The Beginnings Of Urban Planning Happened First In England During The 1880’s

Written by Cheryl Freier, author of The Day Of The Hidden Truth Poems, and Blossoms Around The Circles Hidden Truth Poems

What started out to be a most difficult situation of overcrowding and worn slums in theLondonCity, became a dedicated cause of one man who wrought about changes unheard of before.  Ebenezer Howard was so shockingly appalled at the overcrowding and the way people lived in the slums—-more than one family in one room, disease-ridden hostels, rats infesting the tenements, no running water—just to mention a few of the many hardships that the poor and the downtrodden, and forgotten people faced. 

Ebenezer Howard professed that the poor be helped to live outside the cities in garden cities where the air was fresh and their children could run around outside freely.  He wanted people to own their own homes. 

The mindset was switched from cities and pollution of the Victorian London to individual pride in ownership, renewal, environmental control, and community spirit.  As the article in the December 2011 edition of the National Geographic explained:  the first such ‘garden city’ was built 1907 in Letchworth.  Ebenezer proudly boasted that this was the beginning of a developing urban utopia that would take hold throughout the world. 

The town ofMicholovcewas well-designed and a vital part of the Judaic history of the Slovakian area.  World War II destroyed the city’s beauty and left the people who survived a monumental task to rebuild.  People did survive.  They cleaned the articles of war off of the streets.  They rebuilt their synagogues and churches.  They began life anew.  It was the spirit of the Bible that helped many to have the courage to rebuild.  Read The Grayling Hidden Truth Poems and other novels written by Cheryl Freier to get an understanding of these times and the hardships that people overcame.

What Of The Survival Of The Jaguar

Written by Cheryl Freier, Author of:

The Grayling Hidden Truth Poems, The Wild Grasses Hidden Truth Poems,

Blossoms Around The Circles Hidden Truth Poems, The Day Of The Hidden Truth Poems

The jaguar is one of the ‘great big cats’ in the world.   (National Geographic, December, 2011)  In ancient times, during the height of the Aztec dynasty and also the Maya dynasty, the jaguar was revered as a god.  It was at that time the most powerful predator in all ofCentral America.

Research suggests that the number of the most feared big cats like the jaguar, lion, clouded leopard, tiger, cheetah, and others is dwindling.  According to the writer of this magazine article, George B. Schaller, vice-president of Pantera, ‘…the number of big cats in an area has to do with the number of prey in the area.  In the midst of many trees in large forests, it is difficult to track the big cats.  Scientists lack supporting data;  for example, there has never been a census taken of the jaguars in the Amazon basin, nor of the snow leopards in various ranges ofCentral Asia.”  Saving the ‘big cats’ is a challenge that we will undoubtedly face in the next generations to come. 

To conclude, my thoughts are that saving endangered animals is definitely a worthwhile cause.  Saving any peoples is definitely a worthwhile cause.  Nazism proponents during WWII wanted to make a whole group of people, the Hebrews extinct.  They almost succeeded.  Let us pray for peace in the hearts of all men.  For reading on actual experiences during WWII, please access my website:  www.thegraylinghiddentruthpoems, and you will find novels based on a true survival story.  Cheryl Freier