Thane (Marathi : ठाणे) (also called Thana) is a city in Maharashtra‚ India‚ part of the Mumbai Conurbation‚ northeastern suburb of Mumbai at the head of the Thane Creek. It is the administrative headquarters of Thane District. The city has an area of 147 km2. It had a population of 1.26 million according to the 2001 census.[1] Contents [hide] • 1 Geography • 2 Demographics and culture • 3 Transport • 4 See also • 5 References • 6 External links [edit] Geography Thane is located on Salsette
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The Six and the Gardeners of Ialana is the second book of a series‚ and one in which author Katlynn Brooke really hits her stride. This entry in the fantasy genre is another one that fans of fantasy will love‚ as Katlynn takes us back to a sprawling world which she has created; one that abounds with metaphysical meaning. She continues to forego the usual use of magic to explain the unbelievable things that the reader is to experience‚ and for me this plot device is what makes her books so refreshing
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“It’s gonna be clean and its gonna be quiet.” This is the attitude many people in Cape Town held regarding the discrimination of blacks in District 6. The 2009 film produced and directed by Blomkamp and Peter Jackson‚ District 9‚ highlights by using satire‚ the cruel and inhumane side of the society that discriminates towards specific others. It embodies ideas that ridicule modern society including the loss of humanisation and the effects of discriminating and segregating races. The ‘prawns’
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Dominique Butler Dr. Frentz April 28 2015 District 9 As with any facet of American culture‚ race has always been a prevalent factor in separating people. In science fiction we see the same trend withstanding. Science fiction has ultimate coded the ever familiar and present “alien” as black. Known as the “other” in many SF texts. SF texts such as Ridley Scott’s “Alien” show an evident decoder for how white culture believes and perceives fear from the alienated lower-class blacks. Movies‚ which project
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Mead Professor McCormick Sociology 2 December 2012 District 9 Though this may seem like any other stereotypical extra-terrestrial movie‚ District 9 is unique in that it creates a scenario showing human discrimination towards alien begins; something that is an obvious metaphor for all racial discrimination. District 9 shows a world where the battle for previously eliminated racial equality resurfaces. It is no coincidence that District 9 is set in South Africa‚ where apartheid‚ discrimination
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Honesty is Not Always the Best Policy Lying is wrong. Or so we’ve been told. In the young adult novel Crooked Kingdom‚ the sequel to Six of Crows‚ by Leigh Bardugo‚ lying is anything but uncommon. The novel starts off in the dark‚ filthy alleys of the Barrel‚ the lowliest part of the largest port town of their fantasy world‚ Ketterdam. In this city‚ merchs become rich beyond imagining through slyly manipulating trade; inherently‚ they’re involved with a lot of gambling‚ risks‚ and lying- things
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The City of Palaces : Mysore Shobit Nair 9th - IGCSE Candidate no: 0033 Word count – 730 INFORMATIVE
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Pardubice palace is Renaissance palace‚ which is locates near the center of Pardubice. The Lords of Pernstejn established here settlement‚ which is the transition between the palace and the castle. This residence is excellently resented and its area has no aquivalent in Central Europe. Today the Palace is owned by the Pardubice region and here is located East Bohemian Museum‚ East Bohemian Gallery and the brach of the National Heritage Institute. Since 2012 palace and fortification inscribed on
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Located in the ancient Egyptian capital Thebes‚ now modern Luxor‚ the Malkata palace complex was built by the 18th dynasty king Amenhotep III at the onset of the 30th year of his reign in preparation for his first sed-festival and later served as the setting for his second and third sed-festivals in the 34th and 37th years of his reign‚ respectively (O’Connor & Cline). The Malkata palace complex and Birket Habu‚ its’ associated artificial lake built to be used for ceremonial purposes during the king’s
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The Palace of Knossos is situated in North Central Crete just south of the outskirts of Heraklion on the Kephala hill. The site was built in the 1900 B.C with the evidence that it was first occupied sometime around 7000 BCE in the Aceramic Neolithic period shown by the first monumental architecture. Although Knosses was found by Minos Kalokairinos in 1878‚ the palace of Knosses was found in 1984 by Sir Arthur Evans. An Earthquake in the 1700 BC and possibly a volcanic eruption in the 1600 BC led
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