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    City of God

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    Brazil‚ 1960’s‚ City of God. The Tender Trio robs motels and gas trucks. Younger kids watch and learn well...too well. 1970’s: Li’l Zé has prospered very well and owns the city. He causes violence and fear as he wipes out rival gangs without mercy. His best friend Bené is the only one to keep him on the good side of sanity. Rocket has watched these two gain power for years‚ and he wants no part of it. Yet he keeps getting swept up in the madness. All he wants to do is take pictures. 1980’s: Things

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    Naga City

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    Peñafrancia. Celebrated last September 15‚ 2012‚ the fluvial procession is the culminating event of the festival as thousands of devotees flock to Naga City‚ Camarines Sur to join the festivities as the image of Ina was transferred back to her shrine‚ the Basilica Minore de Peñafrancia. It was a fiesta atmosphere when I arrived in Naga City via an Airphil Express flight. This year marks the festival’s 302nd anniversary. There were a lot of people and the roads were closed for the procession

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    Cities of Light

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    writing. 2.-In what countries of the actuality did the civilization have its place Mayan? Southern Mexico to much of central America. Heart of their highlands of Guatemala and the plains of the Yucatan. 3. - Mention at least three of five Mayan cities to which one alludes in the documentary. Tikal‚ Copan‚ Palenque. 4.-What happened with the Mayan writing system after the arrival of the Spanish? It disappeared because the Diego de Landa believed that the Mayan writing system was the tools of the

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    City of God

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    Laura Schneider Sociology 1 The City of God After watching “The City of God”‚ I personally can see the correlation that crime plays in association with poverty‚ social influence‚ and lack of law and order. Though my perspective vastly varies from that of sociological theorists‚ I think we can both conclude that this movie is an extreme representation as to what can occur when society shuns away disadvantaged youths to a place that lacks justice as well as ethical and moral responsibilities.

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    Sustainable City

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    Energy use is one of the most important issues in the world today. People are starting to run out of energy already now‚ and in the future more and more energy is likely to be increasingly needed since the world population is growing. Fossil fuels are the main resources for energy at present. According to many predictions‚ we are going to run out of oil in 40 years and coal in 75-150 years. People were using these effective but non-renewable energy sources as much as they wanted for many centuries

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    City Improvements

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    Itu is an old and historic city in the state of São Paulo‚ and now has a population of 157‚384. Itu is a wonderful city to live in‚ however it has a few problems to be fixed. With that being said‚ in the last few months‚ with the initiative of our local Youth Community Organization‚ I have been organizing several meetings with young residents of nearby neighborhoods to establish the main problems the area has and also to discuss their ideas about the possible improvements in sports‚ leisure and other

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    Brittany Baldo City of god March 11th 2013 Question 1: a) Throughout the film we see Lil’ Dice evolve into Lil’ Ze. Lil’ Dice turned into Lil’ Ze when he became a man‚ and when he became in control of the drug scene in the slums. Lil’ Dice was just a child and did not know any better‚ He was influenced by all the horrible things that were happening around him while he was young. Changing his name to Lil’ Ze was a way to show his man hood and too grow up. Also so show a form of power to

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    Kansas City

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    Justin Sunwoong Choi A01982970 Dr. Cliff Skousen Kansas City Bill Ahern was asked to be an arbitrator in a dispute between the Owner-Player committee and Professional Baseball Players Association. The issue was the profits of the major league baseball teams that the owners maintained‚ however‚ that most of the teams were actually losing money each year. Bill Ahern first visited the owners’ representatives of Kansas City Zephyrs‚ which was one of 14 American League teams and 12 National

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    poster of a movie that won countless awards and is 21st in the list of top rated movies. City of God‚ is an unforgettable movie about the survival of two boys who take different path in live while growing up in brutal favelas of Rio de Janeiro‚ Brazil. The movie is based on a novel of same name by Paulo Lins‚ who grew up there‚ left it and spends eight years writing the book. Cidade de Deus translated as City of God is favela where poor people. A favela is defined from Portuguese as slum established

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    Smart City

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    As an unprecedented proportion of world populations find themselves living in cities‚ it is beyond question that initiatives such as the global TheSmarterCity.com are invaluable. By observing and sharing how other urban centers have faced the challenges of city planning‚ participants can design more and more efficient social systems. The website for Smarter Cities is very effective in illustrating the common facets of social systems by choosing a user friendly and easily understandable model of

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