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    hometown. With many cultural heritages‚ natural beauties and diverse culture‚ its is a city where one can experience the modern and ancient events mingled with each other. Geographically situated between 27°38’32” to 27°45’7” North latitudes and 85°16’5” to 85°22’32” East longitudes. It is believed to have some of the oldest human settlements in the central Himalayas. The city area is generally flat‚ what is now a city was once a highly productive agricultural land. One of the popular legend about

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    Asset Pricing: Term Paper Topic: Optimal Monetary Policy in the Presence of Asset-Prices Fluctuation I. Why I choose this topic: I interest in the role of asset prices that make a fluctuation of social welfare‚ because there are many crisis that occur from the financial sector. I try to find the papers that have clear explanation on the structure of economy. Specifically‚ how asset prices affect the economy and‚ then‚ how monetary policymakers should response to this effect. Eventually‚

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    Enterprise Architecture at American Express Critical facts American Express‚ located in New York City‚ was founded in 1850 (Corporate Profile‚ 2015). It is one of the 30 companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (Corporate Profile‚ 2015). American provides services such as credit cards‚ charge cards‚ and traveler’s checks (Corporate Profile‚ 2015). American Express cards account for 24% of credit card transactions in the U.S. (Corporate Profile‚ 2015). According to the company’s 10k‚ the company

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    that the action can be unsuitable in our world. One of the main reasons is that most of traditional buildings‚ in my nation‚ that offer provide few rooms can hardly hard to meet the demands for housing as increasing numbers of people pour into the city. Compared to before‚ today’s population has doubled and even trebled‚ which puts seriouspressure on housing supply. As a result‚ new buildings must be substituted for old ones that have more efficient utility‚ even for some old buildings that have

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    of modern urbanism. In the 17th century‚ the population of Paris was about 510‚000‚ rose shapely from about 220‚000 in the previous century. The rapid population growth and its subsequent needs demanded not only an expansion of the size of the city‚ but also an organization. Narrow and unordered streets‚ inadequate public amenities‚ insufficient water supply‚ hygiene problems‚ all suggested the city’s need for a better urban planning. The population growth created a greater demand for urban

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    A Comparative Study Between The Practices Of Interior Design And Architecture And A Discourse On The Professionalization Of Interior Design Interior Design and Architecture Interior Design is considered a generally young profession. Throughout history‚ the differences between architects‚ builders‚ designers and other professionals involved in building a structure has been decidedly blurred and drawing the line between all the disciplines involved has been a rather recent occurrence. The practice

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    The Professional Regulatory Board of Architecture (PRBoA) URL/ website: www.architectureboard.ph Republic of the Philippines Department of Labor & Employment Professional Regulation Commission Manila ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Professional Regulatory Board of Architecture (PRBoA) Email Address: prboa.prc.gov.ph@gmail.com URL/ website: www.architectureboard.ph or c/o Telefax: 02.286

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    Luis Barragan states‚ “Architecture is an art when one consciously or unconsciously creates aesthetic emotion in the atmosphere and when this environment produces well-being.” This statement is more vividly conveyed through a cross-cultural analysis of two of the most well-known architectural structures of their era‚ Old Saint Peter’s Basilica‚ located in Rome‚ Italy‚ ca. 319‚ and Hagia Sophia‚ located in Constantinople‚ Turkey (Istanbul)‚ 532-537. The architectural style of Old St. Peter’s and Hagia

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    Soviet Constructivist Architecture …and its influences The Russian architectural profession was relatively intact after the revolution in October 1917‚ at least compared to the other arts in this unstable time. Foreign architects worked freely in the larger cities and the demand for private building was relatively high. This period was short lived as civil war wreaked havoc with the economy and infrastructure of the country. A major turning point for the profession‚ and the Russian people as

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    Many centuries before the birth of Christ‚ the city of Rome grew‚ prospered‚ and developed into a thriving Republic; the feats of Roman engineers were spectacular‚ and many structures built by this culture still stand today. As in most cultures‚ Rome’s buildings became more elaborate and impressive. The Romans developed fantastic building technologies and ideas. With knowledge borrowed from the Greeks‚ Rome made impressive architectural advancements. These were major attributes of buildings‚

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