Connecticut’s urban areas‚ ethnic-minority groups mortality and morbidity profiles demonstrate the disparity in outcomes primarily for Black and Hispanics residents. Black Americans have a death rate 1.2 times greater than white non-Hispanics. There is a higher rate of chronic illnesses in both ethnic groups including: heart disease‚ hypertension‚ and cancer. The incidence of respiratory disease and asthma for both children and adults was significantly higher Connecticut’s urban communities‚ with
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Strategies 1. Development and Enhancement of Human Resources Tourism is fast becoming the economic pillar of the city. There is a need to equip the city’s manpower to enable them to provide quality service and products acceptable in the world market. Likewise‚ enhancement of human resources is intended to support the development of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the city‚ which is also one of the development priorities of Puerto Princesa. 2. Development/Strengthening and Promotion of Tourism
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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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URBANIZATION IN PAKISTAN1 Ishrat Husain Economic theory suggests that Structural transformation usually takes place when resources are reallocated from low productivity agriculture to high productivity industry and services sectors. Cities and urban areas are the magnets for location of these sectors which benefit from migration of the surplus and underemployed labour. Rapid economic growth is therefore associated with urbanization. The pace of urbanization is‚ in turn‚ accelerated with a larger
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Despite the stereotypical Australian image being one of a rural setting the majority of Australia’s population is and always has been most concentrated in urban centres and capital cities. Forster refers to this Metropolitan Primacy as one of the most striking features of the Australian settlement pattern (Forster‚ 2004). The history of the development and urbanisation of Australia and its cities has been a unique process‚ which does not necessarily conform to the process seen in other countries
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Even‚ some cities have congestion fees to keep vehicles out of the CBD. Multicenter city is very essential to give people more choices. As for the booming of large out-of- town shopping centers‚ some parts of the CBD have become run down and caused urban decay. Water‚ land and air pollution and high noise are very common in the city center due to heavy traffic‚ large numbers of workers and nearby heavy industry. The same pollution problem exists in transition zone because of old housing and light manufacturing
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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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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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world’s social problems such as poverty‚ violence‚ pollution‚ prostitution‚ AIDS‚ drug abuse‚ and unemployment‚ some of the most widespread and unfortunate social problems‚ are more prevalent in our world’s cities and urban areas. This is true not because people that live in urban areas are less honorable‚ but cities‚ and more urbanized areas attract people who don’t meet the social norm and have and/or want to be around people that are in the same situation as they are. Artists‚ musicians
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Though Pope Urban II promised a heaven for the Franks and expanded Christianity‚ I believe that his message was frightening rather than inspiring. I have come to this conclusion because in an ideal mind‚ a pope‚ a man of the church is thought to be pure and pious. However‚ Pope Urban II is in fact acting as a political leader‚ scheming and plotting against the Turks‚ under the façade of a pope. In his appeal to the Franks‚ Pope Urban II begins his speech in an ominous and foreboding tone. This
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