According to archaeologist in order to be defined as a civilization certain criteria must be met. Early archaeologists believed in order to be considered a civilization a society must have cultural superiority‚ which meant they must have the ability to read and write. If this was the sole criteria used to judge if a society was labeled a civilization‚ then you could say the Inca of South America‚ who constructed cities on top of mountains and had a complex system of irrigation canals‚ were not
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Have you been to Beijing? Do you know those winding and narrow lanes which have attracted tourists from home and abroad? In Beijing‚ hutongs are alleys formed by lines of siheyuan---a kind of traditional courtyard residence (Meyer‚ 2008). Hutongs have witnessed the long history of Beijing (Fang‚ 2009). However‚ since the mid-20th century‚ the number of Hutongs has dropped dramatically as they were demolished to give way to population and household divisions and were replaced with other high-rise
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In the old downtown area of Beijing‚ the traditional courtyard houses are quite impressive for the unique charm of the northern Chinese folk residence. The architectural ornaments of the courtyard houses are of distinctive features‚ with some brick carvings or wood carvings dotted on the prominent places such as the screen walls and the lateral walls of the door. The porch‚ flowers-hung gate (chuihua gate‚ the second gate which separates the outer court and the inner court)‚ drum-shaped bearing stone
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defined and created by physical and non-physical entities. Among these entities buildings play important role in defing urban spaces. These open spaces come into being as a part of building (a private courtyard)‚ as spaces between buildings for semi-public activities in culde-sac (as extensions of indoor/courtyard)‚ or as common public gathering and thoroughfare spaces‚ in a settlement. Yet‚ these spaces have been studied and analyzed according to different physical and social aspects. But‚ this paper studies
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After arriving to the Master’s grey courtyard house‚ the audience is quickly introduced to the maze-like structure of the household. Though Confucian teachings do not talk much about women‚ it is expected that women should “play the role of the mothers and wives who ought to stay home and serve their husbands” (Jiang 234). Zhang accomplishes in portraying the feeling of confinement‚ symbolically the oppression of women‚ by guiding the audience through the courtyard house and its framing. Confinement
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specific to this building complex. Among these ideas are: the courtyard concept‚ ease of connection‚ and privacy. How each of these concepts are present in the final design were mostly determined by the development process seen in the three distinct designs of the Equine Center. Design one—or the reach design—took the courtyard idea as its main inspiration in conjunction with the use of space. By
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CREATING AND DELIVERING SERVICES Understanding service products (once more ;) Services are performance‚ rather a thing‚ and they are experienced rather than owned… Customers participate in service delivery. Service delivery occurs in real time. Services have front end and backstage. Services have a core and supplementary elements. … (What else?) Designing and delivering services. Figure 1. Planning‚ creating‚ and delivering services. Service delivery process is configured additionally. Figure
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This is longer than yours needs to be. The recruiting‚ selecting and training sections are extensive and very complete. Use the Sample Compensation Chart on SAKAI rather than the one included here. I left it in to give you an idea of the jobs and salaries. Use the rubrick rather than this to do your plan. She did a very thorough job including sample questionnaires etc. HRM Business Plan Project PART 1 General Section Mission: ECO-JOY is a proposed spin-off brand of Marriott International‚ Inc
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mid-scale and upscale hotel brands leave Marriott International vulnerable to any potential global economic downturns‚ particularly given that economy travel accommodation is gaining increased penetration in major destination markets. • Courtyard brand – the Courtyard brand is
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for New Construction Ver. 2.2 Level: Gold candidate Courtyard by Marriott‚ Chevy Chase is a 226room hotel located in the Friendship Heights neighborhood of Chevy Chase‚ MD. The hotel primarily serves the business travelers visiting various corporate headquarters and institutions in the area‚ including National Institutes of Health and GEICO Insurance. The project consisted of an extensive renovation and re-branding from a Holiday Inn to a Courtyard by Marriott while incorporating sustainable features
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