In 2005‚ the City Council passed a plan for the re-zoning and development of much of the Greenpoint and Williamsburg waterfront‚ as well a large block of the upland area. The plan is known as the Greenpoint-Williamsburg Land Use and Waterfront Plan. The plan focuses on changing zoning regulations along the northern Brooklyn waterfront and some of the upland areas‚ mostly to allow for large residential buildings to be
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At first I was hesitant to go to a school talent show‚ due to the assumption of lack of talent. Even though some acts were a little shaky here and there‚ overall it was a excellent concert. I saw an array of acts ranging from Witney Houston to rap artists‚ and even dancing. Especially at the end when there was a dance battle between two groups‚ while the judges were deciding the winner. With a grand prize of 25$ I was surprised there were so many acts of quality. This was a great experience and I
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Wal-Mart offers a large variety of merchandise from electronics to groceries‚ and has become one of the biggest chain stores in North America‚ continuing to expand its business worldwide (Fran‚ 2010‚ para. 4). Due to its size‚ buying power and purchase volumes‚ the company buys products at very low cost and offers them at very low prices. Wal-Mart has become the face of reality in many Canadian cities‚ including my neighborhood of Greater Vancouver‚ British Columbia. There is no doubt that such a
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African Americans are trying their best to use their new level of freedom to thrive. “For we colored people did not know how to be free and the white people did not know how to have a free colored person about them (Houston Hartsfield)”. Both sides of the party were trying to get used to African Americans’ new found freedom and because of it they were still mistreated in ways they had more choice than they previously had. Although new rights were talked about by the
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altered unless an amendment was made. In 1999‚ the government sold the land to Hilton International in order to develop the land.. Further the opposition to the project also came from the local residents in the area. Who opposed the change of the zoning from residential to tourist area and further to the proximity to the project; they were also opposed to the increase in residential and the visitor density. Later it was found that there were many irregularities in the approval process that was undertaken
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Videogames are more than just sitting in front of a screen and zoning out. When you play videogames you are constantly taking in and analyzing information so that you can make your next movie in the game. It has been noted that people who play call of duty are able to take in visual information faster than people who
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Toby Butterfield worked his way upward in the Montclair Company until he became assistant plant manager in the Illinois plant. Finally‚ his opportunity for a promotion came. The Houston plant was having difficulty meeting its budget and production quotas‚ so he was promoted to plant manager and transferred to the Houston plant with instruction to “straighten it out”. Butterfield was ambitious and somewhat power-oriented. He believed that the best way to solve problems was to take control‚ make
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Los Angeles Field Trip Report On October 11‚ 2014 along with 23 other classmates‚ we took a field trip to downtown Los Angeles. The purpose of this field trip was to observe and learn about the physical and the built environment‚ its interrelationship to each other‚ and to draw our own conclusions from everything that we saw and learned. Students provided information on a subject that they chose and provided handouts for everyone. We learned about different architectural styles‚ ages of buildings
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John Houston carries a common theme throughout most of his movies‚ the theme of religion. The same holds true for his theatrical presentation of Tennessee Williams short play "The Night of the Iguana." The main character of the play‚ Reverend Shannon‚ is known to be a teacher of the word but this is not portrayed in the play even close to as much as it is in Houston’s film. I will discuss three major differences between Williams play and the way it was interpreted onto the screen by Houston. The
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Analysis of Visual Argument The site visithoustontexas.com is a website designed to attract and convince tourists to visit the city of Houston‚ Texas and to provide information about current events‚ activities‚ and places to go while visiting the city as well as hotels and restaurants. The website includes a considerable amount of images of these places and events and each of these images are accompanied by a small descriptive text which‚ if followed‚ it will redirect to a section of the webpage
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