Essays on Town

Tulsa is one of the largest cities in the United States (U.S) and the second largest in the U.S state of Oklahoma, located in the north-east part of the Oklahoma on the Arkansas River. According to 2012 U.S census estimates, the city has a population of 393,987 and serves as the county seat for the Tulsa County, the most populated county in Oklahoma. The Creek Indians of Alabama, under the Indian removal Act of 1830, were the first to settle in Tulsa in the 1830s. The Creeks named their new village “Tulsy”, meaning old town in memory of Continue reading...

Traditionally a small antique town surrounded by strawberry fields and a bucolic ambience, Old Bellevue, is currently one of the most appealing and developed towns in Bellevue. Old Bellevue is located at the center of Bellevue and stands as a shopping destination for many of the affluent individuals from within and without Bellevue. Its name “Old Bellevue” sounds ironic, as there is nothing looks old in the town. As a commercial district for Bellevue, Old Bellevue previously had small shops that catered for the local community needs as the town developed into a thriving center of the Eastside. The Continue reading...

Sustainability in Saudi Cities

Sustainability in Saudi Cities

Introduction

Both defining and describing the sustainable relationship between the historic and newer built environment of Saudi Arabia’s state capital Riyadh focuses on culture as a mitigating factor in historic preservation and sustainability representative of Saudi cities. This scholarly exploration of the existing construction looks influences on their design from an environmental perspective. The following academic investigation therefore, both compares and contrasts the specifics of the time-honored urban design with the modern.
The following investigative account provides information on the environmental and cultural aspects underpinning traditional urban design versus the adoption of 1970s Western urban Continue reading...

Introduction

“The chosen topic is of Urban Childhood Education”
Reasons for Choosing this Topic
I selected this topic because I feel that Education plays a vital role in making a child successful and independent. For any child’s life, an aspect of early childhood education is very important as it goes against the concept of childhood slavery when a child cannot fulfill his childhood needs, and others exploit him by excessive work and as a tool to get work done. in spite of being given important academic education, he spends his childhood in slavery. In the critical years from birth Continue reading...

The metropolis is seen as the seat of the economy. It is where money is centralized and it is where the seat of governance has been placed. Due to the fact that metropolis is equated with high monetary value, has been also equated to intellectuality and rationality. Metropolis is seen as the highest form of society where quantitative values are set high and material purchases are of importance.
A metropolitan society may never be referred as the heart of a nation, and it exists where power is centralized due to higher economic value. By this, money has become the Continue reading...

Introduction

Stanley Park is a modern urban park that is located in Vancouver, Canada. It is currently the most beloved park and was the first to be established in Vancouver. It is designated as a national and historic site in Canada. This park is an oasis whose magnificence and green feature cannot go unmentioned. It is positioned in the middle of a greatly built landscape in the urban areas of Vancouver in Canada. Visitors who find an opportunity to visit the park explore over 400 hectare natural rain forest situated in the west coast. They also get to enjoy the Continue reading...

Just like in any form of government administration, such as the national government, the Florida State also maintains a system that is evidently run with almost similar concepts. This journal observation will analyse various current events attributable to Florida, Pasco County, Tampa and Dade City. I reviewed the official websites news especially the Tampa Bay Times and the Tribune where I observed certain events that are related to and can be explained using the concepts from political science.
Events such as the planned Tampa City Mayor’s Mac and Cheese Throwdown which is expected to take place on May Continue reading...

Indian Poverty and slums: Government perspective

Republic of India is a biggest democracy and the second most populous country in the world. Geographically, it is situated in South Asia and with its vast area, it is the seventh largest country in the world. As a newly industrial state, the economy of the country is considered as eleventh-largest by nominal gross domestic product (GDP) and third-largest by purchasing power parity (PPP) in the world (Ravallion and Martin, 2008). The economic progress witnesses the reduction of poverty to 21.9 percent. However, about 68 million people still live in slums (Census, 2011). United Nations report reveals that third Continue reading...

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Almost Maine is a wonderful heartfelt play by New York playwright John Cariani about the extraordinary tales of love that take place in the town of Almost, Maine. The assertion of this play is that all of these stories across the town take place at the stroke of 9:00 with the northern lights illuminating the slightly surreal, cold and northern night. John Cariani throws magical realism to the bittersweet love scenes in his play with original, sentimental and ultimately pleasant entertainment. Most of the characters in the play are eccentric, but all of them fit well into the small Continue reading...

A Rose for Emily is a story by William Faulkner. Faulkner was born in New Albany, Mississippi, on 25 September 1897. He was the first of four sons to Murry Cuthbert and Maud Faulkner, and was named after his great-grandfather, William Clark Falkner. He never completed high school, but was able to enroll in University for a special catering program, to serve the war veterans. He stands out to be the most unsurpassed American writers of the twentieth century. Faulkner has written novels, poems, screenplays and short stories. Faulkner wrote his first novel, Soldier’s Play, in 1925. In Continue reading...

Migration is defined as the movement of people from one region to another permanently or temporarily. There are several types of migration. There two main are classes of migration; external migration/international that occurs across bounders of a state, and internal migration that occur with bounders of a state.
The people who move out of the country are called emigrants while those who move into a country are called immigrants. Therefore, immigration is the movement of people into a country, while emigration is the movement of people out of the country. Seasonal migration refers to seasonal movement of people for Continue reading...

Louis Riel is one of the greatest leaders of the Metis- descendants of the indigenous Indian population, mostly French immigrants. He is commonly referred to as the father of Manitoba as he founded the Canadian province referred to as Manitoba. Essentially, it took dedication and a lot of struggle from this selfless leader. His era was faced with a lot of opposition from the Canadian government which was much more endowed than the Metis settlers (Stewart18).
Being the first born in a family of eleven children naturally made him a leader. Hudson’s Bay Company owned the Red Settlement Continue reading...

China is one of the strongest economic powers in the world. Its political leadership focuses on the fundamental alteration of the country’s growth strategies; this occurs through a rebalancing of economic growth sources (Lardy, 2007). Through strategies such as the expansion of domestic consumption, it notes significant economic growth. For instance, the country has managed to sustain its growing population economically. It occurs through rapid job creation, income distribution improvement, lowered rates of income inequality and a reduction of the outsized energy consumption. Aspects of China’s economy that depict its growth and challenges include; national output, employment Continue reading...

If there were one word to describe the lessons learned from this course, it would be context. Sociology could be called the study of different perspectives of various cultures. Therefore the discipline rests on the self-evident premise that there are differences in perspectives that affect social hierarchy and interaction.
Context in a culture remains constant, but person context in a culture varies from culture. A remote tribe on a pacific rim island does not have the same context as me at the same age and gender.
It is difficult to contrast this to previous idea, since my ideas of Continue reading...

Cars and trucks cause air pollution through their entire operational life. This includes pollution that the vehicle emits during its operation, manufacturing, refueling and disposal. There are also additional emissions that are related to the refining and distribution of fuel for these vehicles. There are two types of pollution from car trucks; primary (direct emissions to the atmosphere) and secondary (pollutants in the atmosphere undergo chemical reactions). Some of the major pollutants from cars and trucks include particulate matter, hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide. Rethinking transportation in large cities can go a long way in reducing Continue reading...

The short-story “The Rose for Emily” consists of many symbols, the interpretation of which is of much use to understand the sense of this work. William Faulkner uses much of the symbolism and imagery in order to succeed in his literature endeavors. Undoubtedly, there are many symbols that can be used in the other similar short-stories, and they can be even compared to the other works. Faulkner uses the symbolism, imagery and allegory to persuade readers and help to understand this short-story profoundly.

The House

The house of Miss Emily is one of the most significant symbols in the story as Continue reading...

Introduction

Charles Bridge of Prague in Czech Republic and the Golden Gate Bridge in United States are two of the most renowned bridges of the world. Both of these bridges exhibit few similarities and few differences in its physical form, location, types of users, frequency and purpose of use, and materials. This paper will elucidates and compare these similarities and differences. Not only these bridges have a sheer economic significance but they have great cultural impact, as well. Both were made for the same notion of connecting communities (Brook & Cornish, 1992). Charles Bridge was made a century ago, while Golden Continue reading...

Philosophy has been one of the most important disciplines in Western civilization. Many schools of thought have pondered over the great questions of human life. During the 19th and 20th century, the existential current questioned the nature and purpose of man, freedom and happiness. Miguel de Unamuno was a Spanish writer closely associated to this movement. His short story “Saint Emmanuel the Good, Martyr”, portrayed many aspects of this theory, such as: . Therefore, the present text will analyze the relations between existentialism and .
Defining existentialism is problematic, as it is used to conglomerate many different systems of thought that Continue reading...

The governments play a very crucial role in planning and investing in urban infrastructure. The urban infrastructure development is a form of measure on how the government is committed. In many cases, the decision of infrastructure development is divided on the different government organs. The government has a role to provide funds in order meet the entire requirement in the budget. Most of the urban infrastructure development is done by the local government. They are the one responsible for the planning, renewal and repairs.
The local government levee charges from the public to provide the required services in the Continue reading...

Introduction

Heritage planning primarily involves the development, preservation, and restoration of heritage sites. Heritage sites come in different forms and one of which is the historic living city. Essentially, the historic living city pertains to towns or cities that grow alongside the development of urban spaces. It contributes or influences development in various disciplines such as heritage planning and architecture among others, and components or segments of human life be it cultural, economic, social, and political life (Bandarin & van Oers, 2012; Serageldin, Shluger, & Martin-Brown, 2001; Weyeneth, 2000). Historic living cities also bear specific qualities and characteristics, which is why defining Continue reading...

“Winter’s Bone”, directed by Debra Granik, and released in 2010, is the story of a young family struggling to survive in the Ozarks. Ree, played by Jennifer Lawrence, desperately clings to the hope that her father will return from one of his many benders as she attempts to juggle caring for her mother and younger siblings while still attending school. Eventually, she learns that her father has become involved in meth and has himself become a drug dealer. The movie follows Ree, as she traverses challenging social terrain in the Ozark community, trying to find her father, while Continue reading...

Following the meeting attended on the date of 26 February 2014, held at the local municipal social hall that had intended to get the public and residence views regarding expansion of the municipal market and relocation of the local museum to a different place that was yet to be decided, but two venues had been proposed. The meeting was organized and conducted by the planning commission of the municipal of Arizona, and it started at exactly 9am in the morning. The commission was represented by three people, and those who had been invited were given tags and questionnaires to Continue reading...

A Literature Review of Existing Studies

Comparing and Contrasting Urban and Rural Life: A Literature Review of Existing Studies
Within the United States, there are many pockets of rural and urban environments. Although urban living tends to garner the most positive and negative attention, plenty of parts of the United States are less inhabited and more rural. For as long as civilization has existed, the debate over whether urban living or rural life is better has taken place. While these arguments have been strongly rooted in anecdotal evidence and personal opinion, in recent years researchers have started to study the effects of urban versus rural Continue reading...

Use of Mass Drug Administration (MDA) to eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) in urban areas has not been successful due to challenges such as need for prior population registration, limited access to urban dwellers, acquisition of specific parental consent, inadequate programme support, low compliance due to insufficient information, non-uniform need for MDA across different socio-economic strata and inadequately motivated Community Drug Distributors (CDDs) who are few, (Njomo D. W. et al, 2014, p. 2)
Compliance could be improved by ensuring adequate information and education is availed to the targeted community through social mobilization. This is emphasized by Hodges et al. ( Continue reading...

Introduction

The captain in the middle of the war is in a moral dilemma. He is considering following orders and dropping a bomb into the enemies’ town where the enemies are hiding, or just approaching the town with a troop of soldiers. The captain has a decision to make revolving around his conscience. How sure is the captain about whereabouts of the enemies? Is he using the weapon he has rightfully? Who are the occupants of the town? These are issues of consideration in the justified ethic and war.
The concept of reciprocity and ethical justification defines the very idea Continue reading...

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Teaching is one of the world’s popular professions. This factor, therefore, makes it one of the most important activities of any society. Its rewards and challenges to both teachers and learners are, equally, numerable. This paper outlines the myriad benefits and challenges of teaching to the teachers.

Teaching Profession

In their book, Introduction to Teaching: Becoming a Professional, Kauchak and Eggen handles number issues that impact teaching at every level of education. These include; different schools that would suit every teacher, the diversities in teaching, the influence of technology in teaching, risks those teachers are exposed to in their jobs, Continue reading...

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The story covers the events and happenings of Claire’s life. She faces the slight taste of vampires’ existence and activities in her college days and dorm, but the situation gets grave and the vampires come into their real existence when she shifts over to an old house and invites the vampire creatures upon herself. She is faced with the new challenge of getting acquainted with the new people in her vicinity and adopting a lifestyle that is either one like theirs or staging rebellion to the vampire lifestyle. The author Roxanne Longstreet Conrad who uses Rachel Caine as Continue reading...

The conflict between Israel and Palestine has been the world’s major source of instability. Americans are openly linked to Israeli-Palestine conflict, and gradually endangered by its devastation. The relations of Israel and United States are critical factor in the American’s government overall policy in the Middle East. As such, the congress has placed significant importance on continuance of a secure and supportive affiliation. The distinguished expression of congressional support for Israel has been foreign aid. Notably, in the Fiscal year 2013, Israel received $8.5 million per day from United States government in military aid.
At least 77 Continue reading...

According to Randall G. Holcombe (1997), urban sprawl has been considered a negative aspect in the development of urban centres and land use. It takes three main approaches. The first is the leapfrog development that is when developers chooses to construct residential houses some distances from the main urban centre bypassing vacant land parcels closer to the city. The leapfrog helps in making economic development in the leapfrogged land by making it more accessible to people. The second is strip development that takes place when commercial development is linear along the major highways. This tends to lead to traffic Continue reading...

The article documents the challenges that confront the large American cities in past years. This is so because crime is one of the significant challenges that large cities in America are experiencing. For instance, the violent crime rate in America cities in 1993 was over 500000, which was four times higher than the cities with a population below 50,000 and seven times more than in rural places. This indicates the level of crime in big cities is more relevant given that both the level of victims safeguard and per capita expenditures on police are much greater in this Continue reading...

Diversity is embodied in the differences we have between people. It embraces every one of us in our rich and indefinite varieties. The demographics of the world population are diverse, and there is increased need to provide multicultural experiences to the people. Globalization has grown, and advancement in technology has allowed for easy exchange of goods and services between people. By producing African Dashiki tribal outfits that are mixed with modern styles, people are offered an opportunity to reflect on their own cultures and reflect on the similarities and differences that exist between cultures. This project also allows us Continue reading...

Settling a peaceful life in a tempestuous place is possible or not?

Settling a peaceful life in a tempestuous place is possible or not?
Inner realization and solace is a component aspired by every individual of present times. The very search is the objective of my present state in life. I searched books and scholarly reading of poetry and religious scripts. The vision of realization was obvious but the essence of sensation in person was distant away. The very thought when searched in readings illusify verified opinions. However, the approach to attain the state of solace and self realization in my opinion can be consolidated in the theory illustrated below;
Spiritual Continue reading...

An increase in the price of housing has made housing unaffordable for poor people. As such, most of the poor people, can only afford to live in places with dilapidated housing. When the price of housing increases poor people will become more exposed to theft and burglary because the houses that match their incomes are those that are poorly structured with poor security systems. According to Logan and Molotch (2007), the limit that discriminates people on where they can live is not ethical. This is mainly because everyone should be able to live in a decent place. In any Continue reading...

Summary of a Scholarly Article

Introduction
This paper by Helen Nebeker criticizes the short story by William Faulkner, ‘A Rose for Emily’. It mentions how the story fails to associate with the main problem of the narration and the focus of the story. Additionally, the failure in fully exploring the importance of the narration obscures the essential points in the story, above all is the importance of the underlying horror in the real theme of Faulkner. He has managed to keep the theme successfully hidden over the years with his deliberate ambiguity of the anonymous narrator. The truth behind the episode of Miss Emily Continue reading...

In regard to the setting of the story, Ha Jin brings out the historical setting in the form of social, cultural and political setting as well as the description of the physical and geographical setting as important aspects that greatly influences the storyline. Firstly, the political setting depicted in the story shows that the Cultural Revolution was already over, and the setting now is based during the Communist party that is led by the renowned controversial leader Mao Zedong. When the main character in the story, Mr Chui is discriminated, he tries to force some senses to the policemen Continue reading...

Coastal towns are those towns that have a coastline. A coastline is where the land and sea or ocean joins together. A coast normally refers to the region around which sea and land form a link. Examples of coasts include pelagic coast and gulf. A pelagic coast is one that faces the ocean in an open manner. A gulf coast is also known as bay and is more sheltered than a pelagic coast. The coastal regions are very important to the ecosystem. The rivers that join the ocean have fresh water while oceans have salty water. The mixture of Continue reading...

Introduction

Saudi Arabia underwent major challenges during the past decades due to a decline in the social and economic stability in its historical cities. Urbanization in Saudi Arabia has been ongoing for several decades, and no one paid attention to the value of historical buildings. This led to deterioration of urban centers due to high influx of people from rural areas. No one had paid attention to the destruction of historic sites, until recently, when people begun to voice their concerns over the destruction of most of the historical sites in the country. This led to the formation of the Continue reading...

Alternative Dispute Resolution is a sequence of constructive and effective procedures for resolving disputes through joint consent of the parties involved. I conducted an interview in which I involved an ADR officer. This article contains the questions I asked and the responses that were given by the interviewee as well as my own commentary on the same matter of Alternative Dispute Resolution. (Dauer, 2004)
- What kind of work do ADR specialists do?
They do the work of conducting the resolve conflict between the conflicting parties by encouraging them to engage in interest-based negation where the problem solving procedure Continue reading...

In Centervale Police Department, we have many issues to handle as pertains the patrolling of the area. Resources being scarce, we have to always come up with innovative and effective ways of curbing the rise of criminal activity and preventing any occurrence of the said crime again. It is normally hard but we can be able to handle the problem. The two tracks which form our town have a roughly equal distribution of the population but have some slight differences. They arise majorly from the economic activities that happen in the two tracks.
Going by the broken windows theory ( Continue reading...

The Lottery is a short fiction written by Shirley Jackson. It is a story about a shocking tradition practiced by the people in a certain town. Shirley ironically gives the lottery a bad the ceremony of public stoning, contrary to what it originally means; winning a lot of money. The story focuses around a village during a ceremony they call the lottery that ensures there is enough rain for their crops. In the story, a number of literary devices are used by the author, for example, irony, symbolism, foreshadowing, only to mention but a few. The author uses these Continue reading...