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    The White Man's Burden

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    Rudyard Kipling wrote the poem “The White Man’s Burden” to urge the U. S. to take up the “burden” of empire‚ or to take up the White Man’s burden‚ which is to send the best men abroad and your sons into exile to serve your captives. The poem is subtitled "The United States and the Philippine Islands". The poem is written in 1899 which is one year after the Spanish-American War. Kipling’s intended audience is the Americans. The poem is showing Americans the burdens of imperialism on the newly taken

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    Walking the City

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    Walking the City By Caroline Fermoselle Student ID: 3203130 London: City of Change AME_5_LCC Module Coordinator: Jenny Owen Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences Walking the city is viewed by de Certeau as a key ’tactical practice’ for a critical understanding of London life; while Benjamin identified the Flâneur and flânerie as central to the urban experience. Critically analyse these key concepts in relation to a walk or walks you have experienced in London. Cultural

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    City Life

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    living in city or in country ‚ which one will you choose? .Some people think that city living has more benefits than country’s. However‚ some people agree that country living is a real life like a nice dream: hearing natural music‚ seeing sights‚and planting trees.This essay will tell you what similarities and differences between city and country living ‚ so we can get more widen views. First similarity is convince. What is convince to you ? some ones say immediately this is only in city living.Nonetheless

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    City Traffic

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    Almost every city has a big traffic problem. Everyday‚ we walk out of our apartments and step into the sidealk and see cars in front of us parked on both sides of the street‚ driving down the street‚ stuck in traffic‚ speeding and honking. Although some measures have been taken to improve the city traffic‚ the traffic problems are not totally solved. So other measures are being sought continuously. Some people suggests that more roads should be built in order to speed up the flow of the traffic‚

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    City and Liverpool

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    Liverpool /ˈlɪvərpuːl/ is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside‚ England‚ United Kingdom along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880. It is the fourth most populous British city and is the largest in Northern England with a built-up area population of 552‚267.[4] In 2011 the population administered by Liverpool City Council was 466‚415[5] and is at the centre of a wider urban area‚ the Liverpool City Region.[6] Historically

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    Smart cities

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    A smart city uses resources efficiently and provides solutions sustainably. It provides solutions that are cost effective which reduces the carbon footprint. These solutions include the implementation of green buildings‚ electric powered vehicles and the use of alternate renewable energy sources. Smart cities are based on integrated systems that interact to form an efficient and productive economy. A smart city is a city that is developed to reduce negative environmental impact. It is

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    White Paper

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    Information Security White Paper Abstract The research provides an overview of the threats and vulnerabilities to information security and introduces the important terms and conditions. Further more‚ the research sum up the definitions and controls of the trusted computer system evaluation criteria and discuss the policy of information security while focusing on information control and dissemination. Introduction Information security basically refers to the methods and processes which

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    Safe City

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    Safe Cities In this day and age‚ the safety of city and citizen are essential for people’s life. But as the population of cities continues to increase‚ the safety of city has become a critical problem. The government or city planners should think highly of this problem and do some adjustment of the city. However‚ the safety of city is dependent on the infrastructure of the city‚ the role of government and improves awareness of people. Firstly‚ in the public area‚ there should increase of the

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    1. Describe how power and persuasion tactics are used by a character of your choosing. Identify and describe one scene as an exemplar of the character’s effectiveness with these tactics. David Frankel’s 2006 film‚ The Devil Wears Prada‚ is a commanding piece which provides entertainingly deep insight into conflict and negotiation as a whole. We see the villain/antagonist Miranda Priestly‚ who makes it her duty to intimidate the timid protagonist Andrea Sacs in order to get what she wants. Particularly

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    Living in a City

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    LIVING IN THE CITY IS BETTER THAN LIVING IN THE COUNTRY There are many ways how and where to live. Everybody can choose the place‚ where he would like to live. Some people prefer living in the city and other prefer living in the village‚ but what is really the best for us? First of all we should define our terms of reference.`Village` means a group of houses with a church‚ school and some shops in the countryside and `city´ means a place‚ where people live and work and it contains many houses

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