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    Public open spaces making them convivial Report submitted by s.subramanian I year m.arch-pmu INTRODUCTION World wide research has shown that public open space‚ particularly in urban areas‚ has an extremely important positive influence on community health and wellbeing. Accessible good quality public open space is important as it provides urban dwellers with contact with nature‚ which is fundamental to human health. It also provides opportunities for people to experience

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    people think public libraries should only provide books and should not waste their limited money on expensive hi-tech media‚ such software DVD or video. Nowadays‚ People not only read books‚ newspapers and magazines and so on in public libraries‚ but also are provide hi-tech media such as DVD‚ software and so on. Some people claims that public libraries should not spend their limited fund on costly hi-tech media. But I am against the point of view. What is the function of public libraries? In

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    this was not the case as two black American athletes‚ Tommie Smith and John Carlos made a silent political protest on October 17 against racial discrimination after they received their medals on the stadium. They were gold and bronze medalists in the 200 meters. They both stood with heads bowed and a black-gloved hand raised as well as both wearing black socks with no shoes on the stadium. Both men were demonstrating against an ongoing racial discrimination of black people in the United States and

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    Midterm Essay Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment is a book with many twists that does what no other book had done during its time: puts the reader into the mind of a conflicted man who takes the life of another human being. The main character‚ Rodion Raskolnikov interacts with many characters throughout the course of the novel‚ or so it seems‚ as the people with whom Raskolnikov interacts are only extensions of himself. Throughout the novel‚ Dostoevsky consistently describes Raskolnikov as being

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    What are the Origins of Power and the Rights of Man? With headlines of war and rebellion in the Middle East‚ some may start to double guess the purpose of a government‚ or if the governed should have the right to rebel. Humanity has been scorn with inhumane and viciously harmful leaders. All one has to do to understand this fact now is turn on the television to see the graphic images of murder‚ genocide and bombing s that are taking in place in our world‚ currently. So one has to ask themselves;

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    Staples Inc. The idea of Staples started off with a very easy problem to fix. Thomas Stemberg was trying to print off a business plan when his printer ribbon all of a sudden broke on the Fourth of July holiday (About Staples). " It was the Fourth of July weekend‚ 1985‚ and Tom’s regular supplier‚ a local stationery store‚ was closed for the holiday" (About Staples). After driving around for hours trying to find a store that carried his printer ribbon and trying to find a store that was open

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    Suspicions of the color black Throughout the years‚ men of color have been labeled and placed at a lower level of civilization because of the color of their skin. With lists of unpleasant events‚ the narrator‚ the places in which the story takes place‚ and the reoccurring patterns of unwieldy racial discrimination all inter- relate with each other. In Black Men and Public Space‚ the narrator depicts what it is to be a colored man who is constantly being labeled as a crook and a criminal

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    The Changing Use Pattern of Public Space and Representation of Place Historically‚ the area was once a water-based settlement as the city is bound to the Chao Praya River. So‚ most of the economic activities occur at the area were related with the river activities. However‚ as progress in the urban development‚ the streets was introduced to serve as the connection between the cities. Nowadays‚ the area‚ especially Khaosan Road is well served by the land based public transport such as bus‚ taxi‚

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    – there is a divinity that shapes our will. Man cannot change this fortune. What is lotted cannot be blotted or avoided. But there is another school of opinion‚ that is more reasonable in this age of science‚ that a man has powers and parts to build his own career. The efforts of a resolute and steadfast worker are sure to be crowned will success in the long run. If the students who get plucked once discontinues his effort with the belief that it is his settled lot not to pass this examination‚ wells

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    Smoking‚ Stigma‚ and the Purification of Public Space‚ he addresses the many problems smokers go through in a day. From public ostracization because of health concerns‚ to restrictions on when and where they can smoke in public spaces. Smokers tend to smoke more often when surrounded by other smokers‚ as well as hide the fact that they smoke the more it is made to seem shameful. Throughout the nineties’ many governments used public policy to ban smoking in public establishments such as restaurants‚ grocery

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