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    Urban Racism: Race

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    English 100 July 21‚ 2010 Race Senna grew up in an urban chaos‚ in a home filled with artists and political activists. Her mother married a tall handsome black man. The former was being rebellious against her mother‚ an Irish woman‚ who still believed in noble bloodline. The grandmother spent most of the days passing judgment on the world. There was already a conflict between her grandkids; they were all mixed. Senna longed to know her grandmother and to love her. The latter was an alcoholic;

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    Crime in Urban America

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    Crime in Urban America has been around for many years‚ it is atrocious and there are many reasons why people commit these crimes. Crime is a big issue all around the world and while there is more production of drugs and loss of jobs‚ the crime rate will continue to increase day by day. While there are many motives that contribute to crime the most obvious causes would be poverty which causes the poor to adapt into a violent and aggressive behavior to which later becomes ingrained into them. The environment

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    The space shuttles are retiring for many reasons. First‚ their main job is to carry heavy items to the ISS. That work is nearing completion. Second‚ the shuttles are getting old. They have been flying since 1981. Third‚ the shuttles are expensive to run. NASA needs this money for other programs. In 2004‚ President George W. Bush said he wanted astronauts to return to the moon. Eventually‚ he imagined travel to Mars. To do this‚ NASA needed to build a new spaceship. This would be expensive. NASA

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    Urban Child Protection

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    Urban child protection: A study on project area of Plan (Dhalpur) Introduction: Plan has been working in Bangladesh since 18 years. Globally it has 8 thematic areas. The areas are education‚ disaster risk management‚ child participation‚ child protection‚ economic security‚ sexual and reproductive health‚ water and sanitation. According to plan every child has equal rights on education‚ even in the time of disaster. Plan also emphasizes on child participation‚ child protection. Plan is now working

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    way to the space race. Space technology has long revolutionized the technological status of the world. The first of the long list of space-inspired technology would be the ICBM’s contrived from the USSR’s launching of Sputnik. America suddenly realized that if the Soviets can put a satellite in orbit‚ then they can engineer a warhead into a missile that can be launched from Russia and reach Los Angeles. Sputnik opened the possibilities of space and space technology. No longer would space be the unreachable

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    Rural-Urban Disparity

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    Howley‚ Craig B. and Erik Gunn. 2003. “Research about Mathematics Achievement in the Rural Circumstance.” Journal of Research in Rural Education 18(2):86-95. Hu‚ Shouping. 2003. “Educational Aspirations and Postsecondary Access and Choice: Students in Urban‚ Suburban‚ and Rural Schools Compared.” Education Policy Analysis Archives 11(14). Retrieved March 3‚ 2010 (http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v11n14/). Kao‚ Grace and Jennifer S. Thompson. 2003. “Racial and Ethnic Stratification in Educational Achievement and

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    allocation here in the Philippines. One of these is BP 220 or the act authorizing the Ministry of Human Settlements to establish and promulgate different levels of standards and technical requirements for economic and socialized housing projects in urban and rural areas from those provided under presidential decrees numbered nine hundred fifty-seven‚ twelve hundred sixteen‚ twelve hundred ninety-six and eleven hundred eighty-five. BP 220 was amended by the Housing and Land use Regulatory Board (HLURB)

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    Eiffel Tower and N/a Lo N/a

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    FRANCE Question 1: For my personal education project I am going to research and plan a trip to France‚ as I have always wanted to see the Eiffel tower. I have decided I am going to visit France on the 9th July until the 17th‚ which gives me 7-8 days to explore France. Question 2: a) A map of France: URL: https://www.google.com.au/search?q=a+map+of+france&espv=210&es_sm=122&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=sqBtUvjcNYbmrAeEq4DoBw&ved=0CC0QsAQ&biw=1517&bih=714&dpr=1#facrc=_&i

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    Planning principles is the body of knowledge on how to plan different urban forms in a land to become a lively town or country. Urban forms are houses‚ shops‚ streets‚ etc. There are a lot of theories used around the world. All of them are an effort to modernize urban. Jane Jacobs too had a thought in the urban planning. In a book of hers‚ The Death and Life of Great American Cities cited her opinion towards the city. It was more about safety and security on the streets among the strangers. Not less

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    Urban Form and Sense of Security Kenny P. Joy URP0910 Prof. Rameshwar P.V.K Urban Form and Space April 18‚ 2012 URBAN FORM & SENSE OF SECURITY Paper on: Urban form and sense of security : A review Kenny P. Joy Student of Urban design‚ CEPT University‚ Ahmedabad Abstract: The paper essentially deals with sense of security in the context of urban space and its relation with urban form. The study examines the sense of security in public spaces and the factors that determine it.

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