... also everyone together. For an area, that represents so much history and business' that are creating the next big thing, to be located in Brooklyn which most believe is too urban for their liking, just shows how society is now is changing for the better. You get to see ... its challenges. Another story told during the tour that represents the past, present and future is about communication and how it has changed. In 1857, the Brooklyn Navy Yard built the USS Niagara, which sailed to England to lay a cable between Europe and North America. A year later the ... on top of their industry and...

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... at the entrance. When  New York  visited one of the cellars about 102 years later, in 1978, it discovered, on the wall, a "fading inscription" reading: "Who loveth not wine, women and song, he remaineth a fool his whole life long."[21] The Brooklyn Bridge was opened for use on May 24, 1883. The opening ceremony was attended by several thousand people and many ships were ... present in the East Bay for the occasion. President  Chester A. Arthur  and  Mayor  Franklin Edson  crossed the bridge to celebratory cannon ... fire and were greeted by Brooklyn Mayor  Seth Low  when they ...

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... first serious proposal was recorded in Brooklyn in 1800. It is said that this first proposal was made by a man named Thomas Pope of New York. He was a carpenter and landscape gardener by trade. His bridge to Brooklyn was to be about two hundred feet above the water. "A rainbow rising on the shore", he said in his book that was published in 1811. Thomas Pope's bridge was ... weighing 67,850 tons. Thick cables of steel wire rope would loop over towers from stone anchorages on shore. Each anchorage would stand seven stories tall and cover most of a city block-larger than most buildings in ...

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... contains over seventy houses of Christian worship. Founded in 1677, the New Utrecht Dutch Reformed Church is one of the oldest surviving congregations in New York. Constructed in 1892, the Georgian-Gothic style church building is an important reminder of the town's earliest development. It was designated a New York City landmark in 1966. The Brooklyn Navy Yard, located on the Wallabout Bay, is more than 5 miles ... long, contains four drydocks ranging in length from 326 to 700 feet, two huge steel shipways, and 6 big pontoons. It is here where during the American Revolution ... and Olm...

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... racial differences between area residents."" (Taken from my final paper last semester) Twenty years ago, the Brooklyn Academy of Music was covered with graffiti and the once-gracious neighborhood surrounding it was overshadowed by the nearby housing projects. These days, Fort Greene seems in danger of being overshadowed by the ever-expanding BAM, which now has an art-house multiplex, ... by for concert goers. The Local Community Development (LCD) continues to create housing, parking lots and draw in new business, but new development displaces old. I decided to continue my investigation o...

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... mid-1900s by Arthur Miller. It was given several awards including the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1949, many, and New York Drama Critics Circle Award for best play. Most of the story takes place in the home of Willy Loman in Brooklyn, New York. Willy, his wife Linda and their two sons Biff and Happy are what Miller uses to attack the materialistic ... a character. At the beginning of the play, Miller introduces each of the characters. After introducing Biff, Miller introduces Happy, who in contrast, is successful and more productive in life. The author introduces Happy as "tall, powerfu...

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... hit 60 homeruns, which was thought to never be surpassed, before he retired in 1935. Another major event that took place in the history of baseball, was when Jackie Robinson broke the "unofficial" color line and signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. Some say the Robinson probably wasnt the best African-American at the time, although he was very talented nonetheless ... , but he was the right guy because he handled all the racial slurs and physical threats from players and fans. His rookie season was the best up to that point in the majors. So ... expanded all across Americ...

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... be where his mother lived. After hunting around he found a man named Eddie Thompson. Eddie in turn told him all he knew about the Shilsky family. It turned out that his grandfather was a extreme racist. He would cheat on the blacks to the limit. Eddie found it funny that Shilskys daughter married the thing he hated ... Manhattan with a rich husband. Who still denied her from her help. Aunt Bettis even slam the door in her face. Ruth was also turn down by her sister Gladys who lived in Queens. Ruth called her on the phone and Gladys told her to call back, the next day Gladys husband pick...

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... = Began late1960's - 1970's. Continues to this day. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THE MOVEMENT * Social and political protests of the late 1960's - focussed American society on particular issues. * Vietnam War * Arab oil embargo * Watergate * Erosion/pollution of environment. Environmental groups being established * The sexual revolution * Availability of contraception ... for rape victims. Women could have entry into education like men. 1973 - Abortion legalized in America. Weight and height requirements for certain forces dropped. 1975 - Women were now allowed on Jury Duty. 1986 - Sexual ha...

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... these literary mechanisms within the novel are those of sleep patterns and clothing imagery. By using clothing imagery and the change in Edna's sleeping patterns though out the novel, Chopin shows how Edna changes and grows until she accomplishes her final goal. To the outsider, Chopin's tragic heroine, Edna, has a wonderful life, a ... light-headed, she gets up and leaves, with Robert trailing behind. When she gets outside, Edna tells Robert that she is not feeling well. Robert, in turn, leads Edna to Madame Antoine's home to rest. At first, Edna only sleeps lightly, but later she is ind...

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... foreign tourist audiences may inflate or decrease the overall median age. 7 There are a small number of studies published on the demographics of regional and not-for-profit theatre audiences, which are helpful in gaining an overview of the attendance rate of young adults in American theatre. However, definitive conclusions are difficult to draw from them, firstly, because with the exception of an ... fully postulate and draw conclusions from these age cohort specific demographics, one must contextualize them within the broader demographics of American theatre audiences. To this end, a bri...

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... many areas to collect stone and slate from. With the Atlantic being so close there can be some oil and gas extraction going on a few miles off shore. Code number twenty two is for Utilities. Which I believe would be in the medium category. Manhattan has a high population and along with extreme cold winters and hot summers all those people are going to ... need for the energy suppliers to become more eco-friendly. Construction is another employment field that I can see in the medium bracket but on the rise. Many people are either moving to New York, moving around in New York, or trying t...

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... completely free of his father, yet succumbing fully to an otherwise stifled vice. Paul furthermore defies his father in his sense of cultural capital in New York. On Cordelia Street, pride is derived in a child's "progress in school, [his] grades in arithmetic, and the amounts [he] had saved in [his] toy bank"(226). The man who Paul's father holds as his "model" is a clerk for a wealthy steel ... into the indulgence of his "nasty habit" and eventually to his death, much like Sonny's musical endeavor pulls him towards the use of drugs. Unlike Paul's tragic suicide in Cather's story, Bald...

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... stores can seem intimidating with all those strange spices, unfamiliar vegetables, sacks of grains, and smells of sandalwood, spices, and incense. Shopping in an Indian market is challenging, but with a little persistence and an open mind you will unearth a rich treasure chest of Indian ingredients ... piles of delicious mangoes. Huge burlap sacks are piled near the entrances, bulging with basmati rice, lentils, and split peas. Shelves are arranged in neat rows of small boxes of spice blends for everything from dal to chai. Some stores sell meals to go from deli counters, other offer ......

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... talk about her the most around people and brag about her. She was only eight years old and was very intelligent for her age. Holden Caulfield started out in his life at a school named Thompson Hill and then to a school called Whooton. It began roughly for him because he was kicked out of both schools for ... not doing any work. His horrible grades forced him to move to an all boys school Pency Prep where he lived in the dorms with a friend called by the name Ackley and an arrogant roommate named Stradlater. He got into many fights with his friends around the school ... outcome didn't c...

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... even the stores are put into great detail. This kind of detail is to have an effect on the novel. By using this portrayal of the setting the narrator is showing the dullness of the metropolis. In the details of his own dwelling and also that of the curator's apartment, the details are shown ... the natives, the big city setting is distanced. This trip, which goes on through the mountains, again is taking the narrator back in time. This is also the trip where the find Rosario on the road. They go on to the city on the river, the home of Rosario. Now the western world is completely gone .....

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... grew clearer that independence would be a definite in the near future the colonists were left with one issue, a new form a government. The period between 1775 and 1791 became a period of trial and error towards the new government, which would on the way alter the attitudes of many Americans ... . After gaining their independence, the colonists will work towards their unity, improvement, and in the end happiness. The first stepping stone towards their new government became the ... with the bill of rights there was a need for a constitutional conference and a better proportion of representa...

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... I built a lot of memories along with my family. This place was my first home. A home is a place of comfort not a simple structure that one can live in. Home is a place where you feel safe and loved. It is a place that holds good memories. Home is a place that brings a sigh of relief as you walk ... hard wood color made good contrast with the yellow painted wall. This kitchen also had a big window. I recall constantly daydreaming on that window about many different things. There was also tall and big tree right outside that window. I stared at the birds while they sang, played and built th...

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... It is easy to dismiss the idea that you are being watched, but maybe everyone is. Steven is the typical twenty-five year old working man in New York. He owns an apartment, which usually smells like instant noodles and beer, has security cameras, and obviously owns a television, laptop and an ... screens are to be considered premium and which advertisements engage the viewers the most, through your own eyes. His laptop is sold to him with a built-in camera and Microsoft Kinect, which is a program that has the ability to read the user's body language and predict how they are feeling. Most...

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... or ask their parents to take them to the park. Now is it a setback when a kid that has less interest in sports or outside activities and decides to explore the world of computers? Computers in our households aren't tearing up our families; they"re really just opening up a world that wasn"t there. Computers have ... its structure. It's true that the going to the store experience has somewhat diminished, but lets explore the reasons why. Some people would rather not sit in a line at a store for an hour or even have the time to do so. Another good use of the online market is that it allows ...

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... have money and social status, all things that make them apart of New York's high society. His family is blue-blooded A-list people. Holden is growing up in a life that many people would consider privileged. The only thing is that Holden doesn't really care for things like money, distinguished prep schools, and New York City ... goes to the Wicker Bar and gets completely wasted. At that point Holden is lonely and thinks that he has lucked out on any happiness. He tries to escape and find happiness in alcohol, but all it does is get him drunk and even more confused than before. The problem...

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... was going to be. Since no architectural classes were offered at the University of Wisconsin, Frank learned civil engineering and got a little hands on experienced in his chosen field by working on a school construction project. Mr. Wright left the school in 1887 and took a train to Chicago. There, he became a designer for the well known firm, Adler and Sulivan. There they built the twelve ... came to hate what he called, "the boxes cut full of holes to let light and air in style." Now on his own, Wright added a studio on to his home in Oak Park. This house became famous as, "The house w...

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... music to listen to, celebrities to worship, the style and fashion, the way to talk, and just about every regulation for being popular in today's society. Teenagers strive to be individuals and are emerging into the world as young adults, and yet the simplest decisions they have ... to the truth behind the styles. Most likely, a group of about 20 business people who run the merchandising world are sitting atop a high skyscraper in New York deciding , "This year, its going to be khakis. " While executives at MTV and recording studios seek out talent to become the next ... apparel and a gr...

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... music to listen to, celebrities to worship, the style and fashion, the way to talk, and just about every regulation for being popular in today's society. Teenagers strive to be individuals and are emerging into the world as young adults, and yet the simplest decisions they have ... to the truth behind the styles. Most likely, a group of about 20 business people who run the merchandising world are sitting atop a high skyscraper in New York deciding , "This year, its going to be khakis. " While executives at MTV and recording studios seek out talent to become the next ... apparel and a gr...

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... religious beliefs or any belief for that matter. People should be evaluated based on their job performance and not their sexual orientation or religion. While reading the article, "Religion in the workplace", I came across some very valid points on how companies can approach religion in the workplace. Some of these points include spreading the word; being specific; ... against, but there weren't many laws to protect them from that. Times are changing now. According to the article Sexual Orientation Discrimination in the Workplace, there are 13 states that have laws prohibiting sexual or...

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