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A capital city (or simply capital) is the municipality enjoying primary status in a country, state, province, or other region, usually as its seat of government. A capital is typically a city that physically encompasses the offices and meeting places of its respective government; the status as capital is often designated by its law or constitution. In some jurisdictions, including several countries, the different branches of government are located in different settlements. In some cases, a distinction is made between the official (constitutional) capital and the seat of government, which is in another place.
The word capital derives from the Latin caput, meaning "head".
In several English-speaking states, the terms county town, county seat, and borough seat are also used in lower subdivisions. In unitary states, subnational capitals are commonly known as "administrative centres".
An alternative term is headtown. The capital is often, but not necessarily, the largest city of its constituent.
Capital City or Capitol City or variants, may refer to :
A kangaroo court is a judicial tribunal or assembly that blatantly disregards recognized standards of law or justice, and often carries little or no official standing in the territory within which it resides. Merriam-Webster defines it as a "mock court in which the principles of law and justice are disregarded or perverted". The term may also apply to a court held by a legitimate judicial authority who intentionally disregards the court's legal or ethical obligations.
A kangaroo court is often held to give the appearance of a fair and just trial, even though the verdict has in reality already been decided before the trial has begun.
Although the term kangaroo court has been erroneously explained to have its origin from Australia's courts while it was a penal colony, the first published instance is from an American source in the year 1853. Some sources suggest that it may have been popularized during the California Gold Rush of 1849, along with mustang court, as a description of the hastily carried-out proceedings used to deal with the issue of claim jumping miners. Ostensibly the term comes from the notion of justice proceeding "by leaps", like a kangaroo. Another possibility is that the phrase could refer to the pouch of a kangaroo, meaning the court is in someone's pocket. The phrase is popular in the UK, US, Australia and New Zealand and is still in common use.
Capital may refer to:
A city is a large and permanent human settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town in general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.
Cities generally have complex systems for sanitation, utilities, land usage, housing, and transportation. The concentration of development greatly facilitates interaction between people and businesses, benefiting both parties in the process, but it also presents challenges to managing urban growth.
A big city or metropolis usually has associated suburbs and exurbs. Such cities are usually associated with metropolitan areas and urban areas, creating numerous business commuters traveling to urban centers for employment. Once a city expands far enough to reach another city, this region can be deemed a conurbation or megalopolis. In terms of population, the largest city proper is Shanghai, while the fastest-growing is Dubai.
There is not enough evidence to assert what conditions gave rise to the first cities. Some theorists have speculated on what they consider suitable pre-conditions and basic mechanisms that might have been important driving forces.
"Safe and Sound" available on Capital Cities' debut album 'In A Tidal Wave of Mystery,' download on iTunes http://smarturl.it/IATWOM Check us out on the Campus Consciousness Tour and on tour with Katy Perry this summer Capitalcitiesmusic.com/tour Capital Cities take you through the history of dance in their official music video for "Safe and Sound" Follow Capital Cities: http://capitalcitiesmusic.com http://twitter.com/capitalcities http://facebook.com/capitalcities http://instagram.com/capitalcities http://youtube.com/capitalcitiesmusic Music video by Capital Cities performing Safe And Sound. (C) 2013 Lazy Hooks, LLC Under Exclusive LicenseTo Capitol Records, LLC
"Kangaroo Court" available on Capital Cities' debut album 'In A Tidal Wave of Mystery,' download on iTunes http://smarturl.it/IATWOM Official music video for Capital Cities' "Kangaroo Court" directed by Carlos Lopez Estrada, Sebu Simonian & Ryan Merchant, produced by Kim Stuckwisch & Danny Lockwood; starring Darren Criss, Shannon Woodward and band members Ryan Merchant and Sebu Simonian. Check us out on tour with Fitz and the Tantrums Oct 19 - Nov 23 http://capitalcitiesmusic.com/tour Follow Capital Cities: http://capitalcitiesmusic.com http://twitter.com/capitalcities http://facebook.com/capitalcities http://instagram.com/capitalcities http://youtube.com/capitalcitiesmusic Music video by Capital Cities performing Kangaroo Court. (C) 2013 Lazy Hooks, LLC Under Exclusive License To Capito...
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Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. The city dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning around 3,400 years. Classical Athens, as a landlocked location was a powerful city-state that emerged in conjunction with the seagoing development of the port of Piraeus. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum, it is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy. The first pre-historic settlements was constructed in 3000 BC around the hill of Acropolis. The legend says that the King of Athens, Theseus unified the ten tribes of early Athens into one kingdom. This process created the largest and wealthiest state on the Greek mainland...
Capital Cities debut album 'In A Tidal Wave of Mystery, 'download on iTunes http://smarturl.it/IATWOM http://capitalcitiesmusic.com/tour Our first music video for "Safe and Sound" involved discovering amazing video footage of dance and war over the past 100 years and juxtaposing them chronologically. Directed by Capital Cities Edited by Ara Keshishian
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Download "Kangaroo Court" from 'In A Tidal Wave of Mystery':http://smarturl.it/IATWOM Watch the original official music video for "Kangaroo Court": http://smarturl.it/KCvidYT Short film based on the original official music video for "Kangaroo Court" with new footage. Directed by Carlos Lopez Estrada, Sebu Simonian & Ryan Merchant, produced by Kim Stuckwisch & Danny Lockwood, original score John W. Snyder. Starring Ryan Merchant, Sebu Simonian, Darren Criss and Shannon Woodward. Follow Capital Cities: http://capitalcitiesmusic.com http://twitter.com/capitalcities http://facebook.com/capitalcities http://instagram.com/capitalcities http://youtube.com/capitalcitiesmusic Music video by Capital Cities performing Kangaroo Short. (C) 2014 Lazy Hooks, LLC Under Exclusive License To Capitol R...
Capital Cities - Safe and Sound (lyrics)
Un mix de capital cities
(version sung as OFF enters Capital City:)
(lines by members of OFF are spoken, not sung; Tony's line "Hey,
good to see you" is also spoken.)
Homer: Well, kids, there it is! Capital City!
Marge: Look, the Cross-Town Bridge!
(begin vamp)
Bart: Wow!
Homer: Wow.
Tony Bennett: There's a swingin' town I know called... Capital
City.
Lisa: The Penny Loafer!
Tony: People stop and scream hello in... Capital City.
Homer: Kids, look! Street crime!
Tony: It's the kind of place that makes a bum feel like
a king.
Homer: Wow, that's service!
Tony: And it makes a king feel like some nutty, cuckoo,
super-king.
Marge: Look, it's Tony Bennett!
Tony: Hey, good to see you.
It's against the law to frown in... Capital City.
You'll caper like a stupid clown when you chance
to see...
Marge: Fourth Street and 'D'!
Tony: Fourth Street and 'D'! Yeah!
Once you get a whiff of it, you'll never want to roam.
Homer: The Duff brewery!
Tony: Capital City, my home sweet, yeah!
Capital City, that happy-tal city,
It's Capital City,
my home sweet swingin' home!
All: Capital City! Yeah!
Closing credits version:
Tony Bennett: There's a swingin' town I know called... Capital City.
People stop and scream hello in... Capital City.
It's the kind of place that makes a bum feel like a king.
And it makes a king feel like some nutty, cuckoo,
super-king.
It's against the law to frown in... Capital City.
You'll caper like a stupid clown when you chance to see...
Fourth Street and 'D'! Yeah!
Once you get a whiff of it, you'll never want to roam,
From Capital City, my home sweet, swingin' home!