Much of Galveston's modern economy is centered in the tourism, health care, shipping, and financial industries.

During this golden era of Galveston's history, the city was home to a number of state firsts that include among others the first post office ( 1836 ), the first naval base ( 1836 ), the first Texas chapter of a Masonic order ( 1840 ); the first cotton compress ( 1842 ), the first parochial school ( Ursuline Academy ) ( 1847 ), the first insurance company ( 1854 ), the first gas lights ( 1856 ), the first opera house ( 1870 ), the first orphanage ( 1876 ), the first telephone ( 1878 ) and the first electric lights ( 1883 ).

In 1905 William Lewis Moody, Jr. and Isaac H. Kempner, members of two of Galveston's leading families, founded the American National Insurance Company.

The April 15, 1934, opening of Shankweiler's Auto Park in Orefield, Pennsylvania, was followed by Galveston's Drive-In Short Reel Theater ( July 5, 1934 ), the Pico Drive-In Theater West Los Angeles ( September 9, 1934 ) and the Weymouth Drive-In Theatre in Weymouth, Massachusetts ( May 6, 1936 ).

Because of the Port of Galveston's enormous vessel traffic ( between 700 and 1, 400 vessels annually ), the Strand became a popular place for major businesses to locate, including the state's five largest banks at the time, wholesalers, commission merchants, cotton brokers, attorneys and slave auctioneers.

Operated by Sicilian immigrant barbers-turned-bootleggers Sam and Rosario Maceo, the Balinese Room was an elite spot in the 1940s and 1950s ( Galveston's open era ), featuring entertainment by Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, George Burns, The Marx Brothers and other top acts of the day .< ref name =" C2Hou ">

Galveston's climate is classified as humid subtropical ( Cfa in Köppen climate classification system ).

Many of the features of the homes are the latest modern devices in American homes, but an interesting blend of cultures finds us using Japanese artfulness in our own Western architecture at the same time that the Japanese are adopting Western utility patterns.

In more modern English usage, the term " adobe " has come to include a style of architecture popular in the desert climates of North America, especially in New Mexico.

* The modern term " style " has a bearing on how material items such as pottery or architecture can be interpreted.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, one of the founders of modern architecture and the last director of the Bauhaus during its period in Dessau and Berlin was born in Aachen as well.

It combines 20th-century traditions with the modern architecture of today's Berlin.

At a schematic level, that basic worm-shape continues to be reflected in the body and nervous system architecture of all modern bilaterians, including vertebrates.

The Bauhaus style became one of the most influential currents in Modernist architecture and modern design.

Both schools were state-sponsored initiatives to merge the craft tradition with modern technology, with a Basic Course in aesthetic principles, courses in color theory, industrial design, and architecture.

With the internationalism of modern architecture and design, there were many exchanges between the Vkhutemas and the Bauhaus.

Most modern CPUs are primarily von Neumann in design, but elements of the Harvard architecture are commonly seen as well.

The System / 360 architecture was so popular that it dominated the mainframe computer market for decades and left a legacy that is still continued by similar modern computers like the IBM zSeries.

While western Cairo is dominated by wide boulevards, open spaces, and modern architecture of European influence, the eastern half, having grown haphazardly over the centuries, is dominated by small lanes, crowded tenements, and Islamic architecture.

Cerberus featured in many works of ancient Greek and Roman literature and in works of both ancient and modern art and architecture, although the depiction and background surrounding Cerberus often differed across various works by different authors of the era.

" Six buildings, built between 1942 and 1965, are National Historic Landmarks, and approximately 60 other buildings sustain the Bartholomew County seat's reputation as a showcase of modern architecture.

Eero Saarinen's North Christian Church is an example of modern architecture in Columbus.

The Bauhaus promoted pure functionalism, stripped of superfluous ornament, and that has become one of the defining characteristics of modern architecture.

Highlights of modern architecture are the university buildings ( the Boekentoren or Book Tower ) by Henry Van de Velde.

The emigration of the German Bauhaus school of design to Chicago in 1937 brought a " mass-produced " minimalism to America ; sparking a wild fire of " modern " architecture and design.

* The intersecting circles of Granville RSL Sub-Branch Building serves as an interesting example of modern architecture.

Ieoh Ming Pei ( born April 26, 1917 ), commonly known as I. M. Pei, is a Chinese American architect, often called a master of modern architecture.

Pei was more intrigued by modern architecture, and also felt intimidated by the high level of drafting proficiency shown by other students.

Their iconoclastic focus on modern architecture appealed to Pei, and he worked closely with both men.

The city has numerous examples of modern Islamic architecture, including the Aga Khan University hospital, Masjid e Tooba, Faran Mosque, Bait-ul Mukarram Mosque, Quaid's Mausoleum, and the Textile Institute of Pakistan.

Along with Le Corbusier, Alvar Aalto and Frank Lloyd Wright, he is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture.

While Kierkegaard's feeling of angst is fear of actual responsibility to God, in modern use, angst was broadened by the later existentialists to include general frustration associated with the conflict between actual responsibilities to self, one's principles, and others ( possibly including God ).

These include Hindu astrology ( also known as " Indian astrology " and in modern times referred to as " Vedic astrology ") and Chinese astrology, both of which have influenced the world's cultural history.

In modern ground forces ' usage, the meaning of armour has expanded to include the role of troops in combat.

Some Protestant charismatic and British New Church Movement churches include " apostles " among the offices that should be evident into modern times in a true church, though they never trace an historical line of succession.

Major movements in modern a cappella over the past century include Barbershop and doo wop.

Examples include Edward Elgar's Great is the Lord ( 1912 ) and Give unto the Lord ( 1914 ) ( both with orchestral accompaniment ), Benjamin Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb ( 1943 ) ( a modern example of a multi-movement anthem and today heard mainly as a concert piece ), and, on a much smaller scale, Ralph Vaughan Williams ' O taste and see ( 1952 ) ( written for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II ).

Few of his other paintings resemble this apocalyptic scene of two huge armies dominated by an extravagant landscape seen from a very high viewpoint, which looks south over the whole Mediterranean from modern Turkey to include the island of Cyprus and the mouths of the Nile and the Red Sea ( behind the isthmus to the left ) on the other side.

Generally anti-aircraft artillery and smaller caliber ( up to 6 " or 152. 4 mm ) guns use metal cartridge cases that include the round and propellant, similar to a modern rifle cartridge.

Some sources include the requirement that the curve may not cross the line infinitely often, but this is unusual for modern authors.

Contemporary derived words include Boiorix (" king of the Boii ", one of the chieftains of the Cimbri ) and Boiodurum (" gate / fort of the Boii ", modern Passau ) in Germany.

Typical subjects include mining, raising and droving cattle, sheep shearing, wanderings, war stories, the 1891 Australian shearers ' strike, class conflicts between the landless working class and the squatters ( landowners ), and outlaws such as Ned Kelly, as well as love interests and more modern fare such as trucking.

There are two classes of high-performance algorithms for solving instances of SAT in practice: the conflict-driven clause learning algorithm, which can be viewed as a modern variant of the DPLL algorithm ( well known implementation include Chaff, GRASP ) and stochastic local search algorithms, such as WalkSAT.

Some of the more technical safety measures include that all new Croatian tunnels have modern safety equipment and there are several control centers, which monitor highway traffic.

In major modern economies such as those of the United States or the Euro Zone, most money is electronic, but the " currency " of these polities may, depending on context, include all money or just specie ( i. e., various physical representations of money ).

Among the official changes to the organization during the modern area include the ordination of black men to the priesthood in 1978, reversing a policy originally instituted by Brigham Young.

C does not include some features found in newer, more modern high-level languages, including object orientation and garbage collection.

In modern times this rule is often interpreted to include other vegetables of the onion genus, as well as coriander.

Examples include a leopard's spotted coat, the battledress of a modern soldier and a leaf-mimic butterfly.

The modern ceramic materials, which are classified as advanced ceramics, include silicon carbide and tungsten carbide.

Cretan authors have made important contributions to Greek Literature throughout the modern period ; major names include Vikentios Kornaros, creator of the 17th century epic romance Erotokritos ( Greek Ερωτόκριτος ), and in the 20th century Nikos Kazantzakis.

Other modern applications of the cane toad include pregnancy testing, as pets, laboratory research, and the production of leather goods.

Other modern conservative beliefs include opposition to a world government and skepticism about the importance or validity of various environmental issues.

In modern contexts, all definitions of Central Asia include these five republics of the former Soviet Union: Kazakhstan ( pop.

More modern implementations of this kind of dye include Super Azo which is not as deep blue as the earlier Metal Azo.