John Morales Coach Schiele CP English-6th Period 3/1/2015 The City that was Forbidden. The Forbidden City is the biggest palace complex on earth! The Forbidden City is an immense palace complex that has a rich History‚ an exquisite architecture‚ and plays a major role on tourism today. It has a rich History because it was home to fourth-teen Ming emperors and ten Qing emperors. The Forbidden City has an exquisite architecture because it has been a topic of
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What is greening the city? Greening the city means raising the awareness of citizens on the importance of conserving the environment‚ improve the environmental performance in a country and to change your own lifestyle to a more environmentally friendly way. It is a process of becoming more active about protecting the environment and to achieve the renewable‚ sustainable and eco-friendly processes‚ products and energy. Why greening a country is so important? Greening a country is very important because
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The Lost City "Now in this island of Atlantis there was a great and wonderful empire which had rule over the whole island and several others‚ and over parts of the continent . . . But‚ there occurred violent earthquakes and floods‚ and in a single day and night of misfortune. . . the island of Atlantis . . .disappeared in the depths of the sea." (Plato: Timaeus‚ 360 B.C.) One of the oldest and most intriguing mysteries of this world is the Legend of Atlantis. Where was this lost city? How was
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English IV Tale of Two Cities Writing Propmts PLOT 1. Charles Dickens opening paragraph to A Tale of Two Cities is arguably one of the most famous to ever be written. Nearly everybody in today’s world has some kind of set of morals whether it is because of religious beliefs or just how a person was raised. Morals and beliefs‚ these are the two main categories that I would put everything into from Charles Dickens’ opening words in A Tale of Two Cities. They show that‚ although the circumstances
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The Los Altos City is located at the South end of the San Francisco Peninsula‚ in the San Francisco South Bay Area; its exact situation is in Santa Clara County‚ California. Overview Los Altos is an affluent commuter community; its residents live in the city‚ although they commute to their places of work. The community is upscale‚ and the residential area encompassed with beautiful greenery and large mature trees. The city follows a green space layout; it designates its commercial activities
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Problems of big cities Big cities are exciting places to be in‚ they are full of life and movement 24 hours a day. All facilities are available here: schools‚ hospitals and malls‚ museums‚ cinemas‚ theatres… But still living in a big city has some disadvantages. Accommodation is a major problem in a city. It is the first problem a new comer faces. House-hunting is a big challenge. In a time of skyrocketing price hike finding an appropriate dwelling is an arduous task. Many members of a family
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Life in most big cities is disgusting and we often hear people complain that they are sick of crammed‚ cribbed and confined life of big cities.Life here is artificial and completely cut off from nature.For the eternal romantic‚ it is the last place he would like to be in..In the glare of the neon tubes‚he would forget the sun‚ the moon and the stars.Few people enjoy life in a city as it deprives us of an inner calm and ecstasy ‚ in spite of all the amenities of modern life that it provides.
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(urban cluster): a densely settled population of 2‚500-50‚000 people Canada: - Urban place/area: a population of at least 1‚000 concentrated within a continuously built-up area‚ at a density of at least 400/km2 - City: a place with at least 100‚000 inhabitants Others: Singapore: a City state (100% urbanites) Urbanization: Kingsley Davis Definition: „Proportion of the total population concentrated in urban settlements‟ Urbanization Process: “The switch from a spread out pattern of human settlement
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forced to. I was unaware there was a term for this type of black communities which is referred to as chocolate cities. After completing this course I discovered‚ “Chocolate
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American Story: Tent City USA is a documentary about the homeless in Lakewood New Jersey. The purpose of this documentary is to help make people aware of the conditions some Americans live in due to the unbalanced system. The intended audience is anyone who might not know of how hard it is to survive in the United States. It brought to light that anyone can be affected and forced to be homeless such as artists‚ veterans‚ and ministers. Anyone and everyone is accepted into their community with one
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