According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary‚ an urban legend is “an often lurid story or anecdote that is based on hearsay and widely circulated as true.” Urban legends tend to have minimal evidence of where the story originally began making them seem more mysterious and eerie. With this being said a legends background can be assumed to be linked with a multitude of instances. This‚ of course‚ what makes it an urban legend. If a urban legend does not contain a some sort of mystery then it would
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Alleviating Urban Blight Mariah Beatty-Adams Kent School of Social Work University of Louisville Urban Blight in Louisville Louisville is known for internationally for the annual derby‚ that the upper-class and wealthy attend as a group for recreation‚ and entertainment. It is a time that economically‚ that the city is in its element. Millions of dollars are spent on derby paraphernalia‚ horse paraphernalia and alcohol for the masses. The city is becomes a city that never sleeps.
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INTRODUCTION 1.0 An Overview of Urban Regeneration According to Withgott and Brennan (2007)‚ people are now live at a turning point. Beginning about the year 2007‚ for the first time in the human history‚ more people will live in the urban areas than in rural areas. The development of social diversity is one of the principal objectives of urban regeneration. It aims at attracting new inhabitants in degraded districts but also preventing their inhabitants to leave them as soon as the situation
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witnessed of the harm one man did to a community. However‚ not every plural marriage family that continues to practice polygamy is like Jeff’s community. When it comes to looking into the legalities behind polygamy‚ in Canada according to “Section 293 of the Criminal Code of Canada explicitly bans polygamy and threatens offenders with a five-year prison term” (CBC News). The worry of being thrown in jail for five years have caused many Canadian polygamist families to go into hiding from the government
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Voting behaviour in rural and urban areas of Punjab Dr. Mughees Ahmed 1 Abstract The study of voting behavior of the rural and urban voters is the main objective of this paper. Ideological and biradari (clan‚ tribe) based considerations of voters are discussed in this case. Biradarism (casteism‚ tribalism) is the main component of this behavior. It has a very deep impact on political alignments of the people of Punjab. This factor gained more importance in the era of non-political governments
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Rural Urban Migration Aaapka Naam kya hai? Mera Naam “Bechaara” Hai Bechara ji..aap kahan jaa rahe ho? Mein apna gaon chod ke “Seher” Jaa raha Hoon Aap apna gaon chod ke seher kyun jaa rahe ho? Sahab jii…mein he kya…mere bahaut yaar dost jaa chuke hain..or ab mein bhi jaa raha hoon Lekin Kaaran toh bataoo….Bechara Ji Sahab jii…ek kaaran ho toh bataun…lekin aap zor de rahe ho toh sunoo.. Reasons for Rural-Urban Migration • Poverty/Low Income • • • • Unemployment Wage
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Introduction: Polygamy was first banned in Canada in the late 19th century (these laws can be found under the Canadian Criminal Code in sections 290 [bigamy] and 293 [polygamy])‚ other laws were passed ( such as section156 – section 158 of the Canadian criminal code forbidding any non paired and ’public’ copulation‚ legally repealed in 1985) though some of these laws have somewhat been repealed the social ramifications have allowed monogamy to officially be the only legal and socially accepted
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An Assessment of Canada’s Role on the Battlefields of France and Belgium during the Great War During the course of the Great War‚ Canada’s role evolved from that of a minor player lending support to the British army to that of major contributor to battlefield success. Actions in early 1915 proved Canadian courage‚ but manpower was wasted in disastrous offensives. 1916 began no better‚ but a change in leadership and gained combat experience began to transform the Canadian Corps into a disciplined
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Gesta Version recorded that Pope Urban said as much‚ “Great is your reward in Heaven.” This previous quote follows the same path that the first two accounts discussed as well. Pope Urban knew that if he could make the men confidant in their eternal life then they would march wherever he told them to. This manipulation of a man’s spirituality was a very cunning move since a lot of the regular soldiers would have to come from the peasants of the nation. Thus‚ when Pope Urban told them that if they left
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speaking‚ 64% of all shoplifting incidents are committed by persons of Caucasian decent. This is in stark contrast to the stereotypical view that miniority populations commit most acts of shoplifting. Legal status in different countries Canada In Canada shoplifting is regarded as theft. If the amount equivalent to the stolen items is under $5‚000 CAD‚ it is thus up to the prosecutor to decide if it will be prosecuted as a summary or indictable offence. In most cases it is treated as a lesser
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