Robert Johnson
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
The majority of Simple Made Continuous bridges currently in use are constructed with concrete diaphragms. This report presents the results of numerical analysis and laboratory testing of an alternative simple-made-continuous connection scheme that uses steel diaphragms in lieu of concrete diaphragms. A bridge using steel diaphragms was constructed by the Colorado Department of Transportation in 2005 serves as a basis for the research presented herein....
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
This report summarizes the analytical studies on the seismic performance of typical Colorado concrete bridges, particularly those with curved and skewed configurations. A set of bridge models with different geometric configurations derived from. a prototype bridge selected in Denver area were studied. Some discussions about the connection modeling are carried out in terms of the interior bent support. For the displacement-based and force-based designs,...
5) Chief Joseph
Author
Pub. Date
[1974]
Description
A biography of the nineteenth-century Nez Perc ̌chief concentrating on his unending struggle to win peace and equality for his people.
12) Paper Clips
Pub. Date
2006, c2003
Description
Struggling to grasp the concept of 6 million Holocaust victims, the students at Whitwell Middle School in rural Tennessee decide to collect 6 million paper clips to better understand the extent of this crime against humanity. Because Norwegians invented the paper clip and used it as a symbol of solidarity against the Nazis, students started collecting them to help visualize such vast numbers of victims. As word spread online and in the media, paper...
Pub. Date
[1994]
Description
The Mayo Clinic is ready to launch a major new book in what are certainly the largest and fastest growing areas of medical information: pregnancy and infant care. Expectant parents can now acquire in a single, user-friendly guide all of the current medical and health information they will ever need. 150 illustrations, plus an 8-page full-color insert.
15) Bojangles
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
A look at the life of extraordinary tap dancing legend Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. This is the story of an incredibly talented man who struggled with the demons of his past and the racism of his time, but still entertained millions with his unique and complex dance style.
19) Paper clips
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Struggling to grasp the concept of 6 million Holocaust victims, the students at Whitwell Middle School in rural Tennessee decide to collect 6 million paper clips to better understand the extent of this crime against humanity. Because Norwegians invented the paper clip and used it as a symbol of solidarity against the Nazis, students started collecting them to help visualize such vast numbers of victims. As word spread online and in the media, paper...
20) The cowboy
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
"This colorful and exciting film vividly portrays the life of the real-life cowboy, a life that has virtually vanished since this motion picture was made by Elmo Williams, Oscar-winning film editor of "High Noon." The cowboy's work is hard, hot and dusty, but it is not without drama and times of humor. Filmed on location in the Southwest, this unique document captures a profession and a place in time that has almost disappeared.
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