A. Why do you want to give the Valedictory/Salutatory speech address? Being recognized as the Valedictorian at Urban Prep is one of the highest achievements attainable at the school. With the significance of this speech‚ it becomes vital that the selection committee chooses a senior from the class of 2018 at Urban Prep Englewood that will deliver not only an effective Valedictory speech address‚ but an entertaining one as well. Establishing a well engaged audience is one of the most challenging
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ITO 1 Individual Assignment Social Construction and Social Shaping of Technology Course Tutors: Professor Brain Bloomfield & Professor Theo Vurdubakis Submitted by: Amit Tewari Student Id: 30646848 Abstract Theories of social construction of technology provide ways to identify the influence of society in development of technologies. What do we mean when we say that technology is socially constructed? This paper explaining the theory of social construction of technology and providing with some
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Building codes and safety purpose. Building codes act an important role in construction and design phase. In the past‚ most building codes and standards have used prescriptive (or compliance) criteria. In recent years‚ there has been strong interest worldwide in developing codes and standards that are more performance based ( Foliente‚ 2000). The purpose of building codes are to increase safety in the design of the project and its construction. For example‚ according to the 2010 California Building
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SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA: SOME ISSUES by Basudha Chattopadhyay INTRODUCTION Sustainable development means attaining a balance between environmental protection and human economic development and between the present and future needs. It means equity in development and sectoral actions across space and time. 1 It requires an integration of economic‚ social and environmental approaches towards development. Sustainable urban development refers to attaining social equity and environmental
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The Social Construction of Race By watching the film I have a deep understanding‚ I know racial distinction is not just by appearance‚ we don’t really know what is race‚ actually the race is not important‚ but the race is still bringing great influence on people’s lives. This film is about race‚ not about attitude and behavior of the individual‚ and in the past in the history of the institutional and policy in the United States is still on the basis of race‚ through sacrifice others bring interests
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design and functionality‚ some of which can still be used today. These monuments also stand as a testament to those who built them. The surveyors of Rome played an essential role in the construction of the roads and the aqueducts‚ and developed many of the fundamental principles of surveying and construction. Essential to every engineering project‚ presently as well as in ancient times‚ was the need for consistency and precision in measuring. The use of measuring equipment assisted the surveyors
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The Urban and Rural Divide 1 Imagine life in Los Angeles. Now imagine life in a neighbouring rural California town. Finally‚ picture life in Cairo‚ Egypt. Which of these last two places is more different from Los Angeles? Many people might mistakenly choose Cairo because it is in a different country. In fact‚ city dwellers all over the world tend to have similar lifestyles‚ so the biggest differences are between Los Angeles and its smaller neighbour. Urban people and rural people‚ regardless
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Have you ever thought about the blame behind the violence in our urban cities? No matter where you are‚ your loved ones will always want you to be safe and secure with the raise of drugs‚ gangs‚ and guns with the threat of violence within the communities. According to Joan Mccord the author of “Placing American Urban Violence In Context” stated‚” American cities are more violent than those in other developed nations”. There are several types of violence such as emotional‚ physical‚ sexual‚ financial
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Purpose of ADA The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was constructed as a law in 1990 in order to prevent discrimination fronting individuals with disabilities in all areas of common life‚ including employment‚ educational institutions‚ transport‚ and all private places that are exposed to the common masses. The motivation behind the law is to ensure that individuals with incapacities have the same rights and open doors as other people. This law protects individuals with disabilities similar
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Week 4 Lecture Notes: Ch 10-11 Advanced Construction Documents Week 4 Lecture Notes Chapter 10: Sections Section drawings take an imaginary slice through an object or building and give information on height‚ and relationships between floors‚ ceilings‚ spaces‚ walls‚ and in some instances details of specific contraction techniques. Two or more sections are often cut at 90 degrees to one another to give additional information‚ unless the space or object is very simple. The slice should be
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