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    Urban Expansion

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    The industrial age has change how the world is being structured. During the agricultural age, the land was mainly used to produce food for sustaining both human and animals. As we moved into the industrial, factories and city centers began being built. There arose a need for adequate living arrangements for the people that worked in the factories and city centers. Urban areas designed to accommodate large numbers of families began to spring up around these factories and city centers. Fast…

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    Apia Case Study

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    Urban development in Apia Introduction Apia is the capital city of Samoa and the largest city in the Pacific. In Apia, there is a trend that 40% of population are looking forward to live in urban area. And the rate of urban growth will be continued to increase (Pacific island populations in Jones article, 2001). Urban population, density of house and waste from industries are all rise continually. Due to the increasing of pressure of urbanization and the lack of effective management solutions,…

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    Ritual In The Lottery

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    practice of blind devotion to tradition. The villagers see this bizarre ritual as a staid part of their lives, never questioning the reason for it. Similarly, they never stop to consider whether it is ethical to continue this ritual. The entire village participation in the ritual shows how the persecution is an action of…

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    Diabetes and Suburban Sprawl Dr. Richard J. Jackson, pediatrician and former director of the National Center for Environmental Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention created a series of documentaries titled Designing Healthy Communities. In the first series, Dr. Jackson explores the physical and social environment that surrounds suburban America. Communities around the U.S. lack mobility and in turn this has created an increase of obesity and type 2 diabetes in the last…

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    by Shirley Jackson closely fits as a traditional novel that requires a small village to undergo a yearly mandatory process that will lead to the death of an individual and raise fear to the point one does not want it to continue. The village that participates in the lottery does it because it is a tradition that is valued in the villages history. The lottery takes place because it is believed to be necessary in the villages survival. Though it is believed to be necessary, the lottery should not…

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    Shyamalan Symbolism

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    There are two kinds of people in the world and everybody fits into one group or the other. Are you a religious man would say everything happens for a reason? Or are you a non- believer who would say life events are coincidence or luck? In the movie signs by Shyamalan, he shows us how a man loses his faith and now thinks differently. But as a crisis begins to happen in his life he has to gain faith back in order to survive. Shyamalan reveals a theme that everything happens for a reason…

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    Handsomest Drowned Man

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    In Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s short story, “The Handsomest Drowned Man In The World,” village women and men care for a drowned man who washed up from the sea. The drowned man later becomes a symbol of greatness for men, women, and children of the village. The effect the drowned man has on the village relates to a theme of the short story: namely, that people have an inherent need to believe in something greater than themselves. Marquez conveys this theme by utilizing tactics such as setting,…

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    Some people believe it's better to grow up in a small town, but others think differently. I like smaller towns because everybody knows everybody, in school you may be able to get extra help that you need, and people usually have similar career types. In small towns you get the chance to know everybody. Throughout your small town you can grow up with just about everyone around you. You can take up the same hobbies as them and do things together such as hunting, fishing, and possibly sport if…

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    Quad City Advantages

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    A small town with a big city feel. Many would classify the Quad City area this way. Moving here can be a sizable change, especially for a small populated town or a larger city. When living in the QC, there are many advantages in living here because there is so much to chose from. The Quad Cities is a fantastic place to raise a family because of the magnificent entertainment, restaurants, and a low cost of living. Entertainment is easy to come across when in the area. There are many places to…

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    Once upon a time there was a village in a small town with around 300 people. On June 27 a beautiful summer day, the grass was richly green and the flowers were colorful and astonishing. Nevertheless, even the animals, dwarves, elves, gnomes, were talking quietly as they knew what was taking place that magnificent day “The Lottery.” An event that nobody, not even Warner the oldest person in the village knew when it began because it was a curse that has been with the villagers since the beginning…

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