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Sand, silt, clay and organic matter bind together to provide stucture to the soil. The individual units of structure are called peds.
This is a structure that they are building at a bus stop I go to very often. This is the first step in the construction process.
The buckets for how we approach a problem to be solved.
From the Liberating Structures process, at the Midwest OD and Change Learning community meeting
5 most commonly used microstructures: presentations, open discussions, managed discussions, status reports, and brainstorming sessions. But there is so much more!
From Design Elements:
One of the techniques uses the diverge, converge, diverge, etc. format: The 1-2-4-All, designed to generate and sift many ideas from group members in rapid cycles. It is an alternative to brainstorming and status reports.
Find out more: 5 Strategies to Lead-Change Using Liberating Structures
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The Harbor Structure will take TriMet buses and MAX light rail trains over and under roadways in Portland's South Waterfront district.
Bicyclists and/or pedestrians should not trespass on the structure as there is not room for them to safely pass trains and buses. The structure will also not accommodate private vehicles.
Licensed for all uses by TriMet.
The disturbing thing about this is not so much that the chemistry is wrong or incomplete but that there doesn't seem to be any internal checking that different things are different. i.e. WA doesn't seem to have a concept that two different named chemicals should have different structures.
Closing panel at Gigaom Structure Connect: "How We Made It", featuring several IoT entrepreneurs. Pictured here:
Christina Mercando, Ringly
Jason Johnson, August
Peter Hoddie, Marvell Semiconductor (Kinoma)
Bettina Chen, Roominate
Giles Bouchard, Livescribe
Phil Bosua, LIFX
Stacey Higginbotham, Gigaom
Conference theme:
BUILDING THE INTERNET OF THINGS
Connecting our homes and business to the internet will disrupt businesses, improve efficiency and usher in an era of disruption not seen since the beginning of the web.
A multi alarm commercial structure fire struck a South San Jose Lumber Mill in July, 2012, burning multiple structures. The fire was in an unincorporated area and was under the juristiction of the South Santa Clara County Fire Protection District, Assisted by units from Santa Clara County Fire and San Jose Fire. With no nearby water supply a Water Tender Shuttle was setup, with multiple Water Tenders lining up to provide water to the scene.
South County Water Tender 1 is a 2000 Pierce build on an International chassis.
For more images from this incident check out YourFireDepartment.org, Monterey IC
At 11:39AM on January 23, 2019 the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to the 900 block of S Kenmore in Koreatown for a reported structure fire. 45 firefighters handled a non-injury fire in a two story four-plex in 23 minutes.
Photo Use Permitted via Creative Commons - Credit: LAFD Photo - Eric French
LAFD Incident: 012319-0696
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Largest membrane structure in Europe. It is dismantled at the end of every summer and erected at the end of every winter.
La cosiddetta torre pendente di Pisa (chiamata semplicemente torre pendente o torre di Pisa) Ăš il campanile della Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, nella celeberrima Piazza dei Miracoli di cui Ăš il monumento piĂč famoso per via della caratteristica pendenza.
Si tratta di un campanile a sé stante alto circa 56 metri, costruito nell'arco di due secoli, tra il dodicesimo e il quattordicesimo. Pesante 14.453 tonnellate, vi predomina la linea curva, con giri di arcate cieche e sei piani di loggette. La sua pendenza Ú dovuta ad un cedimento del terreno verificatosi già nelle prime fasi della costruzione.
L'inclinazione dell'edificio attualmente misura 5° rispetto all'asse verticale. La torre di Pisa rimane in equilibrio perché la verticale che passa per il suo baricentro cade all'interno della base di appoggio.
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A torre pendente de Pisa (em italiano Torre pendente di Pisa), ou simplesmente, Torre de Pisa, é um campanårio (campanile ou campanårio autÎnomo) da catedral da cidade italiana de Pisa. Estå situada atrås da catedral, e é a terceira mais antiga estrutura na praça da Catedral de Pisa (Campo dei Miracoli), depois da catedral e do baptistério.
Embora destinada a ficar na vertical, a torre começou a inclinar-se para Sudeste, logo apĂłs o inĂcio da construção, em 1173, devido a uma fundação mal construĂda e a um solo de fundação mal compactado, que permitiu Ă fundação ficar com assentamentos diferenciais. A torre atualmente se inclina para o sudoeste.
A altura do solo ao topo da torre é de 55,86 metros no lado mais baixo e de 56,70 metros na parte mais alta. A espessura das paredes na base mede 4,09 metros e 2,48 metros no topo. Seu peso é estimado em 14 500 toneladas . A torre tem 296 ou 294 degraus: o sétimo andar da face Norte das escadas tem dois degraus a menos. Antes do trabalho de restauração realizado entre 1990 e 2001, a torre estava inclinada com um ùngulo de 5.5 graus,[1][2][3] estando agora a torre inclinada em cerca de 3.99 graus.[4] Isto significa que o topo da torre estå a uma distùncia de 3.9m de onde ela estaria, se a torre estivesse perfeitamente na vertical
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The Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italian: Torre pendente di Pisa) or simply the Tower of Pisa (La Torre di Pisa) is the campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of the cathedral of the Italian city of Pisa. It is situated behind the Cathedral and is the third oldest structure in Pisa's Cathedral Square (Piazza del Duomo) after the Cathedral and the Baptistry.
Although intended to stand vertically, the tower began leaning to the southeast soon after the onset of construction in 1173 due to a poorly laid foundation and loose substrate that has allowed the foundation to shift direction.
The height of the tower is 55.86 m (183.27 ft) from the ground on the low side and 56.70 m (186.02 ft) on the high side. The width of the walls at the base is 4.09 m (13.42 ft) and at the top 2.48 m (8.14 ft). Its weight is estimated at 14,500 metric tons (16,000 short tons). The tower has 296 or 294 steps; the seventh floor has two fewer steps on the north-facing staircase. Prior to restoration work performed between 1990 and 2001, the tower leaned at an angle of 5.5 degrees,[1][2][3] but the tower now leans at about 3.99 degrees.[4] This means that the top of the tower is 3.9 metres (12 ft 10 in) from where it would stand if the tower were perfectly vertical
Except for a couple of Sears stores and small handful of Krogers, this Sam's would most likely be the next longest running large-scale retail venture in the Memphis area that's still in it's original structure and retains it's (mostly) original name. Macy's don't count: they started as Goldsmith's stores.
Back when it was known as "Sam's Wholesale Club", I believe you could buy a fancier membership and pay even less than the posted price. We were too poor to afford that fancy membership! This structure was built in 1985, just months before the McDonald's, and was one of the first (possibly the very first) Sam's around.
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Sam's Club (formerly Sam's "Wholesale" Club): Getwell @ I-240, Memphis
Things seen at this year's Strathbungo Window Wanderland.
I especially liked the architectural effort at Greek Thomson's old house
The Palace of Fine Arts was designed by Bernard Maybeck and constructed for 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition. It is one of the few surviving structures from the Exposition, and the only one still situated on its original site. Built' around a small artificial lagoon, The Palace of Fine Arts is composed of a wide, 1100 foot pergola, an arch formed by rows of Corinthian columns framing a wide walkway, around a central rotunda situated by the water. Ornamentation includes Bruno Louis Zimm's three repeating panels around the entablature of the rotunda representing "The Struggle for the Beautiful" symbolizing Greek culture, while Ulric Ellerhusen supplied the weeping women atop the colonnade and the sculptured frieze and allegorical figures representing Contemplation, Wonderment and Meditation. The underside of the Palace rotunda's dome features eight large insets, which originally contained murals by Robert Reid.
The Palace, one of ten palaces at the heart of the Exhibition--the others being the palaces of Education, Liberal Arts, Manufactures, Varied Industries, Agriculture, Food Products, Transportation, Mines and Metallurgy, and Machinery--was designed to to look like a Roman or Greek ruin. While most of the exposition was demolished, it survived due to the efforts of the Paaace Preservation League. For a time, the Palace housed art exhibits, and during the Great Depression, W.P.A. artists were commissioned to replace the decayed Robert Reid murals on the ceiling of the rotunda. From 1934 to 1942, it was home to eighteen lighted tennis courts. During World War II it was requisitioned by the military for storage of trucks and jeeps. Starting in 1947, the hall was used as a city Park Department warehouse, a telephone book distribution center, a flag and tent storage depot, and a temporary Fire Department headquarters.
By the 1950s, the Palace's structure had in fact fallen into ruins and in 1964 it was demolished, with only the steel structure left standing. The buildings were reconstructed in permanent, light-weight, poured-in-place concrete, and steel I-beams were hoisted into place for the dome of the rotunda. The decorations and sculpture were reconstructed and the only changes were the absence of the murals in the dome, two end pylons of the colonnade, and the original ornamentation of the exhibit hall. In 1969 the former Exhibit Hall became home to the Exploratorium interactive museum, and in 1970 also became the home of the 1,000 seat Palace of Fine Arts Theater.
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Niofoin / Nionfoin / Nioufouin (etc many various spellings seen) between Boundiali and Korhogo is famous for its Senoufo mudbrick fetish houses.
In the Niboladala neighborhood, the origin of Niofoin, most of the structures are traditional mud huts with thatched roofs. Among the elongated and peaked mud barns / granaries, typical in this region of Africa, and the huts of the neighbors of Niboladaba, there are two buildings known as the âfetish housesâ with their imposing thick straw roofs rising higher than the others. These two monumental sacred houses guard the two fetishes that protect the town; Diby and Kalegbin. (NB - there is some interesting information on this village on the following website: kumakonda.com/en/niofoin-ivory-coast/ )
This is the Wilkes-Barre Connecting RR bridge, known as "The Gauntlet" on Norfolk Southern's Sunbury Line. It has this interesting concrete structure on the Kingston side of the bridge. It's the only one like it, and it has "1949" in the concrete on the top. Does anyone know what this is? I know there have been several bridges at this spot. If it's an old bridge support, why was the top part added in 1949? Please leave a comment if you have ideas or info.
A Grandt Line Porter locomotive spots a car at the tipple on Russ Reinberg's On30 layout. It will come as no surprise that most of the structures on the layout are scratch-built, considering that Russ is publisher and editor of the Fine Scale Annuals.
Russ joined us on Episode 15.
TARZANA - Less than four hours after a Greater Alarm residential fire in Tarzana on Saturday, May 9, 2020, another Greater Alarm fire broke out in a commercial structure. LAFD battled fire in a one-story commercial building. After performing forcible entry to gain access, firefighters deployed hose lines into the structure, as truck companies ascended ladders to the roof. It took 59 firefighters 32 minutes to extinguish the flames. One firefighter sustained a non-life-threatening injury. No other injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
LAFD Incident: 050920-1128
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On30 Annual editor Chris Lane enjoys old structures as much as he enjoys old railroad cars, and his On30 layout will feature many fine examples such as this one. This styrene model is based on a house located in Silver Plume, Colorado. At one time it served at the volunteer firehouse and the door stored the horse-drawn fire engine. While Chris has freelanced the colors a bit, he reports the house is nevertheless a pretty faithful replica of the prototype using Grandt Line parts.
Chris joins Trevor on Episode 13.