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    Beautiful Places

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    Rizal Park‚ is one of the country’s leading attractions‚ being its most famous park. Its former name is Bagumbayan (new town)‚ wherein the Philippine’s national hero Jose Rizal was executed in 1896. Luneta is a place of full of history. It was here that the Gomburza execution of 1872 took place; here‚ too was where the official proclamation of the country being a fully independent republic in 1946 made. The Luneta Park includes in its environs the Quirino Grandstand‚ the Chinese and Japanese Gardens

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    A Child Called It A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer. Dave was a survivor of the third worst case of child abuse in California history. He has recapped no some of his abuse in this book. David’s story was so sad but interesting cause of all the things that has happened. I would recommend this book to other people because it puts your life in a different prospective. The setting of this story is mainly at his house and his school. There are 5 main characters in this story and that is his

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    Favorite Place

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    Especially with your instructor in the car‚ because that’s a safety hazard and you’ll end up failing the test. Bottom lines‚ if you’re not going to do it while taking the drivers test‚ don’t do it when you’re on the road on your own. You’re on the way home from work. You haven’t eaten all day and you don’t feel like cooking. Stop by Chick-fil-a and get a chicken sandwich? Maybe McDonalds. You go through the drive-thru and pick up your meal. The food smells extremely good and all you want to do is grab

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    public places

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    Many people stay home during sunny weekends and complain that they have got nothing to do. Most people are becoming anti-social after electronics devices were introduced. This is why I believe that we need more public places such as parks and town squares. Public squares can pollute the environment because of all the cars and buses coming and going. However that means many people come to town. Having public squares can reduce crime. If there are more people in one place‚ robbers are less likely

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    Favourite Place

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    Question no. 2 As we all know that everyone has their own favorite place which they want to go. The place is whether in our own country or overseas. Before travelling they need to have some preparation in term of financial. Some people like to travel from their country to other country or overseas‚ they need to have some preparation on their financial because the budget is not very cheap. While others who like to travel locally they no need to worry about the budget because it is cheaper than travelling

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    Ageing-In-Place

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    The concept of ageing-in-place represents the idea of enabling older adults to maintain independence in their home environment. Many older adults fear losing their independence and being required to move to some type of institutional setting because of limitations in mobility‚ chronic illnesses‚ and the general effects of old age on the body (Fisk‚ D.A‚ 2009‚ p.157). From a societal perspective‚ it may also be cost effective to support older adults’ preference to age-in-place‚ as it avoids the cost

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    Space and Place

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    Most of us have a sense of and curiosity about the places and spaces around us. Think‚ for example‚ of the place you call home. You are probably familiar enough with its streets and buildings and landscapes and with the people who inhabit these spaces‚ to make connections among them-you know how to “read” the place. There are many other places‚ however‚ where this is not the case. Most of you have had the experience of going somewhere new‚ where it is difficult to find your way around. You might

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    Belonging Place

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    Finding a sense of belonging to a place can influence an individual’s sense of acceptance within the community and culture or opposingly can enhance their sense of isolation and alienation from society.This is reflected through Raimond Gaita’s memoir Romulus My Father and Manfred Jurgensen’s poem Bonegilla 1916 through extensive literary devices.We learn individuals perceptions of place and their ability to adjust to new places governs their ability to belong and feel at home with new cultures. An individuals

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    Sense Of Place

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    With reference to a particular place known to you‚ provide a critical evaluation of different ways of understanding a ‘sense of place’ From a geographical perspective‚ the term ‘place’ is more than simply a ‘location’ on a map set with “’objective’ markers such as longitude and latitude”. As geographers we must consider the “feelings evoked by a place” in those who “live there” and those “who visit”. In other words‚ we must also consider the subjective “sense of place” (Cresswell 2014). By combining

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    Book report ‘A child called it’ by Dave Pelzer This book is based on the unforgettable account of one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history. It is the story of Dave Pelzer‚ who was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable‚ alcoholic mother. A mother who played tortuous‚ unpredictable games; games that left him nearly dead. He had to learn how to play his mother’s games in order to survive because she no longer considered him a son‚ but a slave; and no longer

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