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    Unite d' Habitation

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    Unité d’ Habitation The Unité d’ Habitation‚ or Mareillian Block as it is sometimes known represents the culmination of Le Corbusier’s research into housing and communal living. Construction began in 1947 and finished by 1952‚ which was built in Marseille‚ France. The Unité provides total individual privacy‚ something like a monk’s cell for each member of the family‚ and meaningful collective activates. Le Corbusier set out to design a tower block that was a “magisterial work of architecture

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    Sustainable Tourism

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    To many‚ sustainable tourism might be interpreted as sustaining attractions just to ensure there is a continuation of visitors and tourists coming in. However‚ this understanding is too juvenile. According to a 1987 report‚ Our Common Future‚ sustainable development is define as development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs’ (WCED‚ 1987). Fundamentally‚ sustainable development ‘advocates the wise use and conservation

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    Colonies

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    Life was very hard in colonial America in the 17th & 18th centuries. There were 13 colonies all with different purposes. Many colonists came to America to flee religious persecution in England or to find work in the colonies. By 1750 more than one million people were living in the thirteen colonies. It seems that the colonies were finally progressing from disease and feudal warfare with the Native Americans. The colonies also were beginning to show diverse groups of people. Many came to America due

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    Establishing the Colonies Name _____ Motives for settling in the New World: Spread Christianity Find a short cut to Asia Better job opportunities Roanoke Island With the permission of Queen Elizabeth‚ Sir Walter Raleigh raised money to establish a colony‚ and in 1585 a small group of men sailed for the Americas. What did Raleigh find when he returned to the Lost Colony of Roanoke in 1589? The people had vanished and they found the word‚ “Croatian” carved in a tree. Jamestown What

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    Sustainable Development

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    for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/nens19 Sustainable development – historical roots of the concept Jacobus A. Du Pisani Professor of History a a School for Social and Government Studies‚ North-West University‚ Potchefstroom‚ South Africa Version of record first published: 16 Feb 2007. To cite this article: Jacobus A. Du Pisani Professor of History (2006): Sustainable development – historical roots of the concept‚ Environmental Sciences‚ 3:2‚ 83-96

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    Misdirected Effort

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    In Misdirected Effort‚ Veblen discusses the difference in work power relations within consumer behavior and advertising. He uses the example of high fashion sneakers and discusses how the high price and exclusivity of the product enforces a social hierarchy. Veblen States “symbols that glorify separation of nobility‚ power and rank from industry and from those who work. Honor requires immunity from activity and people whose daily life reeks with economic need and compulsion” (507). Veblen critiques

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    Comparison of colonies

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    of the British colonies of Virginia‚ Massachusetts‚ all the way until the final colony Georgia. And although many may think that the colonies operated as one similar unit‚ the truth is all the colonial regions were very similar and different in social‚ political and economical structure. Throughout history‚ education was always important; this was the same for the colonies. Therefore‚ in all three colonial regions‚ education was offered to white boys. In the New England colonies‚ education was

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    1.4.3 Journal: Gender and Labor Journal U.S. History Sem 1 Date: _8/30/13_ This assignment is in two parts. First fill out the table. Then use the information in the table to answer the journal question. Hint: Use the information on the later pages in this activity to help you fill in the table. Part I: Prewriting A "T-chart" helps you see two ideas side by side. Gender roles are the kinds of jobs and responsibilities that society expects women and men to do. Filling in the T-chart will

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    Sustainable toursim

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    Introduction Sustainable Tourism can be best described as tourism that considers its economic (future and current)‚ environmental and social impacts‚ coveting to the needs of the host communities‚ environment and visitors‚ that are defined as sustainable tourism (UNWTO‚ 2005) and the protection‚ enhancement of the natural‚ social and cultural resources in which tourism depend on‚ is one of the fundamental principle of all sustainable tourism development polices (Sharpley‚R 2000‚ pp.12). To

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    Midwestern State University Event Awareness on Phone Application: A Recommendation Report Prepared for: Cammie Dean‚ Director for Student Development and Orientation Midwestern State University Prepared by: Mark Broomfield‚ Exercise Physiology Major Andrea Giron‚ Mechanical Engineering Major Valerie Dunn‚ Social Work Major Technical Writing Campus Event Committee Midwestern State University April 22‚ 2013 Abstract “Midwestern State University Event Awareness on Phone Application:

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