The Great City of Calicut Located on the Malabar (southwestern) Coast of India was its port city of Calicut. Calicut, Kozhikode, was the capitol of a state which served as an important, if not the most important, state in the region in which it lay. Although Calicut lay on the coast, there was no place along its shore deep enough for ships to anchor. Still, […]

1. Should ABC analysis be appropriate tool for not-for-profit organization (NFPO)? Does the goal of cost-efficiency conflict with the objective of a NFPO? ABC analysis is an appropriate tool for a NFPO. It is an important first step. In these types of organizations especially it is important to use funding wisely and justify costs/activities to the taxpayers. The city of Indianapolis was already in trouble […]

Comparing Country and City Life Some people think that city life has more benefits than country life; however, some people agree that country life is a “real life”. Like hearing natures music, or seeing sights of the land and its natural beauty. Even though city living and country living might have their similarities, a broader perspective shows that they both have some differences in conveniences, […]

FILM QUESTIONNAIRE #2 DUE DATE: 10/8/10 NAME: Solving Black Inner-City Poverty: William Julius Wilson, Films for the Humanities, Inc. , 1994 [30 minutes] 1. What has been the main cause of the rise of concentrated poverty in the urban ghetto since the 1970s according to Wilson? (4 points) Wilson argues that one of the main cause of the rise of concentrated poverty in the urban […]

In the poems ‘The City Planners’ and ‘The Planners,’ how do the poets create an effect of disillusionment and discomfort? In the poems ‘The City Planners’ and ‘The Planners,’ the poets create an effect of disillusionment and discomfort through the purpose and scenario and through their use of imagery and diction. The Poets create disillusionment and discomfort through the purpose and scenario. In ‘The Planners,’ […]

This story is about the importance that a particular city bank, Commerzbank, put on bonuses as an aid to retention. It mentions two issues that need to be managed in this environment if it is not going to have a negative effect on staff turnover:- the huge disparity between individual bonuses, and the effect of rumours on the expectations of size of the payout. Bonus […]

“Well, there she is, lad, the City of Sails,” Bruenor said to Wulfgar as the two looked down upon Luskan from a small knoll a few miles north of the city. Wulfgar took in the view with a profound sigh of admiration. Luskan housed more than fifteen thousand – small compared to the huge cities in the south and to its nearest neighbor, Waterdeep, a […]

Disjunction of Senses in Modern City life In his chapter “City Life and the Senses,” John Urry discusses how the senses system operates in “open societies” of streams of crowds in open space. The five senses are comprised by the visual, auditory, touch, taste, and olfactory. Urry views visuality as an ambivalent force that is prioritized above the other sense through the developments of centuries […]

Life in a big city can be described as fast, flowing and largely cut off from the nature. While it offers good opportunities and modern facilities, it can be quite exhaustive and stressful. Yet those who live in big cities are accustomed to the life there and find it hard to adjust in a small town or village. Long and Short Essay on Life in […]

Currently, for the selected route, there are shared taxi services which are costly impersonal and may require vehicle transfers, public transportation which is rather inconvenient and unpredictable and limousine/private car service which can also be pretty costly, but nothing in between. City to City services are a hybrid of a public bus system and a private limousine service, utilizing the bus capacity and the personalized […]