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    Chandigarh Master Plan – 2031 Draft 7. COMMERCIAL AREAS IN CHANDIGARH 7.1 INTRODUCTION Commercial areas in Chandigarh were planned to provide adequate‚ organized retail and wholesale trading activity for the city residents. The city has however emerged as a important commercial hub. A concept of hierarchical distribution of commercial centers was introduced into the city plan as a departure from the organic developments of the traditional towns. To provide a continuum of commercial

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    Maya Angelou

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    Marguerite Anne Johnson (Maya Angelou) was born in St. Louis‚ Missouri on the 4th of April 1928. Even at the time of her birth‚ when she was seconds‚ minutes‚ hours‚ old‚ life was working against her. She was born at the mercy of the ignorant‚ the “traditionalists”‚ and the near-sighted (racist/sexist people). At a very young age Angelou’s parents split and she and her brother were left in the care of her grandmother in Stamps‚ Arkansas. Angelou experienced both brutal racism and unshakable faith

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    make the connection to the title and why it is important to the literal and bigger meaning of the poem. Poet-Maya Angelou is a very well known American poet.She has written many other impactful poems that are famous.Also many of her poems have to do with African American oral traditions.Angelou worked for Dr. Martin Luther King and Malcom X during the civil rights movement.As Maya Angelou grew older her poems became very popular.She has also dealt with hardship which has had an influence on the

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    What are the beliefs and traditions of waray people in education? The Waray-Waray are an ethnoliguistic group located in Samar and Leyte. Geographically‚ they are located in the Visayas. Waray-Waray sometimes shortened to Waray‚ is the term used to refer to the people who inhabit the islands of Samar and Biliran and the eastern section of Leyte. Those who come from Samar are called Samareños‚ while those from Leyte are Leyteños. They speak the language called Waray. ReligionThe Waray-Waray people

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    “The verification principle offers no real challenge to religious belief.” Discuss [35] The verification principle is a significant concept used by many philosophers in order to determine whether a religious statement is meaningful or not. This was highly influenced by logical positivism: group of 20th century philosophers called the Vienna circle and was then further developed by British philosopher A.J Ayer. Religious language refer to statements such as ‘God exists’ and ‘God loves me’. Whilst

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    Egyptian Architecture

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    believed that the body had to be intact in order for the next world to except it‚ this is a major reason that the Pharaohs contents of the tomb were of such importance. They emphasis on the importance of rituals‚ customs and beliefs as well as funerary architecture can be seen clearly in the discovery of the tomb of Kings and Pharaohs.  The planning that went into every Pharaohs tomb was extremely complex‚ as each tomb was significantly different in terms of the tombs layout and wall decorations

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    Hinduism Architecture Hinduism is a predominant religion of the Indian subcontinent. It begins simply by differentiating between matter and spirit and the theology of the religion is based upon three main truths‚ God‚ Matter and Soul (Richard Blurton‚ 1992). It is also a conglomeration of intellectual and philosophical points of view‚ rather than inelastic common sets of beliefs. Hinduism believes in the real self which is called the “atma” is distinct from the temporary body made of matter or “Prakrit”

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    Egypt And Maya

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    and Maya The rise of human civilizations did not occur in one place‚ but rather it happened in various locations throughout the world in various time eras. All civilizations have its own characteristics and life span according to their environment such as the geographic location‚ the weather or natural resources. Some civilizations‚ such as the ancient Egypt‚ developed and kept on growing‚ and the historic records still exist in present days‚ while some civilizations like the ancient Maya just

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    MODERN ARCHITECTURE De Stijl Architecture De Stijl architecture was formed by a group of young artists who created the new movement in 1917; calling both the movement and the magazine they published De Stijl. The group promoted utopian ideals and group members believed in the birth of new age in the wake of WWI. They felt it was a time of balance between individual and universal values. The work was completely abstract as well. The goal was total integration of art and life. GERRIT THOMAS RIETVELD

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    Examine religious and secular beliefs regarding the value of human life (AO1-45 MARKS) The value of human life is a concept which is interpreted in many different ways within religion and with secular communities. For example Christianity holds strong belief in concepts such as Imago Dei and the sanctity of life. Christians also hold strong belief that we are given value in terms of free will and a god-given soul. Alternatively‚ humans are given value in the Buddhist faith through the process of

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