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    Describe the challenges of living in mega cities and evaluate the responses to these challenges A Mega City is defined as a city home to more than 8 million people‚ the urban sprawl of these cities is continuing to dominate the landscapes of these major cities. These cities have been unable to cope with the rapid increase of people moving to these urban areas‚ in some mega cities this is up to 1 million people per day‚ leading to a lack of supplies and services‚ becoming a major characteristic

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    Parts Per Million

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    1) What it means. Simple version - imagine I have 1 million bottles in my drinks cupboard (which alas I do not ). If one of them is vodka and the rest are gin‚ then the vodka is "1 part per million".  If I go and swap some more gin bottles for vodka‚ so that I end up with 23 bottles of vodka and 999 977 gin‚ (so still a million in total)‚ then the vodka is now "23 parts per million" 2) Relating it to other units Returning to my hypothetical drinks cupboard - or a slightly more realistic version

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    is lottery a good idea

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    Cited: Erb‚ Kelly P. "Everybody Wins! Lotteries Like Mega Millions Benefit Taxpayers‚ Seniors‚ Schools & More." Forbes.com. Forbes‚ 18 Dec. 2013. Web. “Lotteries.” Gov Info Library.Unt.edu National Gambling Impact Study Commission‚ 1993. Web.18 Feb.2014 “Lottery Funds Support Jobs & Industry.” Jobs-Economic Development

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    1 Lottery Winnings

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    Alatorre Odds of winning the lottery • Chances of winning the lottery. • Odds for both the Mega Millions and Powerball. • Percentage of new friends after winning the lottery. • Odds of losing the money awarded from a lottery win. • Second chance drawings. Mega Millions  Odds of winning:1 in 259 million on the jackpot  $656M‚ Mega Millions‚ March 30‚ 2012 is the largest jackpot with 75 million tickets sold for drawing.  Odds of getting struck by lightning is 1 in 700‚000  Expected

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    now $640-million jackpot up for grabs in tonight’s Mega Millions lottery—have you bought your ticket yet? Have you bought a hundred?—we feel it is our duty to inform you that actually‚ you really probably don’twant to win the lottery. Even if you think you do.  RELATED: Mega Millions Remain Unclaimed for Some Unknown Reason We have collected the true‚ terribly sad stories of lotto winners that show that winning the lottery‚ despite the seeming wonderfulness of having some $ 500 600-million more dollars (before

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    Does Money Buy Happiness?

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    References: Bhatt A. (2009‚ December 20). $19 Million Lottery winner Arnim Ramdass leaves his wife. Retrieved from thaindian.com Web site: http:/​/​www.thaindian.com/​newsportal/​world/​19-million-lottery-winner-arnim-ramdass-leaves-his-wife_100292193.html Cable A Collins H. (2010‚ July 3). "World ’s Luckiest lottery Player ’ Wins Big - Again. Retrieved from AOL news.com

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    Worth Playing Lottery

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    Is it worth playing the lottery to strike it rich with hundreds‚ millions‚ or even billions of dollars? According to Google‚ a lottery is means of raising money by selling numbered tickets and rewarding the winners with money who were chosen at random. Some lotteries are different from others depending on the game‚ the amount of cash that can be won‚ and even the amount of people participating in it. All of them have one thing in common though: The only way of winning is by chance. This impacts society

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    Illegal Gambling

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    surpasses our national debt‚ which is $2.15 trillion. Here is a basic fact. If you forget everything else in this report‚ remember this: Every time someone wins at gambling‚ someone else loses. If one man wins a million dollars in a state lottery‚ the other people in the state who took part lost a million dollars. Actually‚ they lost more‚ since the winner only received part of the money wagered. Oddly enough‚ the only people who win are the ones who do not gamble. Yet even they lost‚ since the morals of

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    Against The Lottery

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    is used to award the lucky winners and the money that is left over is profit. Lotteries are immensely popular and legitimate in more than a hundred countries. There are many types of lottery games available to play. The most popular one is US Mega Millions. In the United States‚ all lotteries are managed by state government. (Dave). The chances of each player winning are at relatively 1 in 143‚000‚000 (Humphries). Americans from almost every state including the Capital Washington D.C. and Puerto

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    difficult to conceptualize. The terms "billion" and "million" are often used in news reporting and discussions of government spending‚ international debt and the population of cities and countries. Being able to conceptualize the difference between a million and a billion helps comprehension of such discussions and data. 1. Numerical Terms o A million is a thousand thousand (1‚000‚000); a billion is a thousand million (1‚000‚000‚000). Numerically‚ a million is a "1" followed by six zeros; a billion is

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