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    A dirty place

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    A dirty place The only thing that strikes me when I remember my last visit is that how dirty the places were! My last visit was to a factory because it was a project of holidays given by my school. The entry to this factory was through a narrow road and then there was a large ground where this ancient factory was built. The places near the factory were poorly maintained and were very filthy. It reflected a bad image of our country‚ India. The whole garbage was thrown at these places from the factory

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    BANGKOK: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF A HYPERURBANIZED PRIMATE CITY Gerald W. Fry "The rapid expansion of a deteriorated environment and high social costs are the most obvious and immediate results of this overconcentration process. Eventually‚ the public investment on the expansion of urban infrastructure will reach a point of diminishing returns. Urban problems can bring national development to the edge of failure. This would be an appalling situation indeed!" Vimolsiddhi Horayangkura1 "Hyperurbanization

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    CITY LIFE Advantages and disadvantages of living in cities My personal attitude toward cities and living there Every now and then we ask ourselves whether it’s better to live in a city our in a countryside. I haven’t yet decided for myself whether I want to spend my whole life in a city or not. City life has its advantages and disadvantages. First of all‚ it is easier to find work in the city than in the country‚ besides‚ salaries are much higher and one has a larger variety of jobs to pick

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    Launceston Place

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    Launceston Place – tradition and luxury in a fine quality menu Ever felt the need to be pampered‚ of tasting the juicy high-life society and being warmly welcomed like one of the fine red carper stars? Reserve your top table at Launceston Place‚ where the British cuisine thrills all your senses with excellent‚ various dishes and attractive‚ elegant designs. Restaurants became that rendezvous place‚ a perfect business meeting or simply the place that serves dinner. Launceston Place goes beyond

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    walkable city

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    Jeff Speck is a city planner and architectural designer who‚ through writing‚ lectures‚ and built work‚ advocates internationally for smart growth and sustainable design. As Director of Design at the National Endowment for the Arts from 2003 through 2007‚ he oversaw the Mayors’ Institute on City Design and created the Governors’ Institute on Community Design‚ a federal program that helps state governors fight suburban sprawl. Prior to joining the Endowment‚ Mr. Speck spent ten years as Director of

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    (Why) Are Women Paid Less?

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    is performing equally to a man – to a lower cost. Since marginal benefit versus marginal cost for women is 20 cents higher than the ratio of men‚ there should be a clear incentive for hiring women. There has been a major discussion over the passed years about the questions around whether women and minorities are being wage-discriminated on the basis of their sex/ethnicity. This paper will elaborate on the part of women. In the 1950’s one third of the US workforce was made out of women compared to

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    Lives of the Saints

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    Lives of the Saints Lives of the Saints is a story that examines the complexities and tribulations of everyday life in a small town. Throughout the novel‚ we discover that even the most trustworthy and caring individuals live secret lives behind closed doors‚ and that the surface appearance of minor communities can be very deceptive. Some people spend their entire adult-lives trying to knock down these doors and discover the truth‚ but perhaps they are overlooking the key to the lock… our

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    Introduction In a quest to inquire into being‚ metaphysics is confronted by one fundamental question that; is reality constituted by one being or are there many beings? This question establishes the central problem of metaphysics that is known as the problem of the ‘one’ and ‘many’. Parmenides who first dealt with the nature of being and considered ‘being as being’ as the source of unification of all reality‚ held that “ultimately there exists a One Being”. It follows that this being is changeless

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    Recent changes in Indian Capital markets Introduction A capital market is a market for securities (debt or equity)‚ where business enterprises (companies) and governments can raise long-term funds. It is defined as a market in which money is provided for periods longer than a year‚ as the raising of short-term funds takes place on other markets (e.g.‚ the money market). The capital market includes the stock market (equity securities) and the bond market (debt). Money markets and capital markets

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    The Many Myths of Spider-Man According to Joseph Campbell‚ a universal heroes pattern “ involves a process by which the hero leaves the ordinary world of waking consciousness‚ enters the dark world of the supernatural‚ overcomes those who would destroy him there‚ and then returns to the ordinary‚ possessed of new knowledge and powers for his people” (Leeming‚ p.217). Spider-Man in his own way was involved in this process. Peter Parker leaves the safeness of reality every time he suits up as Spider-Man

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