earthquakes. In India‚ where 90% of the population lives in buildings built without proper guidance from qualified engineers and architects‚ even a moderate intensity earthquake leads to substantial loss of life and properties. The rapid growth of cities‚ unplanned habitat‚ faulty structural design and poor quality construction
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American Art and Architecture Two opposite forces have coexisted in American art since the establishment of the first colonies. On the one hand‚ American artists have been aware of their European cultural heritage and of continuing innovation in Europe; on the other hand‚ they have had to adapt European forms to the exigencies of their native situation. This interaction between rival forces is hardly unique to American art--all art grows within a tradition--but what distinguishes the American
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EARTH As far as science knows the planet earth is unique in the entire universe. Certainly this is true in our own solar system. Earth is far better suited for life than any other planet‚ yet even here most of the environments are too hot‚ too cold‚ too far underground or too far above ground to support much life. In the many thousands of miles of changing environments from the center of the earth to the edge of its atmosphere‚ there are only a few meters of habitable environment for most life forms
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Is the Holocaust unique? Answer by focusing on events in Cambodia‚ Rwanda‚ and Bosnia? The uniqueness of the Holocaust has always been controversial. Was it a singular event where latter atrocities could not match in ideology‚ degree‚ or characteristics or was it a predecessor for where similar events could be used as a depiction of the Holocaust simply in another place and time? Firstly‚ the Holocaust‚ commonly referred to as the Nazi slaughter of Jews‚ Gypsies and other ‘racial undesirables
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I have many unique aspects that make me the human being I am today. The objects that surround me has profoundly affected my personality and my other qualities. The things that live around me make up the rest of the universe create the environment I live in. One of my preferred aspects must be my high self-esteem. This quality is essential for any person. It can lead you to do positive things and progressive. Gaining my self-esteem was not complex since it just came with my character which I
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When looking toward our life calling‚ we must look at what makes us different or sets us apart from everyone else‚ what make us unique. Bill Millard says: “Unique design is the most fundamental place to look when seeking to discern the unique nature of this calling as it applies to us as individuals.” Unique Design is comprised of our strengths‚ passions‚ and experiences. Physical Strengths is defined in the book as “the capacity of our lives that gives our body distinct features and enables us
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Unique to Geno in this form‚ is an inherent ability which has simply termed as "defy". In essence‚ Geno still retains enough of his metaphysical origins to defy the natural progress‚ order‚ and logic of this existence‚ to a certain extent. That limit being
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Is Our Atmosphere Unique? The planet Jupiter has the biggest atmosphere in our solar system. Jupiter’s atmosphere is composed of 90% hydrogen and 9.9% helium and .1% other gases such as sulfur‚ methane‚ ammonia‚ and water vapor. It is able to hold its atmosphere in because of its massive gravitational pull that is around 2.5 times stronger than earth’s pull. To put that into perspective‚ if you weigh 100 pounds on earth you would weigh 250 pounds on Jupiter. The atmospheric layers are the
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8 2.1 ARCHITECTURE: ........................................................................................................................................ 9 2.2 HEGEMONY: ................................................................................................................................................ 9 2.3 HETEROTOPIA:
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What made this boxcar unique was the extreme probability of it being used to transport thousands of the holocaust victims to concertation or extermination camps across Nazi Occupied Europe. It clearly demonstrated the bleak conditions faced by those caught up by the Nazi Party’s
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