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    ’ Indian Express (February 16‚ 2009). Accessed online at: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/show-begins-at-kathputlicolony/423940/0. Tripti Lahiri‚ ‘Delhi Journal: From Slum to Skyscraper‚’ The Wall Street Journal Online‚ (February 17‚ 2012)‚ http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2012/02/17/delhi-journal-from-slumto-skyscraper/. Simon Wroe‚ (2010) ‘The Fate of Delhi’s “Magician’s Ghetto”’‚ More Intelligent Life. URL: http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/simon-wroe/what-will-become-delhis-slumperformers

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    Elijah Otis: Elevators

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    Elevators have distinguished themselves as a component of our modern world. They guide us to our destinations faster and help us innovate our technologies to higher levels to keep up with our fast-paced world. Based on simple machinery‚ its minimalism proves to be the heart beat of our improving industrial communities. Although Elijah Otis improved the invention of the elevator in 1850‚ the composition‚ structure‚ and limitations are still improving today. Though there are many types of elevators

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    home and safe. The feeling of belonging clarifies the ideal lifestyle for every individual. Some people find the feeling of belonging in a small suburb surrounded by an untamed nature. Others belong to a life surrounded by millions of people and skyscrapers. Once again‚ the feeling of belonging is a mindset that makes us value different kinds of lifestyles – a feeling that makes us diverge from each other. In the essay “My Little of Country” (2012) written by Susan Cheever‚ the thoughts about living

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    Joseph Stella was born in Muro Lucano‚ Italy. He studied medicine at first following his older brother Doctor Antonio Stella. He would grow dislike medicine and would become a painter and collagist. He arrived in New York in 1896‚ 43 years before the Old Brooklyn Bridge painting was completed. He was enrolled briefly in the Art Students League and then in the New York School of Art in 1898.In the following years he would go back and forth between the United States and Europe. He did not make contact

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    whether it is a product or service‚ or something else entirely. For complex high-input needs‚ a company will adopt a project management structure‚ such as Emaar has done with its property management building model. Project management for the tallest skyscraper in the world‚ the Burj Khalifa‚ built by Emaar‚ requires an involved project management process with multiple layers of processes. This report examines the Burj Kalifa project and associated project management principles involved in this project

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    the main cities of the usa

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    permanent site for the nation’s capital on December 1800 by George Washington. It’s main cities are New York‚ Chicago‚ San Francisco‚ Los Angeles and Boston. There are many tall buildings in them that really scrape the sky‚ that’s why they are called skyscrapers. It’s highly developed country. It is rich in coal‚ oil‚ iron and natural gas. It exports a lot of raw materials‚ industrials and agricultural products. The United States of America is a federal republic. The American parliament ( called Congress

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    PERFIDY TO THE CITIZENS The morning of September 11th‚ 2001 drastically altered humanity’s course and carved a new path in American history; a world now defined as before and after. Four coordinated crashes on three major American icons trembled the ground as though a violent earthquake tore through the heart of Manhattan. How did the airplanes even intrude the Airspace of Manhattan? How did the mighty World Trade Centre Towers become a pile of rubble? How was the American government “oblivious”

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    the fires. Now why would these firefighters risk their lives and climb up numerous flights of stairs to try and control the fires? Because they knew that these steel buildings were strong and sturdy (Palisner). Never in history has a steel-framed skyscrapers collapsed from fire‚ since they are built from steel that does not melt below 2750 degrees Fahrenheit. The official story by the 9/11 Commission Report stated that

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    The year of 1974 was definitely not a time to forget as within this time unique events occurred. The completion of a world renown structure‚ the death of historical figure’s mother‚ and the uncovering of a soldier loyal to his orders long after the war’s end. Truly 1974 stands out in its diversity of events among other times. On January 15‚ the navy of the republic of China altercated with the south vietnamese navy resulting in a two day skirmish known as the battle of Hoang sea. The objective of

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    kathputli colony

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    (Kathputli)‚ a jhuggi jhopri (JJ) cluster tucked into West Delhi’s Shadipur region‚ as the site for this project. In 2009‚ Raheja—the private developers chosen to undertake the project—announced the construction of Raheja Phoenix‚ “Delhi’s first true skyscraper‚” on the current Kathputli Colony plot. With a planned height of 190 metres‚ Raheja Phoenix is 54 floors of luxury flats‚ equipped “with sky club and helipad‚” according to the developers. The Kathputli in-situ slum rehabilitation is a three-step

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