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    Jessica Laroche Fall Professor Martin AMH2020 A Little Death (The Neighbourhood): The Nez Perce War A time for war is not an enjoyable time for any. In June of 1877, a war started with the idea that a group of Native Americans must be relocated do to religious beliefs, or more accurately, non-beliefs. The Nez Perce War was one of the determining factors when it came to the relationship between the two races: white and Indian. A war that lasted quite a short amount of time, and almost did not…

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    On February 18th, 1930 the dwarf planet known as Pluto was discovered! It was discovered by an astronomer named Clyde Tombaugh and named by an 11-year-old girl. It was the farthest planet and the smallest. However when it was discovered it was named a planet because they did not have much information about it. They assumed it was a planet. It looked like a planet so they thought it was a planet. 76 years after Pluto was discovered on August 24th, 2006 astronomers demoted Pluto from planet status…

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    The source I chose to evaluate is an article called “Is Pluto a planet?” written by Graham Rax. This source was published by Kalmbach Publishing Company in 1999, and mainly talked about is the Pluto should be consider as a planet or not. For this paragraph, it mainly talks about what is planet, what the figure does the Pluto has, and it give a conclusion that we can’t define the Pluto as a planet or treat is as a member of Kuiper Belt. We can tell that the article was published by a formal…

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    George Perec's The Street

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    Street encourages the reader to overanalyze their neighbourhood so much that it becomes alien to them. Perec wants the reader to think about their neighbourhood the planning, structure and implied rules that are expressed and present in the construction of street, a house, or a neighbourhood. Perec urges the reader to really look, not just look at the extraordinary things in their neighbourhood but the seemingly benign and boring elements of a neighbourhood that one passes off or ignores day to…

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    inadequate housing with conditions of overcrowding and health concerns. They are also more likely to be evicted, as their income is not necessarily sufficient enough (Paradis, Logan, & Wilson, 2014, p. 5). There are certain groups in ethnic enclaves or neighbourhoods that live in less than desirable living conditions and with the boom in condominium development throughout Toronto, certain groups are unable to keep up with the rising prices in rent. The city’s intention to increase urban…

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    Social Cohesion Case Study

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    more likely to settle down in the neighbourhood. When people are familiar with their neighbours they will automatically be more comfortable within the area. This is an important aspect for the quality of life. Intruders will be recognised sooner, neighbours can ask each other for help and there will be more people on the streets. To establish this they need to make contact first. This can be achieved through citizen participation. While maintaining the neighbourhood and setting up projects…

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    are not of a sufficient size to gravitationally clear the neighbourhood around their orbit. (Williams, M) In comparison the definition of a planet, as defined by the International Astronomical Union in 2006 is “a celestial body that (a) is in orbit around the Sun, (b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and (c) has cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit.” (IAU) Therefore, the principle…

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    The design elements in the three scenes by Serlio, tragic, comic and satiric that are relevant to contemporary street design in Western Canada would be its neighbourhoods and central business district. The neighbourhoods would relate to the comic stage, which involves private houses and apartments that occupy citizens such as average families, storeowners, professionals and others similar individuals in their homes and on their streets. The comic street view is lined with mixed-use buildings…

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    Yaletown Research Paper

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    roots of industrial production and warehouses, to one of the trendiest neighbourhoods in Canada, Yaletown has undergone one of the most successful transformations of any neighbourhood. Yaletown is a great success story of urban city planning and is a great example of high density living. Yaletown is characterized by high-rise apartments that are mixed in with a great blend of green space and parks, making this neighbourhood one of the most sought after and popular places to live in Vancouver.…

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    Deviance

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    change of neighbourhoods, the reduce of community organisations and deters of new businesses, and economy. Crime has a function in contributing to society to social instability due to these main elements. The disagreement of how crime contributed…

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