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Historical Mayan Architect/Landscapes – Mexico
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- This archaeological site is rated among the most important of the Maya culture and covers an area of approximately six square miles where hundreds of buildings once stood.
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- It is one of the earliest resorts in Mexico, offering a place of worship and solitude for the Mayan Kings, clergy and Gods in early times.
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- It is appropriate to emphasize the importance of the beach area, where it is certain that the Mayan ships, dedicated to trade around the peninsula, would have docked.
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- Parts of Tulum is used as a beach where the water is essential in everyday life.
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- An amazingly beautiful, natural aquarium of the Mayan Riviera. Xel-Ha has a system of caverns, coves and lagoons that are home to hundreds of marine species.
Wonders of Europe
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- A romantic get-away – Venice, Italy
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- One of the oldest architect in the world – Rome, Italy
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- World’s leading business and cultural centers – Paris, France
Americanized Indian Wedding
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- The make-up artist puts the last touches on the bride for her big day.
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- In traditional Indian culture, men never proposed with a diamond ring. They proposed with a dowry. Here in this photo is a cross between American culture and Indian culture; the engagement ring and the henna tattoo.
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- The groom has chosen to wear the traditional wedding attire and is fixing himself up.
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- Jessie and Nick are Americans embracing Indian cultures on their big day in the middle of NYC.
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- Bypassers are in awe as they see two different cultures merge into one
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- Both the bride and groom have henna tattoos on their hands.
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- A portrait shot of Nick’s family. Everyone is wearing a formal attire except his sister that is wearing a gorgeous sari.
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- Indian weddings are typically very colorful and very decorative down the little details such as the color of the turban and leis.
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- The four bridesmaids each carry a corner of the fabric to cover the bride as they walk towards the mandap.
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- Nick along with his parents are anxiously waiting for Jessie to come out. Here, Nick has a special veil covering his face that will be revealed when he and Jessie are up on the mandap.
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- This is a traditional setup for a mandap. The round plate in the middle is supposed to create a ring of fire and that when it is lit, the ceremony begins.
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- The mandap is supposed to be a sacred place where the bride’s parents and the groom’s parents facilitate the sacredness of the wedding between their daughter and son.
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- After the mandap ceremony, the party begins. Here, if you can see, the groom changes into his suit.
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- Indian dancers perform for the diverse crowd.
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- Everyone wants a piece of this.
Background on Indian Weddings…
Traditional Hindu wedding ceremonies can last for days and involve much ritual in which may be understood only by the priest conducting the service. This ceremony is considerably shorter and is intended to be understandable even to a non-Indian audience, making it suitable for intercultural or mixed Hindu/non-Hindu marriages.
Hindu weddings are supposed to take place outside, on the earth, under a canopy known as a mandap. If that’s not possible, you can build a mandap inside and pretend you’re outdoors. Seating under the mandap can be on the ground (carpets or mats would be a good idea) or on chairs.
Front and center under the mandap is the sacred fire. The fire can be small and confined to a brazier or dish for safety.
Traditionally, the bride wears a red or red and white sari. The sari should be draped modestly over her hair. The groom wears a kafni (long shirt extending to the knees) with pijamo (leggings) or dhoti (sort of an overgrown loincloth). The groom might also wear a turban.
Of course, in an adapted ceremony like this one great liberties can be taken with wardrobe. One rule which shouldn’t be broken is that anyone who enters the mandap or wedding canopy must have on sandals or slip-on shoes which can be easily removed (no shoes in the mandap!). In addition, it’s a good idea to avoid much black.
One feature of the bride’s wardrobe which has become popular abroad is the use of henna or mehndi to decorate her hands and feet. It’s said that you can tell how well a new bride is being treated by her in-laws from how long it takes for the mehndi to wear off. Mehndi treatments are increasingly available in salons.
Brief background on Jessie & Nick…
Jessie and Nick are both Americans, with Indian heritage and Scottish heritage, respectively. They met each other while they were attending Columbia University’s Medical School back in 2006. Jessie is a doctor at NYU Langone Medical Center and Nick is a dentist with his own office in the Upper West Side.
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Problems with Baruch
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- There is always one elevator broken in the 23rd Street building which causes long waits to get onto it. Because of this, it makes students late to class.
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- Because of the huge influx of students into the school, there are only 6 elevators to carry an enormous amount of students to the top floors. Students often have to fight to get in if they want to get to class on time.
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- Its ridiculous how Baruch doesn’t fix the escalators when they know its a necessity. Because of this issue, students are forced to take the elevators which causes unnecessary over-crowing.
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- Its annoying how smokers ignore the boundary lines that tells them where they can smoke or not smoke. They know how much the smoke bothers people and they should be more considerate of non-smokers bypassing in and out of the building.
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- It’s sad how not every class is equipped with the proper teaching tools to lecture a class. This professor here is forced to utilize the internet on his cell phone just to read an important article to the class.
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- Often, there are not enough seats on the 6th floor computer lab in the library building to accompany the over flooding students that Baruch has. At times like these, students are forced to wander around the lab, usually for 30 minutes, just to find a seat to do homework.
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- Because of the huge influx of students into Baruch College, seats in the lunch room has become a rare commodity. There are too many students having lunch all at once that benches such as these, has been a rare as well.
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- There are a lot of holes in the ceilings, such as these, that are all over Baruch; especially in the 23rd Street building. Buildings such as the one on 23rd Street as well as the library building has become so run down that it needs a lot of maintenance.
Wall Street
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- Broad Street is where all the top financial firms are located; ie. Goldman Sachs, Standard & Poor 500, and the NYSE just to name a few.
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- The entire building is barricaded by metal gates to prevent unauthorized people from getting inside the trade floor. All employees must show their work badges to the police officer in order to get in.
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- Typically there are police officers stationed at specific corners. However, from time to time, there are police cars patrolling around the area to maintain a sense of safety and security.
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- The property space of Manhattan is so precious that buildings are one after another which no space in between the buildings.
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- One of the oldest and largest private banks in the United States.
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- The cab parks right outside the headquarter of Deutsche Bank waiting for a high ranked executive to come out.
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- People who work on Wall Street and lives around Wall Street will often walk or bike to work.
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- One of the popular/convenient watch stores located on Broad Street for high incomed people.
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- Typical after work shopping for Wall Streeters
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- Wall Streeters work hard and play hard.
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- An intriguing stand at the fair selling spices by the bottle.
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- Tourists gather around the iconic Merill Lynch bull and pose to have their pictures taken.
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- Tourists gather around the Patriotic Human Statue to take pictures with him and afterwards, tips him.
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- Tourist, Anthony from Nevada, poses with a Boa Constrictor
FiDi, the acronym for the Financial District, is Manhattan’s most exciting neighborhood. It is home to Wall Street and the New York Stock Exchange and is bordered by Fulton Street, to the north, Broadway to the west and the East River to the south and east.
The thriving downtown residential population has an expanding base of the highest-paid employees in America, and an increase in tourism to 8.1 million tourists annually (which ranks FiDi as second only to Times Square) have generated a surge in retail demand. As a result, a growing number of restaurants, high-end retailers and service businesses are opening up locations in FiDi.
Around Broad and Wall Street, the “Madison Avenue” of downtown Manhattan have recent openings of high end retailers such as Tiffany & Company, Hermes, Canali, Tumi, BMW, and Thomas Pink. In addition to the opening of Gristede’s, restaurants like Bobby Van’s, Cipriani, Haru and outdoor cafes are rapidly expanding. As residential and office populations continue to increase, additional retailers and restaurateurs are expected to open businesses to capitalize on FiDi’s further growth.
With restaurants, nightlife, and luxury retail stores all flocking to the area, FiDi is now a lively 24/7 community and the fastest growing residential area in New York City.
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