One delegate, for example, told the conference of a wetland south of Kampala, Uganda's capital, that works as the city's sewerage system.

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Sadik-Khan counters that she works with the city's 59 community boards and runs extensive analyses of traffic patterns before blocking off streets.

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The city works with a company appropriately called PaybyPhone that powers mobile parking in various cities in the US, Canada and Europe.

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"The unprecedented nature of this much snow in this short a period of time will create conditions ... across the entire city that are basically unprecedented for the traveling public, " Joe Pajor of the Wichita, Kansas, Public Works and Utilities department, told CNN affiliate KSN.

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It is no wonder that street photography was born in this city, and some of the best subjects and most famous works are the results of those who didn't know they were being photographed or painted.

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Finally, Leal indicated that the Office of the City Historian and the National Cultural Heritage Council are willing to support recovery works in the historical centre of Santiago de Cuba, one of the most seriously affected areas, and to send restorers and other highly qualified personnel to help repair museum pieces damaged by the natural disaster.

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Dr. John Verstraete, who works at Plaza Physicians Group next door to JJ's, told The Kansas City Star that several employees of the office smelled gas for several hours Tuesday afternoon.

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