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    The Flatiron Building

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    Hudson Burnham was the architect responsible for creating the Flatiron Building in New York City‚ which opened in 1902. Born in Henderson‚ New York and raised in Chicago‚ Illinois‚ Burnham first apprenticed as a draftsman under William LaBaron Jenney. At the age of 26 he met future business partner John Wellborn Root‚ and together they were responsible for the design of one of America’s first skyscrapers: the Masonic Temple Building in Chicago. As an internationally prominent figure‚ Daniel Burnham

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    Capacity Building

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    INTRODUCTION: Capacity building and Community Development models to formulate programs and projects that is not only sustainable but can also benefit the community in the long term with self-reliance and make a positive difference in community. There are different social and political ideologies and perspectives of community development‚ these ideologies and perspectives make different assumptions of how society functions and the need and level of interventions in the society (Ife‚ 1995‚ p 119)

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    especially if it is coming from their family members. People should recognize how grateful they are to have a family in the first place‚ and they should appreciate what’s done for them‚ not how it’s done. Linda Pastan’s poem Marks contains irony‚ metaphors‚ and appropriate diction throughout the text to

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    new Structure- Building Codes The information in this document should be useful in making design-related decisions that will not only satisfy the move to our new building Information Technology (IT) requirements but also meet the needs of the building and its future occupants with respect to voice‚ video and data communications. The intention of this document is to provide a comprehensive understanding and reference guide that can be referred to when moving to our new building. Moving into

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    own regard. One of the most significant of these individuals was Rene Descartes. Rene Descartes was an admirable individual due to his contributions to philosophy‚ his remarkable findings in mathematics‚ and his explanations of the physical world that are still relevant today. Descartes came up with the philosophical arguments of Cartesian doubt‚ the Mind-Body problem‚ and Cartesian certainty. In regards to Mathematics‚ Descartes discovered numerous principles and theorems that paved the way for future

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    following ACL tests: 1. Total the Invoice Amount column for comparison with the general ledger balance of $276‚841.33 (Total Field). 2. Recalculate unit cost times quantity and identify any extension misstatements (Filter). 3. Products that Metaphor purchases should not exceed $100 per unit. Print any purchase for subsequent follow-up where unit cost exceeded that amount (Filter). 4. Identify the three vendors from which the largest total dollar accounts payable transactions occurred during

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    My Discourse Community

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    Did you know that there are four types of discourse communities? There’s the professional community‚ which is your job‚ career or working environment. Your social communities are your friends and family. The civic community is the clubs‚ hobbies and extracurricular activities you attend to or participate in. The last one is your cultural group‚ religion‚ ethnicity‚ environment cultures all play into this one. My discourse community happens to be a mix of all four of these. I am a competitive dancer

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    Introduction The "Building Envelope" is the area that separates conditioned space from unconditioned space or the outdoors. A building envelope includes all elements of a building that enclose conditioned space. Building envelope components separate conditioned spaces from unconditioned spaces or from outside air. For example‚ walls and doors between living areas are part of the building envelope; walls separating a garage from the living areas are not. Besides that‚ floors of conditioned basements

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    from the ##. By examining the historically and scientifically based study‚ I will clarify and substantiate the idea that bubbles can be used as a metaphor to chart social structures and individual connections. The study includes the examination of the chemical composition of bubbles‚ the ascent and demise of a society and the use of a bubble as a metaphor for the individual. I use two major research strategies: (1) an analysis of the composition and a description of a bubble and (2) a close study of

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    Descartes and Augustine‚ in their respective examinations of the mind and God‚ come to the conclusion that the true understanding of all things derives from the withdrawal of the self from foreign influence and the necessity to look inward. Although each thinker’s journey or course of understanding was different‚ and at times rather contrasting‚ their ultimate realizations about knowledge are very coherent. Doubt is one of the primary focuses and a central aspect in examining the self for both Descartes

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