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Communities On The Outskirts Of The Cities
817 wordsThe industrial era of America helped to bring about modernization of transportation in urban areas. Many factors contributed to the rise of the modern city, including economics, politics, and technology. The ancient cities of Europe were very small in size and had a relatively small population. With the emergence of transportation technology, the sizes of cities and population grew. Also, the rise of the modern city and the rise of transportation technology had a great effect on the people and d...
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Wyatt Earp
4,193 wordsWyatt Berry Stapp Earp was born on March 19, 1848 in Monmouth, Illinois. His father Nicholas was a lawyer who preferred a life of farming. From an early age, Wyatt learned from his father to stand up for what was right. When Wyatt was two years old, the family moved to Iowa. In 1861, the Civil War broke out, and Wyatt's father and three older brothers joined the Union Army. Soon after, Wyatt ran away to enlist, but his father caught him and sent him back home. In 1864, Nicholas left the army, an...
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Zagreb Croatia
631 wordsSUBJECT: ZAGREB, CROATIA Welcome to one of the most beautiful cities in Central Europe, Zagreb! Although located in a country plagued by war, it offers safety, a strong history, and many tourism destinations. It is considered to be "the focal point of culture and science, and now of commerce and industry as well" in Croatia. HISTORY: Originally a "suburb of the ancient Roman town of Andautonia", the Mongols invaded it in 1242. It became an important city of Croatia and Slovenia, which at the pre...
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Asset Based Community Development Many Communities
2,740 wordsCOMMUNITIES & URBANIZATION Introduction George Murdock once said that a community is one of the two truly universal units of society organization, the other one being family (Schaefer, 461). We are all part of a community, and in many cases, we are a part of multiple ones. In chapter 20 of our textbook, we are looking at communities and urbanization. It discusses urbanization and how communities originate. It also looks at the different types of communities. Communities are defined as "a spatial...
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Athenian Citizens
309 wordsThe average Athenian was poorly paid, uneducated, and probably would rather watch athletic contests than go to the theater. Yet, amazingly, fifth-century Athens became a fountainhead of Western civilization in the study of history, architecture, sculpture, philosophy, and drama. No one can really explain why all this happened in that city at that time unless it was because the Athenians' enormous spirit and energy led them to explore their world with a keen eye and an open mind. Like the early A...
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Prison To Taint Our City
735 wordsRUSH CITY PRISON By Andy 1. It is a correctional facility 2. In 1994 the Minnesota legislature appropriated funds for a new correctional facility in or close to the twin cities. Rush city was selected from many spots in or around the twin cities. In 1996 construction began. Thoughtful, innovative design was a tremendous difference in the cost of the prison, thinking of space requirements and how many workers would be required to run the facility safely. 3.89 million dollars of an 83-acre facilit...
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Grover Corners
497 wordsChristian Ward 1/8/2000 What is the definition of a small town Is it where everyone knows your name, like the theme song of Cheers, or is it where everyone cares about each other and knows what's going on in town. Grover's Corner fits the definition of the classic small town back in the early twentieth century. Our Town by Thornton Wilder shows that this small town is very close in manor and growth to Asheville, North Carolina. Grover's Corners as imagined today would have everything in common w...
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Crime Rate In The City
494 wordsIf the average person was asked what they thought about Dubuque, odds are their response would be along the lines of, 'Where the hell is Dubuque?' When a person displaying above average intelligence was asked the same question, they would probably retort with points of interest such as the Mississippi or Loras College. While Dubuque may not be the most dangerous town in the country, they still have a long standing history of violence and hate. This small town on the East border of Iowa proves th...
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Murder Of A Policeman In Old Town
672 wordsSin City A beautiful woman stands on the balcony of a skyscraper looking out at the forest of massive buildings. A man exits the party and approaches her from behind. He lets her hear his footsteps. They have a small conversation, he offers her a cigarette, then shoots her. This is just the beginning. Sin City is comprised of four stories. The film begins and ends with the story of a hit man (Josh Hartnett). But Hartnett plays only a small role in the film. The main three tales are outlandishly ...
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City Council Meetings
1,855 wordsComplete an Unabridged History of Flint: well, almost! The history of Flint is perhaps as long and complex as the federal bureaucracy. OK, maybe not. The first white man to visit Flint was the famous fur trader Jacob Smith. He was the first to settle in the area and established his lucrative trade here. His trading post was the cornerstone of the city, that is until it was torn down to make room for a parking ramp. The social life of this time was not great. In fact, the husky, rugged guy to gir...
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Inland Towns And Cities Of Milan
1,052 wordsThere were various reasons for the ability of certain towns in Italy to establish a certain amount of self-government. The location of the maritime cities such as Genoa was able to benefit from the crusades making them powerful. This resulted in a knock on effect to the main inland towns and cities in the north due to increase in trade. This caused prosperity and growth, because of this and also because of certain socio-economic changes originating in the countryside, the cities and towns starte...
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Team Magma Aqua Pokemon
10,918 wordsIf you want to put this FAQ at your sites, then go ahead and do it. However, please DO NOT ever claim this FAQ as your own. Also, please put a link to web in return. If you wanted to suggest what do you want to see in the FAQ just drop me a mail. (my e-mail is at the end of this FAQ). I'll try to include them in the next version of the FAQ (Hopefully: ) The site below is the only one allowed to put up my FAQ without asking any permission: web The site below is the only one allowed to modify this...
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Small Town Girl
698 wordsThe world - demoralized. When I think of the world today, I have to ask myself "whose poor excuse is this for a world?" . The big city environments are corrupt and full of drugs, a place where people slaughter each other for money, an environment in which the negative aspects effected me greatly. Ultimately, making me appreciate peaceful, small town living. I grew up in a small town nestled in the rolling foothills, secluded from the violent and drug filled environment of a big city. Because the...
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Cities And Towns And Trade
585 wordsAgriculture is a major part of our lifestyle today. Without it, we probably would not have many of the features available to us today. Agriculture is the basis of all civilization, the basis of writing, of cities and towns, of our governing systems, of our technology, of almost everything we have. Humans started off with a nomadic lifestyle. Humans, or homo sapiens, used to follow around animals, wherever they went, to hunt them. If the animals moved, the humans followed. No one had ever thought...
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Small Town People
1,439 wordsENGL 101,055 September 20, 2003 Many people feel as if they are meant to live in a big city. They couldn't see themselves living in a small town. In a big city they can always find something to do. Places everywhere are always lit up and open. Just walking down the street, people see new faces everyday and feel that they have more opportunities in the city life. If a person from a big city were to walk down the streets of a town of less that 5000 people for a population they may look around and ...
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Central City The Town Centre
2,639 wordsSir Ebenezer Howard's garden city concept has without doubt influences the mind of today town planners. Ever since its birth in the nineteen century, it has spread widely and has been used as a basis from which existing ideas were revised and reformulated. This fundamental ideas remain as an important basic urban planning idea even in the world today. In Singapore, for instance, traces of the garden city concept could be observed from the way the nation was structured. In my essay, I shall first...
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Wyatt Earp
1,610 wordsWyatt Earp is best known as the fearless frontier lawman of Wichita and Dodge City, Kansas, and as principal survivor of the Gunfight at the OK Corral. But the Marshall Earp of legend accounted for only about 5 years of Wyatt's long and eventful life. Wyatt spent most of his years traveling and living in the deserts of the Southwest with his four brothers Virgil, Morgan, James and Warren, as well as his wife Josie. His lifelong passion for mining, gambling and sports led him from one boomtown to...
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