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Toronto (/təˈrɒntoʊ/, colloquially /ˈtrɒnoʊ/) is the largest city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from the Mississaugas of the New Credit. The settlement was later established as the Town of York and proclaimed as the new capital of Upper Canada by its lieutenant-governor, John Graves Simcoe. In 1834, York was incorporated as a city and renamed to its present name. The city was ransacked in the Battle of York during the War of 1812 and damaged in two great fires in 1849 and in 1904. Since its incorporation, Toronto has repeatedly expanded its borders through amalgamation with surrounding municipalities, most recently in 1998.
With over 2.6 million residents, it is the fifth most populous city in North America. Its metropolitan area has over 5.5 million residents. Toronto is at the heart of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), and is part of a densely populated region in Southern Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe, which has a population of nearly 9 million people as of 2011. The census metropolitan area (CMA) had a population of 5,583,064, and the Greater Toronto Area had a population of 6,054,191 in the 2011 Census. Its cosmopolitan and international population reflects its role as an important destination for immigrants to Canada. Toronto is one of the world's most diverse cities by percentage of non-native-born residents, with about 49% of the population born outside Canada. Toronto is also consistently rated as one of the world's most livable cities by the Economist Intelligence Unit and the Mercer Quality of Living Survey.
One of the main determinants of the role of Women in Palestine in Palestinian society is the structure of the family which may be a nuclear unit, a transitional unit, or a hamula unit (hamula means "extended family", the most common family structure in Palestinian society). The significant influences to the rights of women in Palestine are the patriarchal tradition and the teachings of the Quran. In general, expecting parents in Palestine prefer having males because the boys carry "the name of the family and secures" the continuity of the family line and strengthens the likelihood of its economic stability. On the other hand, female Palestinians were not expected to secure income for the family, but women were expected to adapt to the customary roles of women in Palestinian society wherein females were traditionally molded as inferior to men.
However, there had been a gradual change in the attitudes of parents regarding the education of their Palestinian daughters since the middle of the 1970s. From the middle part of the 1970s, several numbers of Palestinian women achieved education from universities, instead of only receiving education at the secondary level. Reasons for the change of parental attitude were the "increased demand for women on the labour market", changes in the status of the economy in the West Bank territory, the "economic interests" of the parents, and the idea that a well-educated Palestinian woman has a better place and opportunity on the "marriage market". In addition to this, armed with earned education, an unmarried daughter can financially support herself and her parents.
You used to light up the room
Like a fire in the night
Admit you were wrong
And that I was right
You shouldn't go with him
When you could've had me
You shouldn't go with him
When you could've had me
Then you call me up
In the middle of the night
Admitting you were wrong
And that I was right
I couldn't help you out
You go or you stay
I couldn't help you out
You go or you stay
Go after someone else
Or you'll forever be lonely
What you've already got
Is all you'll ever get from me
I've never heard you talk
About anyone else
I've never heard you talk
About anyone else
But yourself
What will you say if the lights went out
And all hearts stopped beating your way
What will you say if your eyes went blind
Couldn't differ night from day
What will you say if your best friend
Wouldn't have anything to do with you anymore
The days pass by
And your boy gets tricky
And time flies
And people have lives
He had to let you go
Cos everyone else
Had to let you go
Cos everyone else
What will you say if the lights went out
And all hearts stopped beating your way
What will you say if your eyes went blind
Couldn't differ night from day
What will you say if your best friend
Wouldn't have anything to do with you anymore
Left is a silhouette
Left is a secret you can't hide
You find your way out
Left is everyone you didn't bring along
All that you didn't want to come
Live for the day
Die for the night
And the sun and the moon in your eyes
Your time
Your time
Soon now