Local Trains: The Lifeline of Mumbai July 17‚ 2007 Rohan Rao Leave a comment Go to comments [pic]When a true to the core Mumbaikar utters “Aamchi Mumbai”‚ the local trains will always be an inseparable element of the true spirits reflected in these. The locals have become a hallmark of Mumbai and one is not surprised to know that the daily commuters call the locals as their first homes; this in not surprising considering the fact that some of them spend more than six hours travelling in these trains
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Introduction…………………………………………………………………………p.g.2 2. What is local government?…………………………………………………………….p.2 3. Hierarchy Roles of local government…………………………………………………p.2-3 4. Functions of local government………………………………………………………..p.g.3 (4.1) Line functions………………………………………………………………………p.3 (4.2) Supporting functions……………………………………………………………….p.3 5. Values and principles for local government…………………………………………..p.4 6. Challenges that affect local government………………………………………………p.5 7. Strategies to overcome
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INTRODUCTION Can the Bahamas survive without branching into other areas of tourism? The tourism industry today is big business for a country‚ it is the number one industry of the Bahamas. It is the migration of individuals from one place to another for a short period of time. There are two types of tourism‚ domestic and foreign. People travel for recreation‚ business‚ sports‚ education and for religious or medical purposes. Tourism is a very competitive industry. It accounts for seventy percent of the
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trends in the practice of decentralizing budgets‚ and the policy interventions that are being used to strengthen the financial position and the financial autonomy of sub-national governments. In particular‚ we examine inter-governmental transfers‚ local taxation and hard budget constraints as key policy issues. The focus in this paper is on developing countries. The process areas that are taken up have to do with comprehensive design of a decentralization reform‚ sequencing and politics. In outlining
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Without this state involvement‚ global market conditions will largely shape the erosion of local and national cultures. Without a political response to cultural globalization‚ global market commodities will in all likelihood oust local goods and services. Those societies that lack both a strong aesthetic and an effective political leadership can offer little effective resistance to negative globalization and their local traditions are quickly destroyed. This argument is then examined in terms of a number
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IMPACT OF TOURISM ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES Fe Zuly 2011 Abstract Tourism has become a popular global leisure activity in 2008‚ there were over 922 million international tourist arrivals‚ with a growth of 1.9% as compared to 2007. International tourism receipts grew to US$944 billion (euro 642 billion) in 2008‚ corresponding to an increase in real terms of 18%. This paper is purposed to explain about impact of tourism including advantages and disadvantages. This impact
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Cosmopolitans and locals "If there were only locals in the world‚ world culture would be no more than the sum of its separate parts". Hannerz 1990:249 Ulf Hannerz (1990) argues that the world culture is created through the increasing interconnectedness of varied local cultures where people connect in different ways. He uses Robert Merton’s cosmopolitan-local distinctions in a global context‚ to describe how people identify themselves with the global or not. The term `cosmopolitan’ is often used
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Part one: Issue: technology destroys human activities The writers Point of view is to stop worshipping the machines that have enslaved us Reasons: Positives * We adore technology and so we are its slaves * Technology has replaced workers * Technology controls our lives‚ we do what technology tells us * Like a heavy blanket‚ technology is stifling communication‚ physical exercise and healthy living * Young people write in code like foreign language when text messaging‚ soon
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Gossip breaks‚ takes and destroys! Gossip is dangerous it can break your friendship‚ relationship‚ take away the truth... you name it! The lips of women normally gossip the most! I have to admit that after my “gossip experience”. I want to stay as far away from gossip as a prey will stay from its predator. It all started in a simple way when a new girl in my class looked at me as if she was the princes and I am her maid. There was a funny expression on her face‚ little have I known that she
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cook give you different options which selected price ranges which are suitable to you. Each destination is specifically chosen to you‚ so if you need the best beach holidays‚ ski holidays‚ night life holidays‚ adventure or relaxation‚ Thomas cook are of assistants to make your perfect holiday come to life. An easy example would be that if you were to go into A Thomas Cook travel agent‚ such as the one
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