what others want us to do, and take risks that are unnecessary. Jerry and his mother are on vacation near a beach. Each day Jerry and his Mom
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The extent to which new, or complex, technologies impacted upon the project. The Channel Tunnel project would have been built two centuries ago if it was technically feasible. In 1802, the idea of a road tunnel was suggested to Napoleon during a brief peace between France and England. French engineer Albert Mathieu Favier gave Napoleon details of a scheme involving two tunnels, one which would be candle-lit for horse-drawn carriages and the second acting as a sort of drain to take away water seeping
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Channel Tunnel Project Management Mistakes Bellevue University PMGT335-316S Project Cost 15 February 2012 Channel Tunnel Project Management Mistakes The Channel Tunnel (Chunnel) project was one of the largest privately funded construction projects in history, and one plagued with mistakes. The project created a rail link between England and France spanning over 30 miles with 23.5 of the miles under water. The project melded a difficult mix of numerous contractors and regulatory agencies
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The sun beats down on the young English boy as he peers down at the water. He takes once last breath before springing off the promontory and submerging into the deep water. SPLASH! “Through the Tunnel,” written by Doris Lessing, starts off at the beach during a boy and his moms vacation. An English boy named Jerry explores the beach and feels lonesome with no one to play with. As his mother debates how to treat him; Jerry wonders off to another beach to meet some older boys who he does not know.
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housekeeper/maintenance worker who alleges repetitive injury to both wrists. Per OMNI entry, she was diagnosed with bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome. She has undergone PT. Electromyography/nerve conduction studies of the upper extremities dated 05/17/2016 demonstrated moderate right sensorimotor median nerve neuropathy at the wrist consistent with carpal tunnel syndrome. There is also mild left carpal tunnel syndrome. There is no evidence of cervical radiculopathy at this time. Based on the latest medical report dated
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Carpal tunnel syndrome occurs when the median nerve that runs from the forearm into the palm of the hand will become squeezed at the wrist. The median nerve controls sensations to the palm side of the thumb and fingers as well as impulses to some small muscles in the hand that allow the fingers and thumb to move. The carpal tunnel is a narrow, rigid passageway of ligament and bones at the base of the hand. It houses the median nerve and tendons. It becomes thick from irritated tendons or other swelling
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As kids grow up they desire to do things that older kids their age could do, in order to show that they are also capable of accomplishing it as well. In the short story, “Through the Tunnel,” by Doris Lessing, she describes an English boy, Jerry, an 11 year old boy who wants his freedom from his single mother to become an adult like the French boys at the beach. Through the characterization of Jerry, Lessing shows that even though you can accomplish and proved that you are like others, at the end
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