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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"Serenity"”.
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Skyward Serenity
This thesis explores the challenges of urban sprawl and land scarcity, focusing on Mumbai, a city constrained by geographical boundaries and marked by high population density. With Mumbai encircled by the sea on three sides, opportunities for horizontal expansion are severely limited, prompting the …
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Monumentality of Serenity and Dynamism
… This project came from the idea of " Serenity and Dynamism", which came from the famous wood-print " The Great Wave off Kanagawa". Mont Fuji is the symbol of Japan, a sacrid object of worship, and holding a place in Japanese beliefs. Mont Fuji gave the direction in my thesis. This …
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The Expanded 'Verse: Serialized Transmediality in Firefly/Serenity
… as comic books, web videos, and the feature film Serenity (Joss Whedon, 2005) as narrative continuations within a single metatext that eschews the centrality of any one text over the others in favour of seriality.
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Serenity and the Quality of Life in the Older Adult
… adapt or cope with these changes. Attainment of serenity may influence quality of life by helping the older adult find meaning and comfort when faced with harsh life experiences. It may also be useful in achieving a sense of peace in the adjustments necessary to promote quality of life and …
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Reducing alcohol and drug abuse among the youths of chibolya township-A case study of participatory communication strategies by serenity harm reduction program Zambia(SHARPZ)
… and participatory strategies used by Serenity Harm Reduction Program Zambia (SHARPZ) to educate the youthsof Chibolya township about the potential harmful effects of alcohol and other drugs. The media and other institutions havehighlighted the alarming levels of youths abusing alcohol …
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Reducing alcohol and drug abuse among the youths of chibolya township-A case study of participatory communication strategies by serenity harm reduction program Zambia(SHARPZ)
… and participatory strategies used by Serenity Harm Reduction Program Zambia (SHARPZ) to educate the youthsof Chibolya township about the potential harmful effects of alcohol and other drugs. The media and other institutions havehighlighted the alarming levels of youths abusing alcohol …
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A Sauna house in Helsinki
What is a serene place? What is serenity? While we have a common understanding of the term, its connection to architecture is almost directly operational, if we look at the Latin meaning of fair and above all clear. What makes a place serene? Clarity of plan and fairing of walls, floors and …
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Actors in Family Disturbance Related Crimes in a Large Southern City.
… of society, is supposed to be an oasis of serenity where love abounds. Such is not always the case. Actually "There are more police calls for family conflicts than for murders, aggravated batteries, and all other serious crimes." The problem of family disturbances is said to have an iceberg …
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The book of stone: a library for Blacksburg, Virginia
… order in reality, to bring us to a condition of serenity, stillness and reconciliation; then leave us as Virgil left Dante, to proceed toward a region where that guide can avail us no farther." T.S. Eliot This thesis is a search for an imposed credible order in a town library. As such it is …
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Intermediary of Opposites/Turkish Embassy at Washington D.C.
… that part of truth which may lead us to a serenity in our souls. My entire struggle is basically to try to achieve a comprehension of the order of nature. At some point in my life as an architect, if I have to build an artifact, that artifact should remind people of the everlasting merits …
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SPANNING Between Structure and Nature
… nature to achieve the order. People animate the serenity and become the core of the poetic environment. The building is also a spanning between the past and the future. Imagining that many years later, when graduates of Virginia Tech sit on the balcony of the bridge with their family, recalling …
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Fostering Religious Vocations
… the period following a storm is marked with serenity and beauty. At no other portion of time does the radiance of the sun, the whiteness of the clouds, or the verdancy of the trees and grass appear to such great advantage. May it not be that dissimilarity lends potency and charm to the beauty …
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Kahlil Gibran : life and work.
… an amplitude and beauty of phrase, wisdom, serenity, and lofty vision. Claude Bragdon said of him, "His power came from some great reservoir of spiritual life else it could not have been so universal and potent, but the majesty and beauty of the language with which he clothed it were his …
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Concerto for Two Horns and Orchestra
… height, the clouds above usher in a peaceful serenity. The second movement features two horns reaching across lonely mountain tops. The soloists call to each other with motives reminiscent of the opening melody. These calls grow into full cadenzas between the now connected horns. The orchestra …
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Understanding scalability in distributed ledger technology
… Visa's peak 47 000 tps. Ethereum 2.0, known as Serenity, introduces sharding, proof of stake (Casper), plasma and state channels in and effort to scale the system. EOS uses a delegated proof of stake (DPoS) protocol, where 21 super-nodes, termed ‘block producers' (BPs), facilitate consensus, …
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Endless Horizons Bed and Breakfast: A lodging retreat center
… landscape, vistas, and remoteness, one can find serenity, relaxation, and solitude. The scope of the facility is a modified bed and breakfast concept, which incorporates lodging and dining, as well as specialized features and activities to help one escape from life's daily rigors. This facility …
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Lights, camera, emergency : preemptive planning for disaster relief
… the epicenter of disaster recovery: place of serenity and organization in the midst of great loss and sensationalism.
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The warp and weft of Fries, Virginia
… ago an imposing brick building intruded on the serenity of that hillside above the New River. That building was an intrusion then, but it is an integral part of the landscape now. The mill is the landmark that defines the town. It is also functionally obsolete. New construction at the mill is …
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Sogguardando il nulla. L'enigma della negazione nel pensiero di Emanuele Severino.
… in fact, contrarily to the apparent serenity of the logical rigor adduced, the resolution of not-being’s problem requires the difficult experience of diaporein: which is the capacity to go beyond the unthinkable but staying and living inside it. In this context, Aristotle is the …
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Check the Box Marked Other: Exploring Gender in Family Life
<p>The concept of a traditional family structure has been fading over the last 50 years and with this decline the notion of responsibilities being determined by gender is also losing ground, though it still has a long way to go. This short story collection works to continue to normalize the …
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