EARTH BRICK CONSTRUCTION: CUTTING DOWN THE COST OF WALL IN BUILDINGS. Umar Faruq Muhammad1‚ Ahmad Hayatuddeen2 1 (Department of Architectural Technology‚ School of Environmental Studies/Nasarawa State Polytechnic‚ Nigeria) 2 (Department of Architectural Technology‚ School of Environmental Studies/Nasarawa State Polytechnic‚ Nigeria) ABSTRACT Provision of appropriate housing at an affordable cost has remained a nagging problem despite major development in modern building technologies. In this
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Our Earth is a living organism–an enormous being‚ of which we are parts. This is our planet‚ its destruction will make us all homeless. We are dependent on Earth and not the other way round. However‚ the thankless creature‚man‚ is unconcerned about the dangers that pose threats to our survival. The article by Nani Palkhivala deals with the concerns of the environmentalists at this eleventh hour and talks about the new awareness that has dawned upon our race. A holistic and ecological view of the
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“Let us give the children a vision of the universe‚” Wrote Maria Montessori in To Educate the Human Potential. “The universe is an imposing reality and the answer to all questions.” Montessori observed firsthand children’s eagerness to understand themselves‚ their world‚ and their place in it. It was her hope that Cosmic Education would allow children to grow into responsible sons and daughters of the great human family with the understanding‚ ethics and self-knowledge needed to transform the
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THE EARTH IS PRECIOUS The earth gives us life and many things which we need in our daily life‚it provide us with natural resources which is mostly needed for humans and technology.But perhaps our planet is in great danger. For the last one hundred or so years‚ the people of earth have wasted and misused the natural recourses of earth. Several plans have been developed to stop the abuse of earth in which many of them can be executed by any one. Environmental problems have become so complex that many
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Power Elite (1956) and the Sociological Imagination ((1959). In the latter‚ Mills who consistently challenged the status-quo with regard to the power structure in the world in general and the United States in particular‚ shared his thoughts on an essential intellectual quality‚ the understanding and acquisition of which form the basis of a revolutionary social change. According to Mills‚ “the sociological imagination enables its possessor to understand the larger historical scene in terms of its
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Sociology http://soc.sagepub.com/ The Embodiment of Caste : Oppression‚ Protest and Change Hugo Gorringe and Irene Rafanell Sociology 2007 41: 97 DOI: 10.1177/0038038507074721 The online version of this article can be found at: http://soc.sagepub.com/content/41/1/97 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: British Sociological Association Additional services and information for Sociology can be found at: Email Alerts: http://soc.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts Subscriptions:
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SW1C1 -SOCIOLOGY AND ECONOMICS FOR SOCIAL WORK Module 1 Introduction to Sociology 1.1 Introduction In the family of social sciences‚ Sociology is comparatively a new entrant. But because of its dealing with social problems‚ social relationships and social interactions the importance of the study of this subject has considerably increased. It has considerably developed in methodology‚ scope and approach. Sociology is the systematic study of social behavior and human groups. It focuses primarily
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personal and public sociology? How do they apply to your own life? Personal sociology is the process of recognizing the impact our position in society has on who we are and how we think and act. This type of sociology also focuses on taking responsibility for the impacts our actions have on others. Personally sociology much like other social sciences can help us gain knowledge about who we are and how we can better individual in a society full of differing personalities. Personal sociology is correlated
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Earth is the third planet from the Sun‚ and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System’s four terrestrial planets. It is sometimes referred to as the world or the Blue Planet.[22] Earth formed approximately 4.54 billion years ago‚ and life appeared on its surface within its first billion years.[23] Earth’s biosphere then significantly altered the atmospheric and other basic physical conditions‚ which enabled the proliferation
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1 Chapter The Sociological Perspective E ven from the glow of the faded red-and-white exit sign‚ its faint light barely illuminating the upper bunk‚ I could see that the sheet was filthy. Resigned to another night of fitful sleep‚ I reluctantly crawled into bed. I kept my clothes on. The next morning‚ I I was determined. joined the long line of disheveled men leaning against “I will experience what the chain-link fence. Their they experience‚” faces were as downcast as their
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