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    March, 2017 Han and Roman Attitudes Towards Technology During the Han and Roman civilizations many new developments of useful technology took place, at the hands of thousands of people. The Romans built brilliant new technologies such as their aqueducts and the creation of concrete which helped build better, stronger structures. The Han also had technologies they developed to help their society, such as their agricultural advancements with farming tools and the using the ox. Attitudes towards the

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    with Vestibular Aqueduct? No cure to help you get through what you were born with. You have hearing loss and try to hear what people say but you just night not. I am going to tell you about Vestibular Aqueduct Syndrome. What is Vestibular Aqueduct Syndrome? Your vestibular aqueduct is a bony canal that connects from your inner ear to your brain. Vestibular Aqueduct Syndrome is where your vestibular aqueduct is enlarged, that is why it is also called Enlarged Vestibular Aqueduct Syndrome (EVAS).

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    The Los Angeles Aqueduct pumps some of the water from the Owens River, about two hundred billion gallons a year to LA. The management of the water is divided among multiple basins and water rights holders along the way, which makes it a bit difficult to fully utilize all the water sources. Because of our current drought and light snow in the mountains these past years; we will most likely resort to the Colorado River for our source of water. Los Angeles has implemented several ways to become more

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    but they did not really fit between either. These men were educated in a variety of subjects but especially math. The surveyors used simple tools to perform very important elevation calculations and with the engineers they plotted the paths of the aqueducts. They communicated with the contractor(s) to explain the path and the slope that the labours were being asked to construct. The most important people in the construction team were the engineers. Everything that happened on the project fell to them

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    The Governor Edmund G. Brown California Aqueduct is a system of canals, tunnels, and pipelines that transports water collected from the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the valleys in Northern and Central California to Southern California. The over 400-mile aqueduct is the primary feature of the California State Water Project. The California Aqueduct is operated and maintained by the Department of Water Resources (DWR). The California Aqueduct includes one pumped-storage hydroelectric plant (Gianelli

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    The suspension bridge is a very popular type of bridge all over the world. It’s hard to build but can be built in a lot more places than an arch or beam bridge. Scientists do not know when it was invented. They believe it was near the 15th century. Whom it was invented by is also unknown. A suspension bridge can span distances from 2,000 to 7,000 feet, longer than any other type of bridge in the world. It is a very unique bridge. A suspension bridge is a bridge with the weight of the deck supported

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    Moved into communication styles outside of comfort zone • Willing to learn but just wants the information Generation X: • Tech savvy • Still wanting to pick up the phone • Email is preferred Generation Y/Millennials: • Technologically superior • Texting, instant messaging, Facebook and Myspace Generation Z: • Digital bond to the internet • Texting, FaceTime, iMessage, Snapchat, Yik Yak, Instagram, Pinterest, etc. Now that we know more about the strengths, obstacles, and communication

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    The usage of mortar helped prevent leaks throughout the aqueducts, but later Roman engineers switched to concrete instead of stone blocks making them more stable. As population grew in Rome so was the popularity of fountains and public baths, which required more aqueducts to allow for an adequate water supply. The aqueducts served 591 lacus (or major delivery points), and each, on average, delivered 60 cubic meters of water per day (Herschel

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    Why Did Roman Concrete

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    a lifetime. Some of the of the great things that they built include; concrete, aqueducts, and arches. The Romans made their very own concrete. One of the easiest factors was that it did not take skilled labors to make and it was cheap to make. Making concrete was not only convenient but it was safe since it did not need machinery to be able to use therefore it was quick and easy to make. Romans also created aqueducts, so that they could carry fresh water from the springs and supply to the people

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    “Some of the most greatest Ancient Romans structures are the Aqueducts, Pantheon, and the Coliseum. The Aqueducts were an engineering breakthrough and arches which were up to 18 feet tall and tunnels were used in constructing them. There were 416 km of Aqueduct plumbing, and 900 million liters a day came from the fresh springs of Roman Hills. “Some aqueducts were as high as 51 meters in height, and were required to have stacked arches to support the weights

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