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    Sex and the City

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    Sex and the City When television shows first came about‚ sex was a subject that was hardly ever brought up. Shows would not even make the viewer come to the idea that the shows characters had sex. Today‚ television shows rarely go one episode without showing some kind of sexual act. Sex plays a major role in television. Many people believe that sex sells and the more sex there is the higher the ratings along with more viewers. One television show that changed women around the country and the way

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    Vatican City

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    Vatican City is a self-governing country inside of Rome. It is a city-state that is its own country. It is also the smallest country in terms of population and area. The pope functions as the head of state in Vatican City‚ but he actually has no real power. The population of Vatican city is 900; this seemingly low number is due to the lack of private residence. The Swiss guard and the pope himself are the only people who live in the city. When we visited Vatican City we saw many of the world’s greatest

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    The migration of people to cities is one the biggest problems facing the world’s cities today. Discuss the main causes. What solutions could be used to tackle the situation? Nowadays‚ the issue of urbanization is more frequently discussed than ever before due to its increasing impacts on lives and on the environment. Most people will not argue the fact that living in a city is easier overall than living in the country. Despite that fact‚ many generations have lived in rural settings by choice over

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    Broadacre City Analysis

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    other Broadacre cities (Nelson‚ 1995). Using the modern rule of thumb for a family - oriented household size of three‚ the present population base of Broadacre city would be about

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    Urbanization: Global City

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    (urban cluster): a densely settled population of 2‚500-50‚000 people Canada: - Urban place/area: a population of at least 1‚000 concentrated within a continuously built-up area‚ at a density of at least 400/km2 - City: a place with at least 100‚000 inhabitants Others: Singapore: a City state (100% urbanites) Urbanization: Kingsley Davis Definition: „Proportion of the total population concentrated in urban settlements‟ Urbanization Process: “The switch from a spread out pattern of human settlement

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    City of God

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    Introduction In my essay I will discuss the differences between national cinema and Hollywood cinema by using Rio de Janeiro¡¯s famous film City of God. There will be three parts in my following main body‚ the first part is a simple review of the film City of God‚ I will try to use the review to show the film structure and some different new points from this‚ show the how did the ¡®Shocking‚ frightening‚ thrilling and funny¡¯ (Nev Pierce) work in the film. The second part is my discussion parts;

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    Quezon City

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    QUEZON CITY From 1948 to 1976‚ Quezon City was the capital city of the Philippines. It is currently one of the most populated cities in the Philippines and is located in the heart of Metro Manila. The city is named after the former Philippine president‚ Manuel Luis Quezon. He not only founded the city‚ but developed it to replace Manila as the capital. People Power Monument Located on the popular street known as Edsa is an icon known as the People Power Monument. The People Power Revolution

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    Forbidden City

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    Chinese Culture The Forbidden City Introduction The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the mid-Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing‚ and now houses the Palace Museum. It was built from 1406 to 1420 by the third Ming emperor Yongle‚ who upon usurping the throne‚ determined to move his capital north from Nanjing to Beijing. In 1911 the Qing dynasty fell to the republican revolutionaries. The last emperor‚ Puyi溥儀‚ continued to live

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    Invisible Cities

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    Cities and Signs” of Calvino’s Invisible Cities In page 15 of Invisible Cities‚ Marco Polo makes his way towards the city of Tamara. His observation of signs before entering Tamara has lost its personality upon entering the city. In the outskirts of Tamara‚ Marco Polo sees signs that are not at first glance obvious: an imprint of a tiger‚ stream‚ and flower. He recognizes these signs because it invokes some sort of emotion within him; the imprint of a tiger invokes fear in the possibility of dying

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    The City of Ember

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    leave the city for at least two hundred years‚” said the Chief builder. “Or perhaps two hundred and twenty.” (DuPrau 1) I am curious about knowing why the people can’t leave the city of ember for such a long period of time. Furthermore‚ who is the chief Builder‚ and what takes place if the people leave the city before two hundred years? What would happen to Ember? What would the chief Builder do to stop the people from leaving out of ember‚ if there is a way? (Words: 66) 2) “In the city of ember

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