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    A Buffalo Common Metaphor

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    A Buffalo Common Metaphor Over the past few decades the High Plains have consistently been losing its population. So‚ in 1987 Doctors Frank and Deborah Popper introduced the idea of Buffalo Commons. They described this project as “A combination of literary metaphor‚ public-policy proposal‚ futurist prediction and ecological restoration project” (The Buffalo Commons: Its Antecedents). The essential focus of this project was to replace the ever decrease population by returning buffalo back to the

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    Emily Dickinson Metaphors

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    In “We grow accustomed to the Dark‚” Emily Dickinson uses eloquent metaphors‚ obsidian imagery‚ and repetitious structure to explain how when you “learn to see” the bad events in your life can get a little better. After reading the whole poem‚ the eloquent metaphors used by Emily Dickinson can be better brought to light in order to help explain her point of view. Throughout this poem‚ she uses dark as a metaphor which explains why it is always capitalized. Once the importance is recognized‚ a reader

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    Analysis of Building

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    design 2. Structural design 1.1.1 FUNCTIONAL DESIGN: The structure to be constructed should primarily serve the basic purpose for which it is to be used and must have a pleasing look. The building should provide happy environment inside as well as outside. Therefore‚ the functional planning of a building must take into account the proper arrangements of room/halls to satisfy the need of the client‚ good ventilation‚ lighting‚ acoustics‚ unobstructed view in the case of community halls‚ cinema

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    Green Buildings

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    Green Buildings Can Save Us Green buildings‚ or energy-efficient buildings‚ are perceived to be the kind of modern buildings that can save energy by implementing advanced technologies in these days. Looking at many good examples on the internet or television about these energy-efficient buildings‚ I feel that if we have the technology‚ why wouldn’t we do something to save us from the increasing shortage of energy? It is easy and if we change all our old style utilities‚ we can live more comfortably

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    Nusserwanjee Building

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    NUSSERWANJEE BUILDING INTRODUCTION: This is the new building on the site of the Nusserwanjee building which was relocated to Clifton as a new wing of Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture. The old building was marked for demolition but was saved by concerned citizens and architects as a cultural heritage. Shahid Abdulla‚ one of the founders of the Indus Valley School‚ excitedly called to say he had found a beautiful old building‚ right in the heart of Kharadar‚ which was for sale and about

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    Building Defects

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    BUILDING DEFECTS PART 1 • Identify common building defects • Identify the source • Provide pictures‚ diagrams and sketches • Suggest remedial action • Show details that would have avoided the defect PART 2 Generate a scheme for planned maintenance and provide a building checklist to ensure all necessary maintenance is carried out on a regular basis. INTRODUCTION In this project we will be looking at many different kinds of building defects that would be commonly seen in the construction

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    Methods and Meditations on First Philosophy is a discourse by Rene Descartes‚ which largely focuses on the nature of humanity and divinity. This essay is a discussion of this discourse‚ and will summarize‚ explain and object to various parts of his work. The majority of this essay focuses on Descartes Sixth Meditation‚ which includes his argument that corporeal things do exist. 1. There clearly exists a passive faculty of sensing and I use it involuntarily. 2. If there exists a passive faculty

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    Metaphors by Sylvia Plath

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    less active‚ show less attention and are more irritable and agitated than babies born to moms who are not depressed (“American Pregnancy Association”). In the poem “Metaphors” by Sylvia Plath‚ her choice of words for the poem seem to express her feelings of depression toward the issue of her pregnancy. Plath chose many metaphors to describe her pregnancy. From her choice of words‚ one gets the feeling as if she is not enjoying the fact that she is pregnant‚ nor is she looking forward to giving

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    Building Lifecycle

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    LIFE-CYCLE OF BUILDINGS A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE ‚ UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELORS OF SCIENCE (BSc) IN ARCHITECTURE BY WHENU MAUTON .A. 100501059 OCTOBER

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    First Evaluative Paper Samuel Rogers Intro to Philosophy 100 In this paper‚ I will explain and evaluate Descartes doubts that he raises on both about the external world as well as these disciplines on the basis of the Evil Spirt Argument. The first thing that I am going to do is to explain what Descartes’s project of the Meditations and the role of the method of doubt in that project. Then I will explain the Evil Spirit Argument in depth about each of the premises. Once I explain the argument I

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