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    do is take pictures. 1980’s: Things are out of control between the last two remaining gangs...will it ever end? Welcome to the City of God. Written by Jeff Mellinger City of God is based on a true story that takes place in the 60’s where in the slums of Rio De Janeiro two boys growing up in the neighborhood take on different paths in life. The story is told through eyes of Buscape‚ a poor young fisherman’s son who dreams of becoming a photographer one day. His story narrates the violence and corruption

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    domestic heating and cooling units. This effect causes the city to become 2 to 10o F (1 to 6o C) warmer than surrounding landscapes. Impacts also include reducing soil moisture and intensification of carbon dioxide emissions. Urban poverty: Sprawling slums are now so commonly associated with cities like Nairobi that they have become unremarkable. Similarly‚ footage on television of children playing in open sewers‚ or of women picking their way through huge

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    is juror number 4. Juror number 4 was the stock broker. His prejudice was displayed when the group briefly talked about the slums and the people that come out of them. During this discussion he shows his feelings toward the kids in the slum in the statement “We’re not here to go into the reasons why slums are breeding grounds for criminals... The children who come out of slum backgrounds are potential menaces to society. A third juror that displayed his prejudice is juror number 3. Juror number 3

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    1. Introduction Figure 1: Slums just beneath of palaces Human beings are by nature “House Dwellers”. Prehistoric people‚ leaving cave‚ started living in houses. From huts to modern skyscrapers‚ people build houses for safety‚ shelter and comfort. But‚ human cannot build nestle in trees like birds‚ they need lands. So‚ with the increase of population‚ land scarcity increases‚ problem arises. Sometimes people use lands to make habitable without any pre-plan. This type of unplanned housing leads to

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    them are growing up in the slums of Mumbai. Can you imagine that a person who grows up in the slums can be a winner of the show called “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” Actually‚ the story of Jamal Malik who wins a staggering 20 million rupees on the show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” is amazing. No one could believe that this could happen. The police even arrest Jamal on suspicion of cheating when the show rested for the night. Although Jamal is an orphan from the slums of Mumbai never studied‚

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    Urbanization: Global City

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    NOTES PACKAGE WEEKS 2-6 JGI216H1 Urbanization Lecture 1 Notes: Global Context of Urbanization What is urban : “The reorganization of human society from being predominantly rural and agricultural to being predominantly urban and non-agricultural” (Weeks‚ J. 2008). Where do we draw the lines?     political boundaries economical boundaries daily urban system regions and mega-regions Conceptual definition of Urban: “A spatial concentration of people whose lives are organized around non-agricultural

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    Dan Bodson CMST 140 12 Angry Men Any jury trial is bound to have some sort of conflict involved when coming to a verdict. The portrayal of a murder case in the movie‚ 12 Angry Men‚ involves many different examples of conflict‚ as well as the approaches to conflict used by different characters. Almost every conversation in the film involves conflict‚ since the characters are all debating whether or not the boy being tried for murder is guilty or not‚ but there are a few scenes in which different

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    Claim: The book and the movie‚ Twelve Angry Men‚ had the same themes. They both showed how important is is to be openminded and to find new perspectives. The main message was to follow your heart and be true to your own opinion. Establish Evidence: In the beginning‚ a few juror’s were silent and weren’t willing to share their opinions. They were following the men who seemed to have the most power even though they weren’t necessarily right. Evidence: Juror 11‚ for example‚ didn’t have much of a role

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    of cities that have been built with the first several billion dollars provided There is a myth if there was enough money to spend‚ all the slums would be vanished in ten years. Coming from an area where there are quite a few low-income projects‚ I disagree with this myth. I don’t believe that there will ever be enough money in this world to make all the slums go away. It’s not that low-income project houses don’t deserve new replacements and brand new homes‚ it’s the fact that people take them for

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    to Femi Olokesusi‚ 2011 quoting Onibokun et. al. (1987) and Onibolun and Kumuyi (1999)‚ assert that various political and socio-economic factors have resulted in rapid growth of urban population resulting in informal settlements‚ poor housing and slums in Nigeria. The rate of influx of people into major cities has been so high that the pace of settlement development and housing provision could not accommodate them. Since they must have shelter‚ all forms of informal procedures are adopted to provide

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