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The Forbidden City was the imperial residence and center of the kingdom during the reign of 24 emperors of the Ming and the Qing Dynasty. It is also now the largest and the best preserved ancient architecture in China. The Forbidden City is located in the center of Beijing, and it is a rectangular architectural shape. It can be describe from outside to inside and from south to north.The south of the Forbidden City is the Zhongshan Park which was built in the Liao Dynasty. For in memory of Dr. Yatsen Sun, it assumed the present name. The west of the Forbidden City is the State Council which is now the center of China. Both places are separated by Beichang Street. The north of the Forbidden
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The story "The Masque of Red Death" and the poem "The City In the Sea", both written by Edgar Allen Poe have to do with death. Since these stories have to do with death, they are classified as macabres.A verse in the poem says, "Lo! Death has reared himself a throne, in a strange city lying alone", this reminds me of the story because Prince Prospero builds himself a palace and secludes himself from the outer world because their is a plague going around that is killing everyone. This is an example from the text that supports this: "Prince Prospero summoned to his presence...friends from among the knights and dames of his court...to the deep seclusion of one of his castlelated abbeys
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The novel Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney relates the tale of a young manworking for a prominent newspaper in Manhattan by day, while visiting many bars andnightclubs during the night. He manages to accomplish this through the help of his use ofcocaine, to which he is powerfully addicted. Throughout the novel McInerney employs theuse of the Coma Baby, a current story in the New York Post, a local tabloid, as a symbolicrepresentation of the main character. The Coma Baby has been residing in its mother's wombafter the mother suffered a car accident and entered a coma. The debate is to whether theComa Baby will see the 'light of the delivery room'. In this passage the main character
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a period of time lasting less than three years. While residing in Cincinnati she developed a very negative opinion of the city and eventually blamed the failure of a business venture the city and its residents. Many critics believe Trollope used the power of her writings to exploit revenge on the residents and city of Cincinnati for the failure of her new business based in Cincinnati.In order to successfully study the blistering comments and their relationship to her failed business in Cincinnati, it is important to research select facts regarding Trollope's life from the very beginning. Francis Trollope was born March 10, 1779, in Stapleton, England. Reverend William Hilton and Francis
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Thankful For As a citizen of the beautiful city of Who, I want to thank and compliment the Mayor for his wonderful job of making the city a nice place to live in. I what to thank the Mayor of Who for making the city clean and green for the people of Who and for giving food to people who are starving. I like to give him compliment for making the city crime free. The Mayor of Who had done a great job for making the City a better place to live in.I remember when I use to walk in sidewalk and I see garbage that's not been pickup for a month and I saw bum just sleeping in the street with garbage in their side. But now they pickup garbage every week now and thanks to the Mayor the bum in street
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My hometown------ZhuHai
My hometown is a beautiful city with a small number of people. It lies in the south of China, where is next to Macao. She is ZhuHai.
ZhuHai is one of the five economic special zones in China, because the air is fresh there, and is the cleanest city where I never been before. So it is so-call ¡°garden city¡±.
But what were things like in the city in the old days? It is said that it was a sad, dirty little city. There were only about several thousands people in it. Lift was good for a few rich families, but most of the people were poor. They lived in dark, unhealthy rooms in the old building and huts on narrow muddy streets.
Everything has changed now. People have got
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My hometown Ahmedabad is a big and a nice city of India. It has all advanced facilities, co-operative people and very nice tourist places. It is not only the place of getting entertainment but also the place of gaining good education. Because of this all this is my favorite place for living.Ahmedabad is technically very developed city. Many advanced hospital are builded in Ahmedabad. For instance, many big heart hospitals are there with all advanced facilities to cure heart disease. To get its advantages many people from different cities have been coming here. Beside advanced hospitals, it also has advanced facility for getting and for conveying information such as cyber cafes and iway
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Where a person was born or raised often plays an important role in their lives.There are often comparisons between a urban civilization to rural civilization. Humans adopt to different environments that would be the most suitable for their style of living. Society as a whole didn't tell us where civilization should take place. Choosing the right place for a living depends on the matters of self preference and comfort. Throughout the last decade, I was brought up in two different cities that are thousands of miles apart - - New York City and Houston. The two cities are ranked among the top ten in state / city population, yet there are structures and mainframes which we can soon identify or
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Walter E. Williams Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Walter E. Williams has a B.A. degree in economics from California State University and M.A. and a Ph.D degree in economics from UCLA. He also has a Doctor of Humane Letters from Virginia Union University and Grove City College and a Doctor of Laws degree from Washington and Jefferson College. Since 1980 Williams has been employed as a professor at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, as John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics and is the Chairman of the Economics Department. He also works as an Adjunct Professor of Economics at Grove City College in Grove City, PA. He has also served on the faculties of
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Objective My main objective is to win a job, in which I can use my skills to my advantage which are to list a few social, education and physical shape. I don't want any old job I am a person with pride and I want to take pride in a workplace like yours.Employment Job Title: Cook Years Employed ( 1996 -current ) Organization Name City and Province of Organization Boston Pizza Ladner, British Columbia I am a very dependable and reliable cook here. I also am a valuable member to the team in that I am of closing caliber making me on of the best cooks, even with my age. Also since I am a male I've been called upon to do some of the heavier work such as garbage, and cleaning that
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Spain is a magical and wonderful place. It has many things to see and visit. The main cities of Spain are Sevilla, Segovia, Toledo, and Madrid. They also contain much history of medieval Spain and its cultures.For many, Andalucia means just one thing: Sevilla. The city will charm you with its beguiling Moorish architecture and hundreds of orange trees. At night, Spaniards put on their dancing shoes and step out for an evening of fun, feasting, and friendly flirting. You can enjoy a fabulous tapas meal, a flamenco show, and all-night dancing.Segovia is mostly famous for two things - the 2000-year old Roman aqueduct, a truly impressive piece of engineering; and roast suckling pig, a truly
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As I sat in the car waiting impatiently to reach there, I though about my all-time dream coming true, visiting the modern wonder, Dubai.Since the United Arab Emirates were formed in 1971, Dubai has always been the most resourceful, united and modern of all. It has been very famous for a lot of tourist attractions like Burj Al Arab and Emirates towers.Additionally, the highest tower in the world, Dubai tower is currently being built and an above-ground metro is being designed for safe, fast transport around the city and its neighbouring Emirates.As I entered the city, many thoughts about where to go and what to do swarmed past my mind. First, I went to the hotel I am staying in and checked
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Stalingrad: The Most Crucial Battle of World War IIWorld War II was the bloodiest war ever fought in the history of the world. Countless men lost their lives and countries were almost obliterated. One could only imagine what would have become of the human race had the Nazi war machine defeated all of Europe and then made its way into America. While Germany was expanding its territory all over Europe, they made it as far as Russia, and a battle ensued that became one of the greatest victories in war history. The Germans were met by the Red Army at Stalingrad, a city where the fate of the world was decided. The Battle of Stalingrad was perhaps the bloodiest conflict in history. The Soviets
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participate along with his older brother and sisters and the rest of the town.Ursula Le Guin also tries to convince the reader of the city of Omelas? beautiful landscape and happy people. In the first paragraph of ?The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas? the city is described as ?bright towered by the sea? (959). The story begins by describing in detail the green meadow and ?the air of the morning?(960). She also describes the houses and the harbor. This city seems like a perfect place for a family vacation, but the people there would probably like nothing better than to leave it. The city of Omelas is involved in ?the Festival of Summer?(959). The young children are running around naked which
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PHYSICAL DESTRUCTION OF HIROSHIMA Hiroshima was bombed on August 6, 1945. The atomic bomb caused massive destruction to the city. The city of Hiroshima was basically flat. Because of this most everything within one mile of where the bomb was dropped was completely destroyed. Approximately 50 heavily reinforced concrete buildings that were designed to survive an earthquake withstood the blast. However, the insides of these buildings were gutted. All windows, doors, and frames were ripped out. Underground air raid shelters that were within ½ mile of the blast had their roofs cave in. Multi-story concrete buildings that were less than a mile from the blast were completely destroyed
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Andrew Jackson: 7th President of the United States (1829-1837).Battle of Hastings: a decisive battle in the Norman Conquests of England in 1066Cornwall: a country at the southwest tip of England.disturbance between the North and the South: The Civil War (1861-1865)flivver: Model-T Ford.John Wesley: (1702-1791) Founder of the Methodist Church.Meridian, Mississippi: Meridian is a city in east Mississippi.Merlin: King Arthur's adviser, prophet and magician.Mobile: a city in southwest Alabama.Pensacola: a city in northwest Florida.Stumphole whiskey: illegally made and sold whiskey that would be hidden in the holes of tree stumps.Tuscaloosa: a city in central Alabama.Bullfinch: A famous
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In comparing Greece and Rome, I will start by pointing out that both Greece and Rome started out as city-states. Rome looked to Greece as a model while acquiring its foundation as a city-state. This fact makes it both simple, and hard to give a comparison essay of the two city-states. It is simple because they are much alike in political structure, family, and religion. However, hard because Rome outgrew its regards to its Greece political views of family, state, citizenship, and political participation.
Discrepancies came about in many elements of the social structure. Women and citizenship were two of the main discrepancies. In Greece, women were viewed as property and had very few
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that is related to them as a metaphor for passion. If the canal symbolizes passion then this city of Venice "city of Satan"(114) is the only city in the world that controls the flow of passion. The author implies that those who control passion like the Venation's are evil like Satan.Passion as the author describes it is "somewhere between the swamp and the mountains"(74) like Venice, "somewhere between God and the Devil"(74) again like Venice with its many churches and "prostitutes richer than Kings"(114). So what makes Venice evil yet passionate? Winterson disguises Venice as a symbol for a human being. The canals are the arteries of Venice and passion runs through this city like it runs
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. (Lee, 1-2) All events took place on December 15, 1901 off the coast of Ocean City, New Jersey. When the Sindia was sailing up the coast she found herself caught at sea in the midst of the storm. She looked to seek refuge in the waters closer to shore. As she moved closer to shore the captain did not realize the dangers of the waters surrounding Ocean City. The boat sailed too close to the shore and became grounded on a sandbar. The weight of the ship held it tight in the sticky ocean sand. The ship struck the sandbar head on and the whipping winds caused the boat to turn broadside and burrow deeper into the sand. Once the ship lay on the beach, the captain ordered distress signals to be
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Biology Grad Standard In this report we are going to tell you about the life in Troy Ville, and how it relates to the life of a cell. Well the most important thing that's in Troy Ville is probably the City Hall. It contains all the info on the city and all the documentaries of every body in the town. This acts as the nucleus and chromatin. Around the town there are high mountains which serve as a cell wall. Inside of this we have a fence which protects use from a lot of things that try to disturb us. This is our cell membrane. Then we have our wonderful power plant which is always delivering the best of power. This acts as our mitochondria. And then we never waste any thing
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society in general. Kettleman City is an ordinary farming town between Los Angeles and Sacramento, located right off of Interstate 5. The city's population in the late 70's was approximately 95 percent Latino. These people were mostly farmers and farm hands. The people of Kettleman City were unaware of anything unusual happening, but they soon found out their city was not ordinary after all.In 1979, a company named Chemical Waste Management opened a landfill in the southwest area three miles away from the town. At first, the people just thought the trucks were going back and forth to some kind of construction project. Until strange oily-garlic odors began drifting into town during the
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some city blocks in Berlin, some of them looking new or modern, and some of them still seem reminiscent of 1945. Between the comparison of actual physical damage done to humans, and to places and cities, Scarry has suggested that city blocks, although damaged in war, are far easier to repair than it is for the human soul itself.In the excerpt from Morante's History, the damage done to a human, and her soul itself are used to display the lasting effects of war. Ida is a mother who has lost her son Nino in an altercation where he was involved in the transporting of stolen goods, such as guns. As an inspector points out, Nino may have been part of a post-war "pseuodo revolution", where
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The Trojan War took place over 3,000 years ago, when Ancient Greeks didn't call themselves Greeks yet. The war was between and the city and allies of Troy and the Greek city-states. Legend has it, that the three goddesses, Aphrodite (Goddess of Love), Athena (Goddess of Wisdom) and Hera (Queen of the gods) had a dispute. They all proclaimed themselves as the most beautiful of Gods and they decided they would have a beauty pageant to find out who was the most beautiful. They selected Paris, who was the son of Priam, the King of Troy, as the judge.All three of the goddesses decided they wanted to win the pageant even by prophecy. They all bribed him. Hera promised him the absolute rule over
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Persuasive EssayA common debate between people living in Melbourne and Sydney is one that asks which is the better city to live in: Is it Melbourne, or are Sydneysiders correct in thinking that the best place to live is their home town? However, this debate is unnecessary, as the answer has been proven by a survey performed by the Economist Intelligence Unit, placing Melbourne as the world's top city to live in, ahead of Sydney, which was sixth on the list.Of the criteria in the survey, a category where Melbourne significantly scored higher than Sydney was the climate. Melbourne's weather may be unpredictable at times, but the city does not experience the amount of humidity that Sydney does
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character. I would tell more of his story, more about what turned him into this greedy, grumpy, emotionally shut down old guy. At the same time, its important to not influence the audience to sympathize with him.London of the early 19th century. The homes of the upper and middle class exist is close proximity to areas of unbelievable poverty and filth. Rich and poor alike arethrown together in the crowded city streets. Street sweepers attempt to keep the streets clean of manure, the result of thousands of horse-drawn vehicles. The city's thousands of chimney pots are belching coal smoke, resulting in soot which seems to settle everywhere. In many parts of the city raw sewage flows in gutters that
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SSX 3 is the greatest snowboarding game of all time. This game provides some pretty intense graphics and some real sick tricks. This doesn't even compare to the other SSX game, this game is better than ever.In peak 1 you can feel the wind in your hair as your getting big air, and the snow in your face when you beef it. One of the unique courses at this peak is the city. Whats wierd is, why is there all that snow in the middle of the city? Who cares? It's a game! Ask questions later and play now! But this is one of my favorite peaks.In peak 2, you'll find out that things get tougher in the game. This peak is nothing like peak 1. Here, there are more rocks and jumps and giant holes in the
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Nobody saw it coming, the day when nature in all it's fury poured down a tempest that would render hundreds dead, thousands injured and an entire city crippled and paralyzed. Very recently, Mumbai was struck with one of the worst floods in the history, and in these trying times the city crumbled under its own insufficiency. I had the misfortune of getting caught in a flood affected region of the city.I had just left college and boarded a bus home, with some friends. As the bus crawled along the roads the rain pelted down with full force and the water began to rise slowly around it. Not much later, the bus came to a complete halt and could not move any further. Fearing that we may not make
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have a harder time transporting their goods. Another way of moving goods from city to city would need to be found. Also, cultural development would be affected if their were no cars. There would be more room for people to walk and cities wouldn't be so compact. The environment is a major factor in the life of every human. Cars greatly harm our environment. If we did not have cars our environment would be much better. We would not have as big of a threat to skin cancer due to the loss of the o-zone by polution from our cars. This polution also affects our water. In conclusion, the loss of automobiles in the world today would greatly affect the world. Many bad things would result from this such as transportation, the economy, cultural development and health. Although, not having cars would be hard, it would be very good for our environment.
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how his decisions led to his downfall.Oedipus grew up the son of a king. This alone would give him all rights to being born of a noble stature. As we learn in the story this stays true since his real father was King Laius. When Oedipus left his fathers castle to escape from a prophecy he came across and new city in need of help. This is when Oedipus proved that he is greatness. He destroyed the Sphinx from hurting Thebes. Thus, proving what a great man he was. After this Oedipus married Jocasta, queen of Thebes, becoming the king of Thebes.For you came here, to our Cadmeian city, 40and freed us from the tribute we were payingto that cruel singer-and yet you knewno more than we did and had
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when citizens passedproposition A in fall of 2002. This proposition authorizes the city of San Diego tobuild 5,000 new units of public housing to serve the low- income and elderlypopulations (Butler and Lowe, 2003). However, some city officials are concernedthat a social stigma still exists regarding public and low- income housing. Thesecity officials may be right. An article written regarding the recent propositionpropo! sed that "ballot box planning must be brought under control". They als ocommented that public housing was "a drain on local budgetary coffers,compared with commercial development." A local resident reponded to thisarticle charging that the authors would like see the desires of
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Alexander ZubarevChapter IV outline.The Persians were developing in the Middle East, while Greeks were developing in Europe. After the Greek decline, the Romans would take control. The Persians developed a religion (Zoroastrianism), and advanced iron working. The book covers Persian empire very briefly, for some reason.While the Persian Empire steadily developed, Greece was slowly gathering strength. From 800 to 600 B.C, strong city-states started to take hold in Greece. Some of the governments that ancient Greeks had were: oligarchy and monarchy, as well as some republics. This was good, since all of these governments had certain strengths and weaknesses, and Greeks took advantage of each
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meant that person's spirit may not survive in the afterlife supports the idea that the ancient Egyptians might have been preoccupied with the afterlife.The ancient Egyptians were not preoccupied with death in religion. The ancient Egyptians had local gods, one for each city and most people prayed to these gods to make their city happy and wealthy. The ancient Egyptians also believed that the gods controlled their everyday lives. The ancient Egyptians had gods for every special event and occasion and that definitely establishes the fact that the ancient Egyptians were not preoccupied with death, but religion in general.The question of whether or not the ancient Egyptians were preoccupied with death has fascinated historians and archaeologists. An investigation of religion, law and art may perhaps suggest that the ancient Egyptians were preoccupied with death. An additional exploration exposes that the ancient Egyptians were not only fundamentally preoccupied with death but religion and the afterlife as well.
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times barely having enough money for his family to get by, but his life experiences allowed him to only focus on the positives in his life and forget about the negatives and things he cannot control.
Rudolph and Polly had only been married a short time and things were not going very well. Rosicky was very concerned about this as he was not sure if a city girl like Polly was suited for life in the country with his son. For Rosicky, the city was a symbol of evil; while the country was a haven where you could always be safe in the knowledge you were a slave to no one, that you always had something to call your own in your land. Rosicky got sick one day after clearing some brush form his fields and
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A slave's only concern is to obey his or her master. Frederick Douglass was learning how to read, write, but was forced to stop because of his master and the laws of slavery. "If you give a nigger an inch, he will take an ell." A slave would become uncontrollable and worth nothing to his owner.There is a vast difference in the treatment of slaves. A city slave has it best. They are better clothed and well fed. They experience privileges that plantation slaves could only dream about. "A plantation slave has a sense of shame." Their meals are a joke and they experience a kind of cruelty usually unknown of any city slave.Douglass is trying his best to get an education. His master denied him of
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world" today and protected the Qin Dynasty from attack.The third topic that had major benefits was economics. Economics were a major problem all around the world. Different parts of the world had different currency. When the Qin Dynasty took over, they created a standard money system throughout their empire. This helped trade throughout the China and helped governments and people pay bills and taxes in an easier way. Another reason that economics were boosted was because the Qin designed a centralized transportation system and commerce. People were able to get from city to city easier and faster, which helped boost the economics tremendously. Better commerce is another reason it boosted.In
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wise man controls his temper. He knows that anger causes mistakes.25:28 - A man without self-control is as defenseless as a city with broken down walls.19:11 - A wise man restrains his anger and overlooks insults. This is to his credit.Wise men don't need to prove their point, men who need to prove their point aren't wise.Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.If every man would help his neighbor, no man would be without help.
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a nice family that feed and clothed him and gave him a place to sleep. He stays there for a couple days to regain his strength. then sets out across country for the secong time. He now stops in the city of karur close to where hisfamily lives. Another nice family takes him in feeds clothes and gives him a shelter. In a couple of days he is back out looking for his family it took him two days to walk from karur to karnal where his family is. he rejoices with his family and then lives happily ever after.
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and political strength."A great troop shall come through Russia. The destroyer shall ruin a city. The rear guard will make defense. The exhausted ones will die in white territory."- nos refers to napols destruction of Russia, and how they got stuck in the Russian winter."The captive prince, conquered, is sent to elba."-napol was exiled to da small island of elba.-SECOND ANTICHRIST: HITLER was the second antichrist nos wrote about " a man stained with murder, the great enemy of the human race, one who was worse than any who had gone before, bloody and inhumane." Experts agree that he was definitely referring to adolf Hitler."Out of the deepest part of west of europe. From poor ppl a young
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celebrities.Garnier hair products has kicked off a new campaign and my favorite, Sarah Jessica Parker (SJP) is their pick. This advertisement is filled with very light colors that softly envelop her face which is direct center. Her hair is flowing freely and for those of us who have hair we are immediately bought and sold. The only words on the page are "my new favorite hair color".SJP has made a new statement. With her rocket proppelling success on HBO's Sex and the City she has drawn in 10 million or so veiwers each week. At least 7 million or so are women. Those women who look at this show identify themselves as having the same characteristics as SJP's character Carrie Bradshaw has. Independent, successful, funny, and sophisticated will buy this product. Garneir has reported in Vougue's Feb. issue she has increased sales by 40%
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Krunal PatelThe Common LaborerThe Common Laborer by Eugene Debs, April 1890. Eugene Victor Debs was born in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1855. He was a labor organizer and socialist leader, entered politics as a Democratic City Clerk in 1879. First elected over Republican and Greenback Labor party candidate. Eugene Debs at first a firm proponent of organization of workers by their separate crafts, he resisted the industrial organization implicit in the efforts of the Knights of Labor. He initiated craft organization divisive, a hindrance to working people's efforts to secure fair wages and working conditions and concentrated corporate power, he argued had a debilitating effect on the political
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recent study, California is the worst governed state in the entire country. The taxes are very high. California's teachers are the highest paid in the whole country, but California student's rank 48th in math and 49th in reading. Just recently, the city attorney of San Bernardino, California told citizens to "lock their doors and load their guns" because there is not enough money to pay for adequate police protection any longer.So I really don't want to live in California.The only good thing about living in California (my opinion) is that I could watch my favourite TV show at the evening and don't have to stay awake till 4am in the morning to stream them live.
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Toennies saw as the passing from the Gemeinshaft; the traditional close-nit community where social solidarity is ever present and conformity is ensured by strict, often spiritual, moral values, to the Gesellschaft; the society of city life, characterised by large urban communities where the sense of community is diminished to a great extent and the individual is often left with a sense of alienation. And yet, it puts people "in touch with the pulse of the larger society and even the entire world". Berger goes on to note that modernisation allows the individual a greater scope of choice as traditional values erode in the face of individualisation. This is linked to Berger's next point; the increase
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army of 500 easily won and we drove these men out so we could gather food and water (January, 17). Although I easily defeated the Tabascans, I preferred to use cunning over war and I showed this after making peace with the chiefs of the rest of the Tabascan tribe (Nanney, 1). Our next stop was San Juan where the people their invited us to a large feast with an unfamiliar food called turkey (Pavlovic, 1). At San Juan my men and I gained many gifts by the Aztec official Teudile (who persistently called me Quetzalcoatl) which attracted us to the great city of Tenochitlan and their divine leader Montezuma (Nosotro, 1).My second major achievement was gaining allies with many of the local tribes
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otherwise are engaged in trade, commerce, and government service. Their official language is French, but Ewe, Kabye, Mina, and Dagomba are more commonly spoken.About half of the people in Togo practice traditional African religions. The other half is either Christians or Muslims. The capital and the largest city of Togo is Lome. This is the most modern city in Togo. All the tourists' attractions are located in this city. It has movie theatres, opera house, casinos, nightclubs, museums, and many restaurants. This city is the shopping center of Togo. It has open markets along the side of the streets that sell fresh fruits and vegetables, hand-made clothes and potteries. Lome has many monuments
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passed legislation that gave Athenian membership, to those eligible, through out Attica. A system of Demes was made so as to organize the entire region. Power was centralized to Athens (Manville 188). Registering to be a member occurred through out the city-state. To be eligible, one would have to be a free man that resided in one of the 10 tribes. These tribes were a creation of Cleisthenes that organized the population into separate geographic locations (Manville 189). Out of this, 50 members of each tribe would make up the Council of 500, a political body that operated in Athens. The arrangement of the military was based on this tribal structure. Being a citizen gave one
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the government. The city of Athens stood by itself; it needed no others to help it. She left her gates open to all and did not concern herself with excluding foreigners. Her military stood alone. Athens never advanced into another territory with Allies; she did it alone. He also marvels in the fact that Athens does not live for the fear of war. He states that they live free, but are always ready if in danger. He even goes so far to say that his enemies are happy with a victory over a small part of the army. Pericles praises Athens for her form of government - democracy - because it is only in a democracy that citizens are encouraged to contribute and participate in self-rule. Democracy
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ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS
MESOPOTAMIA AND SUMER
MESOPOTAMIA AND SUMER
Mesopotamia - means "Land Between Two Rivers"
Two Rivers: Tigris and Euphrates
Forms part of the famous "fertile Crescent"
Reasons why Mesopotamia became the birth place of history and civilization: strategic location, fertile soil and favorable climate
CITY STATES DEVELOP IN SUMER
Twelve city-states were formed.
City-state = city and farmlands around it
Each city-state had its own government and was independent of the other city states.
Council of elders - rule the city
appoint lugals (generals) to lead the armies in times of war
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foresight, it is a natural ruler and master, whereas whatever can use its body to labor is ruled and is a natural slave. That is why the same thing is beneficial for both master and slave" (178). It is obvious that Aristotle believes that the master-slave system benefits both parties because the master is capable of telling the slave what to do whereas the slave is only capable of obeying what is asked of him, therefore giving him a role within the polis. This system makes the polis self-sufficient in that everyone has a job.But Aristotle states, "Anyone who cannot form a community with others...is no part of a city-state - he is ...a beast" (179-180). In other words, Aristotle means that any
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I always enjoyed going to the movies. I think that there is a certain thrill of going into a movie theater that is full of people just like you anticipating the beginning of the film everyone seems to be dying to see. From comedies to melodramas, from thrillers to horror films, I am just a movie fanatic. Naturally, living in New York City, I try to get the most out of a city of its majesty and diversity. This year I decided to visit one of the major film festivals in the world. The renowned Tribeca Film Festival had many movie openings, from all over the world, telling stories that were different from the usual Hollywood glitz and glam movies. The scenarios and settings were a little
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ferociously attacked and slaughtered two of the warriors and escaped with their heads. The next day the town built a small moat with large wooden poles in order to protect the city. That night a massive militia of beasts attacked the city and killed six more of the warrior squad, leaving only five warriors alive. Following the assault, Ahmad examined one of the beasts and discovered he was actually a man disguised with a bear head and fur. While praying, Ahmad had a premonition that since the beast men wanted them to believe they were bears, the creatures must be hiding in a cave where bears live. The cave was discovered and the five warriors planned a nocturnal strike on the cave. The warriors
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