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    Set into the towering side of Mt.Momentum, the city-state of Zamon-Dor dwarfed the surrounding duchies and townships. Zamon-Dor was the land of inventions and innovations; there was nothing its tinkerers could not think up, nothing its architects could not build. Clockwork and its mechanisms made the city what it was; they offered all sorts of comforts that other nations could only dream of. The city itself was alive with the hustle and bustle of daily life: men could be heard talking, women laughing

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    only thing that shaped it, but helped further her outlook after she was a witness to her own mother’s death. Her final call to action though was the ghastly stories of self-induced abortions and the tales of more than horrific pregnancies. Sanger’s movement to push for birth control caused her to be closely watched by the law enforcement. She repeatedly sent informative brochures about contraceptives out to the public and opened a birth control clinic in Brooklyn; it impudently went against Comstock

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    Politics in the United States has been since the beginning of political existence, intricate and convoluted just as it appears in Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil written by John Berendt. This extract from the novel Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil cultivates awareness through its use of language and generic conventions in giving an insight into the stratification of feudal society of Savannah, Georgia, in the South of America during the 1980s. The two main representations of this extract

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    Imagine a city where no green space can be found. Where concrete and steel buildings rise up and block the sun. Where streets are chaotic and gridlocked and citizens are stuffed in cramped, dirty and unsanitary apartments. This was the world of 19th-century cities where human health and happiness were disregarded for economic gain. These horrid conditions shaped the lives and ideas of three very influential men: Ebenezer Howard, Le Corbusier, and Frank Lloyd Wright. They took their own experiences

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    The local food movement connects both producers and consumers in the same geographic region which develops a more community reliant food system. Local foods impact the local community, environment, one’s health, and the overall society. Local food does not have a definite answer, but it does involve many subjects which are all distinguishable throughout the food system. Local food could also represent the distance from the farm to the table. If local food is distributed straight to a food hub, or

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    The river was an important part of the city, access to which was provided through ghats (wide flights of steps along the banks) such as Nigambodh ghat and Raj ghat. The Yamuna was an artery along which river borne traffic travelled. It was a bathing area, particularly for Hindus who considered its waters sacred. It was also a recreational space where fairs, swimming competitions, kite flying, took place. Shahjahanabad, like any other living city is constantly changing and evolving. The physical

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    The politics of Trump soothe my soul to a heart's delight opposed to the liberal garbage spewed by San Bernardino City Hall. The closing of the Central City Hall, sardine packed Waterman Gardens sustainable development Agenda 21, the intrusions of open space known as Arrowhead Farms are a few despicable projects. Furthermore; the outsourcing of fire and the disbanding of various departments paying consultants and lawyers lining silk suits and Rolex watches. San Bernardino infiltrated with homelessness

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    with products. The houses were all identical and the furniture was identical to each others neighbors. The Greene brothers were some of the pioneers who disagreed with the direction of where architecture and furniture was going. The Arts and Crafts Movement was the designers of the 20th century way of revolting against the tasteless industrial revolution. To avoid this industrial style, the Greene brothers had come up with a creative solution to build a foundation for better quality goods. They hand

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    and physical contact with green roofs together explained 62% of variance in self-reported mental and spiritual effect on green roofs. Having physical contact with green roofs is significantly higher for respondents with gardening roof gardens or farming roof gardens. There is no significant evidence of gender by treatment interaction. There is not a significant effect due to treatments, after controlling for gender. I find little evidence of increasing psychological demands in green roofs, where

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    Visual Analysis of Botticelli’s Madonna of the Rose Garden and The Birth of Venus The works of both Madonna of the Rose Garden and The Birth of Venus were created by the artist Sandro Botticelli, whose work was seen as an icon of art for the Italian community. His piece, Madonna of the Rose Garden predates the Birth of Venus by around 15 years. Made in Florence for the Arti and Chamber of Commerce, this publicly commissioned painting dates around circa 1470, compared to the Birth of Venus which

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