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    Life in a big city.

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    comforts of life. Man started living in cities. Cities became the major centers of live hood. A city has larger population compared to a town and a village. Life is full of activities in a big city. A big city is a centre of all types of education. It is a centre of trade‚ medical facilities‚ business and recreation. The population increase during the daytime. People staying the nearby villages and towns come to the city on different errands. Life in a big city starts early in the morning. many school

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    Everyone’s childhoods vary in what they experience and how it shapes them into a model individual. This is occurs in Lives of the Saints by Nino Ricci and Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt where both protagonists face difficult childhoods. The two families lack a male role model due to their poor fathers but makes the boys more responsible. In addition‚poor relations with relatives affect the boys but they learn to be more compassionate people. Finally‚ both mothers do not show love towards Vitto

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    City Government System

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    City Government System August 12‚ 2013 City Government System In every state in the United States of America‚ cities are run by a city government system. This system is comprised of a mayor‚ commissioners‚ and the city council. These individuals are elected by the city residents who can vote. These officials are sworn to uphold and maintain the city’s regulated laws to include the budget and finances‚ issues and problems‚ and miscellaneous endeavors. Government Structure for Durham‚ North

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    The city offers opportunities and facilities for making full use of one’s abilities and talents. (2) It can make life joyful and comfortable. Major Service agencies are centralised in the city to satisfy various interests of the people such as work‚ education‚ recreation and politics. (3) It encourages new ideals and inventions. (4) It quickens social movements and enlarges social contacts. Social mobility becomes easier. (5) There is less social distance being kept among people of different

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    Advantage of Big City

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    living in a large city Many years ago‚ everyone lived in villages‚ and the number of people who lived in large cities was low. It was thought that village life is more secure and comfortable‚ and the limited facilities are enough and adequacy. However‚ the situation has changed today‚ and the population of large cities has grown so fast. Since the world has undergone a change from agriculture society to industrial society‚ even the village people prefer to live in the developed cities. Living in a

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    Lost City of Z

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    quote: “Starvation sounds almost unbelievable in forest country‚ and yet it is only too likely to happen. - Percy Harrison Fawcett” Implications of your learning: Now after hearing this story of Percy I care about finding him and the lost city of El Dorado (lost city of Z). With modern medicine and modern technology there must be a way to solve all the unanswered questions left by this book. Connections to other readings: One of the main connections to other readings I found was the story of Icarus

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    Life in BIG CITIES

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    Now a days there is a large scale migration of people from villages to big cities. Though the villages have greenery‚ peace and fresh air yet there are little chances searching for good jobs. Moreover there are different charms and attractions of big cities‚ which attract these people. In cities roads are properly metalled and‚ well lighted. There is large number of civic amenities available in the cities. Cities have proper sanitation system. Treated pure water is available. There are different

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    What Is Imaginary City

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    us are inhabiting in “cities”‚ we do have different interpretations towards this same term‚ or different cities. For examples‚ what we imagine a city in the United States is totally different from what in India. According to Chris Healy‚ there is no determinate definition for cities‚ they are varied in our cultural imaginary instead. In this paper‚ Healy’s ideas of “cultural imaginary” of cities would be examined by looking into the the urban characteristics of an Asian city – Hong Kong‚ where mediatisation

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    Greek City Description

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    City descriptions: Uruk – Temples: Ishtar/Inanna‚ Goddesses of Love and War Capitol and largest city of Arkadia‚ located where the two major rivers meet. The palace was located in the center of the city with the temples to Ishtar and Inanna on either side of it. The temple of Ishtar was there before Gilgamesh took the throne but after he saved Inanna from the demon attack‚ Gilgamesh built a temple to honor her. Uruk was built from clay and is the main cultural city of Arkadia. They were the ones

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    Life in the city‚ compared with life in the country In my opinion‚ urban life or rural life has its own advantages and disadvantages. First‚ living in the city we may enjoy those benefits. - Communication and transportation systems are better. There are so many means of communication and transport that we can choose the ones we like best. We can get in touch with a friend or talk to him by phone without having to go out of home. - Thanks to electricity network and running water‚ our material

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