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    Environmental issues in New York City - Environmental issues in New York City are affected by the city’s size‚ density‚ abundant public transportation infrastructure‚ and location at the mouth of the Hudson River. New York City also plays an important role in national environmental policy because of its size and influence. New York’s population density has environmental benefits and dangers. It facilitates the highest mass transit use in the United States‚ but also concentrates pollution. Gasoline

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    SUSTAINABLE VERTICAL CITIES OBJECTIVE: To research the possibilities‚ advantages and disadvantages of high rise vertical cities. ABSTRACT: Today’s modern city acts like a computer motherboard‚ all things big and small are interconnected with each other. If one component fails to respond or if the connection between the two breaks‚ the other connected components suffers the delay and loss of information. Similarly‚ in urban context if a component like a power station‚ water station fails or a

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    The House and the Ushers One of the central themes underlying the short story‚ The Fall of the House of Usher‚ is that of the nature of the house. The way it is described and the way it is so mysterious. Another central theme about this story is the nature of the people that live in the house. They are portrayed very much in the same manner throughout the story. Thus‚ they have several similarities with each other. All of which are of a bad feeling‚ showing how bad things are for the people

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    Johnny Foster Language Arts-3 Ms. Whitman Things Fall Apart Essay In the book‚ Things Fall Apart‚ written by Chinua Achebe‚ A man named Okwonko is desperate to avoid being what his father was like: lazy and undetermined. He is dominated by anger‚ fear‚ and impatience which get him in many situations. The tribe of Umoufia represents a civilization that is strictly based off male dominance. Men are only required to be strong‚ and have a title within the clan; while the women must cook‚ clean‚

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    Drugs in City Neighborhoods Drugs in city neighborhoods are an influence on the youth. The youth are drawn into becoming drug sellers. The drug activity has found a place in many distressed areas and as a result‚ has become a common source of income. Studies of understanding the social control in urban neighborhoods have been existent for over a century yet understanding the nature of the social relations that exert the current social behavior is still limited. Studies also show that

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    English IV Tale of Two Cities Writing Propmts PLOT 1. Charles Dickens opening paragraph to A Tale of Two Cities is arguably one of the most famous to ever be written. Nearly everybody in today’s world has some kind of set of morals whether it is because of religious beliefs or just how a person was raised. Morals and beliefs‚ these are the two main categories that I would put everything into from Charles Dickens’ opening words in A Tale of Two Cities. They show that‚ although the circumstances

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    hl=es&langpair=en%7Ces&u=http://pphsenglish332.wikispaces.com/Breakfast The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe is considered a Dark Romanticist because of his poems and short stories centered around the ideas of evil human nature‚ darkness‚ and death: death of the individual‚ but also death of the mind and soul. Poe has written many short stories‚ mysteries‚ and poems‚ including The Tell-Tale Heart‚ The Raven‚ Eldorado‚ and The Fall of the House of Usher. The Fall of the House of Usher‚ a short story‚ is

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    Why Is Lacie's Fall

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    " It’s only 10 years..... and my home had been destroy....." Lacie murmured when she went back to her a place that has been fallen from a big‚ strong country to a place that no one know. It remind her of the story of her life‚ the reason why this country was fallen. Ten years ago‚ this place was known as Kios. But that time was terrible‚ there were war every where. Poverty caused every one to suffer and from it‚ a dangerous disease spread called Red cell. Lacie‚ a child in the rich house‚ was still

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    Things Fall Apart

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    THINGS FALL APART Umofia is a place where people have a different life style then there is in a modern society. People in Umofia are both civilized and savage at the same time. There are both of the civilized and savage sides of the society but mostly they are old-fashion minded. For example‚ in Ibo society they do not value women at all‚ they are not equal by laws‚ they do not have any protection or any rights‚ etc. I am going to define the terms civilized and savage firstly

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    While reading Things Fall Apart‚ I noticed quite a few differences in culture. There is many different ceremonies and practices in place in the African heritage. The yam growing feast is one example of something we are not used to. To think that you spend the day feasting in hopes of a good harvest seems silly. The men and women both have very distinct roles whereas in America sometimes the roles cross and the lines blur. Women in the African culture were in charge of running the household and

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