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Pedram Zohrevand Discusses How To Protect Your Building From Seismic Events

The Startup Magazine

Earthquakes like the 1994 Northridge quake in Los Angeles and the 1989 Bay Area quake claimed lives and destroyed buildings, leading to stricter regulations. In many parts of the country, earthquake safety is a must when it comes to protecting a building and its occupants. When a building has greater mass, inertia damage is more severe.

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Rocks in the Rocket Science Lobby « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

We had moved our game development facilities from Berkeley and Palo Alto and consolidated into one building on Townsend Street in the “ South of Market &# neighborhood in San Francisco. . ———————————— Only over time would I realize it augured the future of the company.

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Which Are More Legible: Serif or Sans Serif Typefaces?

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Ascenders and are the vertical strokes which rise above the body of a character or x-height. Serifs are used to guide the horizontal “flow” of the eyes; The lack of serifs is said to contribute to a vertical stress in sans serifs, which is supposed to compete with the horizontal flow of reading ( De Lange et al.,