Over the past ten years Portland and New York have been vying for distinction of being creative capital of the United States. They range in size‚ both geographically and in terms of population‚ they have very different environments and people‚ although they have some things in common‚ like a diverse art and music scene. We can explore these differences and similarities to better understand the significance of each city and the things they have to offer. New York is a city with pavement‚ concrete and
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How vast is the New York City’s mass transit system? XXXXXXXXXXXXXX Instructor: XXXXXXXXX Course: XXXXXXXXXX Date: XXXXXXXX New York City‚ one of the world’s most vibrant cities‚ has one of the biggest public transportation systems of North America. Everyday hundreds of thousands people enter this city as workers or as tourists. New York City has excellent connectivity to all of its neighboring states: New Jersey‚ Connecticut‚ and
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in women. The purpose of this speech is to give the awareness of the effect of smoking. In this informative speech about smoking‚ I’ll discuss what toxic substances cigarettes contain‚ I’ll describe common symptoms related to smoking‚ and at last I’ll
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year‚ in the first week of June‚ I go with my church on a mission trip. Every year we go somewhere different‚ and I’ve only been on two‚ but the one that impacted me the most would have to be the summer I went to New York City. Now New York is a big city‚ many things go down in New York‚ so yes‚ I will admit to you that I was scared to go. Luckily‚ I over came my fear and head into the trip as confident and a championship boxer heading into a match with a tomato can. When we got there‚ it was a
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Arianna Kousouros History of New York City Midterm Exam Essay New York City always had a core identity which is doing whatever it takes to “make a buck.” The most iconic period in the history of New York City was from 1783-1825. There were also many “New Yorkers” in this time period. A “New Yorker” is someone that is face paced‚ hardworking‚ and not afraid of change. Between the years 1609-and 1825 many important events and developments occurred in New York City history‚ which made the city that
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BASIC INFORMATIVE SPEECH OUTLINE FORMAT Name: Topic: Title: Organizational Pattern: General Purpose: Specific Purpose: Central Idea: Introduction: I. Use an attention-getter: (Use one of the formal techniques discussed in the book and class such as question‚ compelling quotation‚ startling statistic‚ anecdote‚ etc.) (Possible Citation here: Dwyer‚ 2006) II. Introduce topic and motivate audience to listen (relate importance of topic to your audience): III. Establish YOUR credibility (How
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Talia Williams Mr. Hedges SPCH 1315 10:20 MTWR July 21 2010 INFORMATIVE SPEECH OBJECTIVES Speech Topic: Hydrocephalus General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about hydrocephalus and how it affects my brother‚ mines and my family Central idea: Hydrocephalus plays a big part in my brother
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A night in New York City On a late Saturday evening I was studying continuously when suddenly I heard a monotonous and awful scream which made me run out of the house immediately. When I reached outside I could not believe what I had seen. A two-storey and turquoise coloured house had caught on fire. People were rushing in and out of their square shaped houses bringing huge and heavy buckets of water trying to extinguish the ravaging and terrible fire. I was behind the crowd panicking‚ trembling
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Public Speaking 10/05/2010 Informative Speech Outline CAT (GT) Overnight Backpacking (ST) Enlightening (TS) Overnight backpacking is enlightening. (MP1) Overnight backpacking is enlightening because being out in nature away from the everyday responsibilities of our world can put ones life into perspective. (MP2) Overnight backpacking is enlightening because people that share an outdoors experience often become closer and understand each other better. -------------------------------------------------
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before‚ tenements were often very crowded due to the large wave of immigrants coming from Europe. These immigrants were stuffed into buildings that were inadequately made. In 1914‚ the streets below fourteenth street‚ which was one eighty-second of New York State’s total land area‚ had one sixth of the city’s population (Urban Castles). Showing how in a relatively small piece of land‚ many people lived there. Most of the people who lived there lived in tenements. There were 22‚000 slum tenements that
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