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    as urban planning progresses throughout the years. Correspondingly, downtown Austin has transformed throughout the years from the late nineteenth century to present day. In 1885, downtown Austin was chaotic because of the clustering single-family dwellings and tenements near one another with non-specialized goods and warehouses to support the factories near the Colorado River. Due to the pollution and congestion of the unorganized plan, in 1995, suburbanization allowed single-families to escape downtown

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    cliff dwellings. Whether you have half of a day or a week at the park, there are many opportunities to see not only the cliff homes that were built so long ago, but also to enjoying some truly amazing geographically features in and around the park. When the Ancestral Pueblo first inhabited this area, they lived on the mesa tops, close to their farmlands, but during the 1190s, they “began living in pueblos they built beneath the overhanging cliffs” (Cliff Dwelling). Numerous cliff dwellings have their

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    choice for making bricks for homes. (“Ancient Egyptian Houses”) The mixture of sunbaked mud and straw made the strongest brick. Poor people only used one row of bricks, while the wealthy people used two or three rows of bricks to build larger dwellings. (“The Egyptians – Housing”) As long as they didn’t build where the Nile River flooded each year, these homes could stand for generations. The wealthiest people built their homes of real stone

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    coverage for Mrs. Lear’s “King Lear” novel by Shakespeare. Her novel was stolen on August 10 from the pool house. The insurance is denying coverage based on their finding that the pool house does not constitute a dwelling, and the policy is limited to items in Mr. and Mrs. Lear’s dwelling. Mr. and Mrs. Lear want to know whether or not they can challenge the insurance company’s denial of coverage for the book. Mr. and Mrs. Lear live at 222 Mockingbird Lane in Waterford, IL. They have been clients

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    Sinagua people, they were the ancestors of the Hopi. According to nps.gov “Visitors used to be able to access the monument, but due to extensive damage public access to the ruins was discontinued in 1951.” The Montezuma Castle is a 20 room cliff dwelling and is considered to be one of the best preserved prehistoric

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    Also, in the movie, the “Ceremony of Nines” was called the “Halfway Point to Manhood”. This means that their manhood is the same as ours. Eighteen years old, which is much older than twelve. The third major thing was The Giver's dwelling. In the book, The Giver's dwelling was in the Annex and next to behind the House Of The Old. Whereas, in the

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    Let's begin by defining what is a tabernacle? Wikipedia, states that “The Tabernacle (Hebrew: מִשְׁכַּן‎‎, mishkan, "residence" or "dwelling place"), according to the Hebrew Bible, was the portable earthly dwelling place for the Shekhinah from the time of the Exodus from Egypt through the conquering of the land of Canaan.” In the Tabernacle, we find God dwelling among His chosen people. "Let them construct a sanctuary for Me, that I may dwell among them. According to all that I am going to show you

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    purpose to elevate the dwelling of Louvre-Box house compare to traditional Terengganu Malay kampong house? Elevated Dwelling In traditional Malay

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    much as possible. Objective: To identify risk factors of fear of falling in community-dwelling older adults Methodology The Pubmed database was used for the five articles selected. The filters selected was academic journal articles that included full text PDF in English ranging from 2011-2016.The keywords used was academic journal, full text, older adults, fear of falling, risk factors, community dwelling, and 2011-2016. Results This review helps gather information on the study of the different

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    PROJECT BRIEFING: INTRODUCTION The project brief is the description of the client requirements to develop the asset built area of the project. The statement describes the possible needs required for the project. Basing on this document the design of the built area is based. There are different stages in the information flow of the project briefing process. The different stages are the project brief stage and the concept design stage. The information flow goes from the clients, consultants and different

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