In the article “Kentucky Town of Manchester Illustrates National Obesity Crisis‚” Wil Haygood demonstrates how the dangers of obesity are rampant in small towns. Specifically‚ how their surroundings are contributing to the alarming obesity rate in this charming little town of Manchester. While Haygood depicts how the locals “celebrate the joys of community closeness‚” he also reveals how “it is one of the unhealthiest places of all”. In fact‚ he points out that an estimated 52% of the 2‚100
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The Wurundjeri nation that lived here for tens of thousands of years before the colonial settlers re-named the area Belgrave in the late 19th century. The Wurundjeri country covered a huge expanse of what is now metropolitan Melbourne: from the inner city to the Werribee river south east as far as Mordialloc creek and over to Healesville. The Wurundjeri nation spoke Woi-wurrung language and were part of the wider Kulin nation comprising five language groups. Two social totems‚ Wurundjeri: the Crow (in
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Gold Mining inevitable damage to the environment‚ to induce a variety of negative effects of geological environments. Currently‚ the shortage of resources‚ population growth‚ environmental pollution and other issues facing humanity increasingly prominent‚ visible‚ in-depth study of mining development and its negative effects induced comprehensive treatment is necessary‚ its far-reaching. Gold mining-induced negative effects of geological environment‚ gold mining-induced negative
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The Problems and Solutions in Building an Age-friendly City The Problems and Solutions in Building an Age-friendly City: Economic Conditions for the Elderly in Singapore Prepared By: Tang Jiahui & Qian Ziyuan NUS SM2 Batch 16‚ Group 1 Prepared For: Dr. Lira Dumaguing April 7‚ 2013 1 The Problems and Solutions in Building an Age-friendly City 2 Table of Contents List of Tables ...........................................................................................
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Introduction 1 Method 1 Results 2 Analysis 3 Evaluation 4 Conclusion 4 Introduction Aims Our aim was to find out whether Pitstone is a commuter settlement; meaning if residents use it to commute to work‚ using it as a base‚ getting resources from outside town. This is possible by looking at the buildings and amenities. Also using field sketches and photos to back up our information and collect data. Pitstone Pitstone is a village and civil parish within the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire‚ It
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Our Town “Our Town”‚ by Thorton Wilder tells a story about life and the people of Grover’s Corners‚ New Hampshire. The choice of Grover’s Corners is meant to typify every small town or community in America. Grover’s Corner is Anytown ‚ U.S.A. It is a simple place and this reflected in the physical setting of the play. Basically‚ Our Town is about Grover’s Corners and its people‚ particularly the Gibbs and Webb families. It takes the audience through the stages of life‚ in a simple way
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GIS Most of the Barangay in the Philippines is having a problem in their solid waste management especially in our Barangay in Tangub. Even though our Barangay implemented a solid waste program that every Friday there will a garbage truck that will collect the garbage or waste of the people in the Barangay but the problem is some part of our Barangay are not collected. Also some effect of solid waste problem is that some Barangay residents still throw their garbage in the creek that will cause a
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My City is Breathing Tasteless Oxygen & Yours? It is said that one can live without water for some days but without air no body can live for some counted minutes. Everyone knows this very clearly but nobody is concerned seriously about it. There are more than thousands of organizations which are working for reducing pollution‚ but they are unable in fixing restriction over it. Every day‚ thousands of seminars‚ presentations and meetings are conducted on this life enemy‚ all over the world. There
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Environmental protection and economic development have become enemies in recent years. We all know that both of them are important. But we often can’t strike a balance between them. Some people hold the belief that economic development should never be at the cost of the environment‚ whereas many others are of the opinion that economic development is the most important‚ no matter how much it costs. As far as I am concerned‚ environmental protection is much more important than economic development
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Saturday was market day in Cape Town and the streets were crowded with shoppers looking for bargains‚ meeting friends and lovers. Boers and Frenchmen‚ soldiers in colorful uniforms and English ladies in flounced skirts and ruffled blouses mingled in front of the bazaars set up in the town squares at Braameonstein and Park Town and Burgersdorp. Everything was for sale: furniture‚ horses and carriages and fresh fruit. One could purchase dresses and chessboards‚ or meat or books in a dozen different
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