... outlandish garments that conveyed an otherworldly feeling through the prism of contemporary sexuality. These were fairies that looked like they belonged in a New York City nightclub. The costumes were designed by an up and coming fashion designer who specialized in sexually provocative, yet upscale, clothing for both men ... large part because they felt that theatrical productions were created explicitly for an older audience. Several audience members who did not reside in New York City told me they had never seen a play, and it simply would not occur to them to go, however they attende...

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... against authority and government, to boredom and a celebration of creative nihilism. The early punk movement in the US was centered in New York City where in the mid-to-late 1970's people were dealing with intense frustration with the lies of the government, the cold war, and economic ... , identities and self-expression. It mocked the everyday standard existence of the American family, and the nine-to-five ethic. Bands like the New York Dolls, and the White Trash Debutantes dressed in outrageous women's clothing and played loud, distorted, simple progressions with hard, driving beats beh...

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... in larger cities around the world. Some of the largest and most well known communes are Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco, Greenwich Village in New York City, and Old Town in Chicago. Hippies living in these communes shared the majority of things among each other. Communes featured gardens, restaurants, cheap alternative ... quot;.9 Another very famous music festival that came after the Monterey Pop Festival was the Woodstock Music and Art fair which took place in Bethel, New York on August 15 to 18 1969. An estimated 450,000 young people showed up to "witness an unprecedented rock music e...

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... deal of the improvements of the human living condition. One of the most desires from people is living in a natural environment for a healthy lifestyle. In the United States, "New York City's Hudson Yards project is aiming to improve living condition" (3 Ways Technology is making life Easier in Cities Around the World). At present, those technologies can serve us with our ... an impact on the environment, such as noise, water consumption, wastes, and pollution. Besides, "it is hoped that analyzing this information from this one neighborhood will help the entire city manage its resources ...

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... the construction of neoclassical buildings such as the White House and the Supreme Court building were not attempts to renew or change the city's layout by demolishing older historical buildings because it was planned by George Washington 's architect Pierre Charles L'Enfant in 1791, and therefore ... only required filling in space in the city instead of demolishing old architecture and attempting to construct something like Germania or the Soviet Palace. The construction of neoclassical monuments were essential ... instead they employed enrollees at forestry and similar projects to...

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... discuss racism and sexuality in post-apocalypses, respectively. In The Comet, W.E.B. Du Bois describes the relationship between a black man, Jim, and a white woman, Julia, after a comet hits New York City and kills everyone except them. In Aye and Gomorrah, Samuel R. Delany characterizes the relationship between sexless Spacers and people with other sexualities in a future world. Although featuring different characters in ... situations; however, their apocalyptic language is presented differently and used for different purposes. In The Comet, Du Bois expends a lot of thought and attent...

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... be broght faster in a state level than in a federal level anyway.An example of this would be the state of New York. The city clearly does well when handling emergencies yet the same cannot be said about rebuilding. Before Sandy hit, the city was successful at evacuating 218,000 people from the flood zone A areas yet the rebuilding took a very long time. Because ... ...

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... Advancement of Science and Art campus. It was designed by Thom Mayne, one of the founders of Morphosis Architects. This building is located in the East Village neighborhood of New York City on Third Avenue between East 6th and 9th streets; where once the School of Art Abraham Hewitt was located. It is a nine stories high building and has a size of 175 ... feet wide grand staircase, which welcomes students, staff and visitors, ascends from the ground floor and terminates in a glazed student lounge where people are able to survey and admire the city on the fourth floor. This grand stairca...

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... paid hundreds of poor immigrants to maintain stills in their apartments. Common citizens, once law abiding, now became criminals by taking part in drinking, making and selling alcohol. Each major city had its own gangster but the most famous was Chicago's Al Capone, Capone was earning $60 million a year from alcohol sales alone while other ventures earned him $45 million more ... one of the most negative effects of Prohibition being government tax revenues. Before Prohibition, many states relied heavily on excise taxes in liquor sales to fund their budgets. In New York, almost 75% of th...

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... houses. Hurricane Sandy also damaged a couple of storage tanks in Sewaren spilling 378,000 gallons of diesel oil into Arthur Kill, which is a major channel of the Port of New York and New Jersey. Several weeks after the storm, millions of gallons of raw sewage from crippled water-treatment plants have flowed into waterways, exposing flaws in New Jersey's wastewater infrastructure ... at this rate, maybe not soon, but eventually there will be no freshwater left. By 2025 New Jersey's population is projected to reach nearly 9.6 million, that's almost 1 million more people (city-data.com). ...

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... of the Problem The biggest crime in the U.S Criminal Justice System is that African Americans are directly targeted and punished in much more aggressive ways than white people. In New York City, where people of color make up about half of the population, 80% of the NYPD stops were of blacks and Latinos. When whites were stopped, only 8% were frisked. When blacks ... ...

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... human civilization improves, people started to understand and utilize Emerson's ideas in the culture of popularity and coolness. The documentary, the Merchants of Cool, the researchers hunt around the New York City to look for people, who grasp the origins of cool. Researchers in Merchants of Cool indicates, " Look for kids who are ahead of the pack because they are the ... ...

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... the world and Muslims throughout the Middle East and Africa rioted. "They burned embassies and churches and fight with police, at least 200 died and many more were injured" (New York Time, 2009). Issues were raised my European Muslims on how do we draw the line between free expression and respect for religion? And can Western democracies accommodate the growing culture ... area to speed up web page display and as a filter to prevent the user to access websites with inappropriate material" (internet.gov.sa). In Saudi Arabia for example, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KAC...

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