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    Geoffrey Bawa was born in Ceylon (now known as Sri Lanka)‚ the younger son of a wealthy Muslim lawyer and his Dutch Burger wife. After graduating‚ he studied English at Cambridge and Law in London. He had always preferred to be treated as a Ceylon-born European instead of a Ceylonese who had some European blood in his veins. Perhaps he came to the conclusion that he was more Asian than European‚ Bawa decided to return to Colombo in 1948. “Soon after he returned‚ he bought an abandoned rubber estate

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    The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat is a 1985 book by neurologist Oliver Sacks describing the case histories of some of Dr. Sacks’s patients. The title of the book comes from the case study of a man with visual agnosia. The other essays in this book include: •"The Lost Mariner"‚ about Jimmie G.‚ who has lost the ability to form new memories due to Korsakoff’s syndrome. He can remember nothing of his life since his demobilization at the end of WWII‚ including events that happened only a

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    Building Materials Semester 2 | MATERIALS INVESTIGATION REPORT Contents Contents PART 2 Summary and Analysis of materials used in 3 categories buildings St Pauls Catherdral 3 Melbourne Convention Center 5 Royal Exhibition Building Carlton 6 PART 3 Buildings Defects Introduction 7 DEFECT No. 1 # Timber 8 DEFECT No. 2 # Brick Wall 9 DEFECT No. 3 # Rendering Stain 10 DEFECT No. 4 # Rust 11 DEFECT No. 5 # Render 12 DEFECT No. 6 # Foundation 13 Conclusion 14

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    Professor Kumar English 101 The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat was written by Oliver Sacks who is a professor of neurology and psychiatry at Columbia University. Sacks writes about his studies of a man named Dr. P who has an unusual brain disorder. Sacks tries to figure out what is exactly wrong with Dr. P and prescribe him with something that can help him; but he can’t seem to figure out what will help Dr. P. His only solution is to prescribe him

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    The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: By Oliver Sacks Oliver Sacks wrote a collection of narratives titled‚ The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat‚ we see the suffering of those with neurological diseases‚ their attempts to cope with these diseases and the conclusions that Sacks makes on their conditions. Sacks is the physician in these narrative stories that tell about his studies of the person behind neurological deficits. Sacks’ interests are not only in the disease itself but also in the

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    This week’s individual project is about fortune 500 companies. The company that I have chosen to research is a very popular one used during the holidays‚ FedEx (Fortune 500 2010: Top 1000 American Companies. 2010). In the following pages there will be information on the main line of business that Wal-mart provides‚ four locations that they operate in as well as the implementation of the 4P’s marketing mix. Lastly there will be information describing any differences that were observed in the implementation

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    the Old Man with His Grandson by Domenico Ghirlandaio. This painting looks very average and boring to a person today who is not interested in art or just looking at it for the first time‚ but the painting of the Old Man with His Grandson was a revolutionary painting by Ghirlandaio in the late fifteenth century. Ghirlandaio along with Raphael‚ Jan van Eyck‚ and others started to introduce individuality and add values to their paintings; you can see examples of this in the Old Man with His Grandson

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    The movie shows Tucker as a man who dreamed of making and selling a revolutionary new car in an industry dominated by giant automobile companies. Anyone who knows the automobile industry knows that it is a business with really big entry barriers. To borrow from management guru Michael Porter‚ it is not easy to get into the automobile industry. However‚ Tucker believed he could do it‚ he convinced many people to believe in him‚ and dedicated his life to achieving his dream. One aspect that lures

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    Tucker: The Man and His Dream Francis Ford Coppola Paramount Home Video 08/88 PG Tucker: The Man and His Dream is a high-octane morality play about an innovative outsider who wants to build a better‚ cheaper‚ and safer car than those produced by the Big Three in Detroit. Jeff Bridges stars as this real-life 1940s entrepreneur whose go-getter spirit and gung-ho philosophy serves as a catalyst to those around him. His wife and five children offer their vital support. Abe (Martin Landau) serves

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