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    In a well-constructed essay of 5 pages‚ compare and contrast Jane Jacobs’ The Death and Life of Great American Cities and William McDonough & Michael Braungart’s Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things‚ in terms of larger definitions of “sustainability.” Put each book in its historical context and relate it to themes in the course as well as to modern and contemporary issues of architecture‚ cities‚ and the environment. On the last day of class‚ Wednesday‚ December 9‚ we will discuss

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    Since the early decades of the state‚ it was said that Ireland had a ‘two and a half party’ party system. There are two main political parties in Ireland - Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael and the minor party Labour which is a potential coalition party. The two historically largest political parties Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael arose from a split that occurred in Irish politics at the time of the 1922–1923 Civil War‚ at the time of the foundation of the state. Both descended from factions of the original Sinn

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    Jacob Portman represents tenacity by continuously fighting to find out what happened to his grandfather. In Chapter Two‚ Jacob explains to the audience‚ “....convincing my parents to let me spend part of my summer on a tiny island off the coast of Wales was no easy task.” (Riggs‚ 65). He believed something more happened to his grandfather than what was said and he desperately wanted to investigate Grandpa Portman’s final words. He eventually found out the truth about his grandfather’s death‚ his

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    Jane Jacobs‚ the author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities‚ though never finished college‚ wrote pieces focused on cities. She concentrated on how and why cities worked‚ as well as why urban renewal and redevelopment was hurting the great cities instead of improving them. She expresses arguments on the principles and aims of the orthodox city planning and rebuilding that have shaped modern cities (1). Her most pronounced arguments are the planners approach to redevelopment and revitalization

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    I believe that others influence people’s choices. When individuals make a decision to act on one’s powers‚ they could either take risks that may turn out to be detrimental (How Other People’s Choices Affect Our Own‚ 2015). As stated by How Other People’s Choices Affect Our Own (2015)‚ “Decisions about risky options are guided by both information‚ such as the likelihood of a particular outcome‚ and our attitudes towards risk. Other people’s decisions are known to influence our own choices of risker

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    Marc Jacobs Have you ever wondered what the early life of a fashion designer was? Whether it was always easy for them or if it was hard? Or even just about them and their life in general. Like‚ how did they become famous‚ do they have siblings‚ and/or many other things. Well then here are the answers to some of the questions you might have about Marc Jacobs. People may think Marc Jacobs has it all made. Like his life is easy because he is famous. Marc Jacobs may be a big famous fashion designer

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    Jacobs Syndrome Jacobs Syndrome‚ also known as XYY Syndrome‚ is a rare genetic disorder which affects males due to an extra Y chromosome. Males with this syndrome are sometimes called super males. Klinefelter’s syndrome with an extra X-chromosome (47‚XXY) and Turner’s syndrome with lack of X-chromosome material (45‚X) have been named after the physicians who first described the syndromes in 1942 and 1937. When Sandberg and co-wokers in 1961 found the chromosome constitution 47‚XYY‚ the name became

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    Of the cases I viewed‚ Jacob Ind’s case really caught my attention. In this paper‚ I will be covering the backstory to Jacob’s life‚ the results of his actions‚ and my take on his sentencing. Jacob Ind‚ was 15 years old whenever he and his classmate Gabriel Adams‚ (17) murdered his mother and step-father. Inside the home‚ Jacob and his brother Charles were sexually assaulted and emotionally and physically abused. Whenever Charles turned 18‚ he decided to move out of the home‚ but he claims before

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    Introduction The artist I chose is Jacob Sartorius and his song Sweatshirt. Jacob is a 13 year old kid and he got famous off of social media such as Musical.ly a lip syncing app‚and vine a video sharing site. Jacob’s music is amazing‚ absolutely to die for. Just kidding his music is horrible. I hate his music because he can’t sing at all that’s why he uses autotune. Since he uses Musical.ly and lip syncs to singers who can actually sing he thinks he can sing too. His personality is absolute garbage

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    Computers Ease Our Lives Nowadays‚ many people say that computers make life more complex. However I do not agree with that. I think computers ease our lives in many ways. They help us to store our documents as well as not occupying a place. Also‚ we can make a great profit on them by using the internet which is helping us on our researches by lessen the time that we spend for researches. Moreover‚ we can pacify ourselves by doing some activities on computers. To begin with‚ several decades ago

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