creation of an alternate urbanism with medium density groups of bungalows and garden apartments. The Channel Heights Project was seen as the model democratic community that could be the answer to post war housing needs. San Fernando Valley was to be the first battlefield for old landscape versus new development. Government housing eventually destroyed the agricultural periphery. “Greening the Urban Desert” starts by discussing how citrus orchards were being bulldozed and subdivided at a rapid
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Women During the Civil War " I want something to do ’ Write a book‚’ Qouth the author of my being. Don’t know enough‚ sir. First live‚ then write.’ Try teaching again‚’ suggested my mother. No thank you‚ ma’am‚ ten years of that is enough.’ Take a husband like my Darby‚ and fulfill your mission‚’ said sister Joan. Can’t afford expensive luxuries‚ Mrs. Coobiddy.’ Go nurse the soldiers‚’ said my young brother‚ Tom. I will!’ (Harper 14)." This is a dialog of Louisa May Alcott with her relatives
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If you were to take a random inhabitant of Los Angeles and ask them about the Los Angeles River‚ they would give you a confused look saying “what river?” Meanwhile‚ others will say “Oh‚ you mean the place with the shopping carts.” This is because most of the river has been blocked off over the centuries as more projects cover the river and more recently has become a haven for the homeless. The river has played a large role in the shaping and the history of Los Angeles‚ as the water that flowed from
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Aklan - oldest province Angono‚ Rizal - town of artists Antipolo City - picnic area Apalit‚ Pampanga - tapayan capital Baclayon Church‚ Bohol - oldest stone church Bacolod City - city of smiles Bacolor‚ Pampanga - country’s capital in 1762-1763 Baguio City - summer capital Balabac Island‚ Palawan - land of Philippine mouse deer Baliuag‚ Bulacan - the first town to have election Banaue Rice Terraces - stairways to the sky Barasoain Church - headquarters of the Malolos Congress Basey‚ Samar
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Lingayen Gulf in the West. The province falls within latitudes 16° 40’ to 17° 54’ north and longitudes 120° 20’ to 120° 56’ east. Vigan City‚ the provincial capital is approximately 408 kilometers by road from Manila‚ 128 kilometers north of San Fernando City‚ and 80 kilometers south of Laoag City. Ilocos Sur is the heartland of the Ilocos region. It has an area of 2‚579.6 square kilometers occupying about 20.1 percent of the total land area of the Ilocos Region. It is bounded on the north by
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CHAPTER 1: Location Profile This chapter discusses the site report and summary of Arayat‚ Pampanga. It will include the following: map of Arayat‚ Pampanga; trail route of Mt. Arayat‚ topography‚ boundary‚ point of reference‚ and travel time from Manila. A. Relative Location Figure 1 shows the relative location of Arayat among other closest municipalities like Magalang‚ Candaba‚ Sta. Ana‚ and Mexico. Figure 1: Location of Arayat Source: www.skyscrapercity.com B. Trail Route
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Marikina City The City of Marikina (Filipino: Lungsod ng Marikina) is known as the Shoe Capital of the Philippines" (also the "Shoe Capital of Asia"). Marikina was given the title the "Shoe Capital of the Philippines"‚ because of its notable shoe industry. Shoemakers in the city recently finished creating the world’s largest pair of shoes and it was only recently that the Guinness Book of Records recognized this feat. The Shoe Museum in the city is also the home of the famous shoes of the former
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of Europeans to obtain Arab knowledge and technology. Guns originally came from China but were developed by the Arabs. The Spanish were able to turn these guns lighter and more portable‚ and were used for the first time by foot soldiers on the battlefield. However‚ production of gunpowder was still in its infancy. Real power lay within the production of steel. Swords were the result of a long process of trial and error that began outside of Europe. People began working with metal in the Fertile Crescent
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! ! ! ! ! Matsubara 2 ! ! Wellington Murray Dennis‚ a young implement trader enlisted in 1916‚ as one of the Canadian soldiers who volunteered to be sent to the battlefields on the Western front during WW1. At the war front‚ Murray experienced and endured the severe reality of the battlefield. We can grasp his fears‚ hopes‚ and his experience as a soldier from his personal letters that traveled long distance on the Atlantic Ocean to arrive in the hands of his “Honey Girl”1
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A Broken Wing What is it like to be free? Bobbie Ann Mason‚ the author of "Shiloh" puts Norma Jean Moffitt through different tests in her life before she can find her freedom. Mason introduces us to a character who yearns to be free from her husband and mother. Throughout Norma Jean’s life she has dealt with many difficult and trying times that sometimes may not make sense to her and finally this thirty-four-year-old woman is ready to spread her wings; fly away and see what it is like
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