1. Why were Cubans not entirely welcome when they moved from Cuba to the United States? Cubans have faced prejudice and mistreatment in the United States because of their background.
2. Which place did Gloria always consider to be home? She considered Miami her home.
3. When was the first time Gloria performed? In 1975.
4. List the three types of music described in “Cuba’s Music and Culture”, which type would you prefer to listen to and why? Cuba, Spanish, and African. I'll choose Spanish because it sounds good.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Thursday, April 15, 2010
The funnest thing i have done
The funnest thing i have done was when me and my friend went to Falls View waterpark. It was my 2nd time. We went on the same stuff that we went on last year. Around noon we started to go eat, i brought like $20 he had $70. I got a hamburger with fries and drink he got same thing. We went on the tube slides and he fell off a few times, it was funny. Then we raced on the mat slide, Played hide and seek on the park. Around 10pm we went home.
Tunnels Tracks and Trains ending
1. When they describe subway art what are they referring to? It reflects the character or history of its particular neighbourhood.
2. Reflect: have you ever ridden on the subway? Did you see any art? Should we have art along our subway tunnels and our stations? I have not ride a subway and yes we should have art. it would look cool.
3. How do they control the subway train traffic in the new subway systems? Computer operators see and follow the train's progress on their screens. Using automatic signaling and track switching systems.
4. How have the train operators been practicing for when the Metro Red Line Subway lines open?
By a booming voice warning.
5. When do they test the first Red Line train?
When they open and ready
2. Reflect: have you ever ridden on the subway? Did you see any art? Should we have art along our subway tunnels and our stations? I have not ride a subway and yes we should have art. it would look cool.
3. How do they control the subway train traffic in the new subway systems? Computer operators see and follow the train's progress on their screens. Using automatic signaling and track switching systems.
4. How have the train operators been practicing for when the Metro Red Line Subway lines open?
By a booming voice warning.
5. When do they test the first Red Line train?
When they open and ready
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Tunnels Tracks and Trains
1. What is the floor of the tunnel made out of? It is made of a cagelike steel grid. Then a thick layer of poured concrete seals.
2.What to construction workers do at surface level in order to prepare the city at surface level for the Metro Red Lin's midtown route? the workers have been getting the Red Line's midtown route ready for boring. They reinforce foundations of buioldings along the route and secure electric, gas, water, and telephone lines that run benethe the street.
3. What is the name of the temporary road called that is created for street traffic to use during the cut and cover station construction? What are these roads made out of and why? The road is called decking. They're made of steel beams that span the cut's width and sets of wooden beams are placed between them.
4. On Pages 30-31 there are is a model of the train station, do you like it? What would you change about this station model? Yes i do like it. I would put some colour in it.
5. What is the "Pink Lady"? She brings materials and fixtures to the workers.
2.What to construction workers do at surface level in order to prepare the city at surface level for the Metro Red Lin's midtown route? the workers have been getting the Red Line's midtown route ready for boring. They reinforce foundations of buioldings along the route and secure electric, gas, water, and telephone lines that run benethe the street.
3. What is the name of the temporary road called that is created for street traffic to use during the cut and cover station construction? What are these roads made out of and why? The road is called decking. They're made of steel beams that span the cut's width and sets of wooden beams are placed between them.
4. On Pages 30-31 there are is a model of the train station, do you like it? What would you change about this station model? Yes i do like it. I would put some colour in it.
5. What is the "Pink Lady"? She brings materials and fixtures to the workers.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
1. What are the concerns of project manager Bryan Lee? he is concerned "Do building methods and materials match those in the agreement? Are schedlues met?". "Are costs kept within bounds?".
2. Why do they engineers and construction workers use a boring machine to make tunnels instead of cut and cover construction? It will be lowered piece by piece and assembled on the excavation's floor.
3. What do the worker’s do to protect themselves in the newly formed tunnels from harmful levels of gases found in the soil at the various new subway sites? To protect their health, they have a built-in gas detecto, and each wears a belt equipped with an oxygen mask and a short, lifesaving supply of oxygen.
2. Why do they engineers and construction workers use a boring machine to make tunnels instead of cut and cover construction? It will be lowered piece by piece and assembled on the excavation's floor.
3. What do the worker’s do to protect themselves in the newly formed tunnels from harmful levels of gases found in the soil at the various new subway sites? To protect their health, they have a built-in gas detecto, and each wears a belt equipped with an oxygen mask and a short, lifesaving supply of oxygen.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Tunnels Tracks and Trains
1.Which city are they building this new subway system in? It is built in L.A.
2. Why is there a need for a subway system here? What isssue will it resolve? The city has alot of traffic and it's clogged. They don't pollute the air.
3. The chief construction Engineer. John Adams plays what role in the process of creating a near subway system? Yes he is.
4.What is the role of Roberta Greenwood? She is the role of Archaeologist.
5.What can be learned from the process of analyzing the excavation site? A field of artifacts lies buried there. Chinatown had a railroad station from buring into the ground.
6. What is your opinion on page 11, where they have decided to destruct MacArthur Park to make it into the hub of the Metro Line? I think they shouldn't make it into a hub. Ducks live in the water and it might be the last park in L.A.
2. Why is there a need for a subway system here? What isssue will it resolve? The city has alot of traffic and it's clogged. They don't pollute the air.
3. The chief construction Engineer. John Adams plays what role in the process of creating a near subway system? Yes he is.
4.What is the role of Roberta Greenwood? She is the role of Archaeologist.
5.What can be learned from the process of analyzing the excavation site? A field of artifacts lies buried there. Chinatown had a railroad station from buring into the ground.
6. What is your opinion on page 11, where they have decided to destruct MacArthur Park to make it into the hub of the Metro Line? I think they shouldn't make it into a hub. Ducks live in the water and it might be the last park in L.A.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
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Exclamatory Statement-A sentence that expresses strong feelings by making an exclamation. ... "To find the subject of an exclamatory sentence that is not a statement.
Declarative Sentence - a sentence (in the indicative mood) that makes a declaration. declaratory sentence · sentence - a string of words satisfying.
Imperative Statement- In a symbolic program which is translated into actual machine-language.
Italics-In typography, italic type is a cursive typeface based on a stylized form of calligraphic handwriting. Due to the influence from calligraphy, such typefaces often slant slightly to the right. Different glyph shapes from roman type are also usually used—another influence from calligraphy.
Synonym-Two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context.
Antonyms-A word having a meaning opposite to that of another word: The word wet is an antonym of the word dry.
Homonym-Two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings.
Theme- A topic of discourse or discussion. See synonyms at subject . A subject of artistic representation.
Prefix-Grammar
Suffix- An affix added to the end of a word or stem, serving to form a new word or functioning as an inflectional ending, such as -ness in.
Exclamatory Statement-A sentence that expresses strong feelings by making an exclamation. ... "To find the subject of an exclamatory sentence that is not a statement.
Declarative Sentence - a sentence (in the indicative mood) that makes a declaration. declaratory sentence · sentence - a string of words satisfying.
Imperative Statement- In a symbolic program which is translated into actual machine-language.
Italics-In typography, italic type is a cursive typeface based on a stylized form of calligraphic handwriting. Due to the influence from calligraphy, such typefaces often slant slightly to the right. Different glyph shapes from roman type are also usually used—another influence from calligraphy.
Synonym-Two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context.
Antonyms-A word having a meaning opposite to that of another word: The word wet is an antonym of the word dry.
Homonym-Two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings.
Theme- A topic of discourse or discussion. See synonyms at subject . A subject of artistic representation.
Prefix-Grammar
Suffix- An affix added to the end of a word or stem, serving to form a new word or functioning as an inflectional ending, such as -ness in.
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