Letter to a Friend of Different Racial Group

Letter to a Friend of Different Racial Group Ethics/125 June 25, 2012 University of Phoenix My Friend, African Americans have since a long time ago indicated diligence, ingenuity, and efficiency in numerous parts of United States History. While examining African Americans the affiliation is generally the social liberties developments of the 1960s and subjugation before the Civil War, however African American History as an ethnic gathering and a general public is significantly more than the abominations that the gathering looked all through U. S. History and of today.Throughout the historical backdrop of the United States, African Americans have experience afflictions, defeat extraordinary chances, and have had a recognizable effect on U. S. culture, governmental issues, and social understandings. The African American culture can follow quite a bit of their underlying foundations back to the slave exchanges of the sixteenth century. History specialists concur that the principal Africa n Americans were brought to America by San Miguel de Guadalupe to be utilized as slave work power, and settled in what is presently known as South Carolina.Shortly after, arguments about administration of the province lead to battling, which the African slaves exploited by revolting, getting away, and looked for asylum with nearby Native American clans. The principal Africans brought to English involved America were brought to Jamestown, Virginia in 1619, because of numerous English pilgrims biting the dust from the cruel conditions, to fill in as workers. Numerous students of history accept that the principal African Americans who were brought to early English America were not brought as slaves, rather contracted servants.In reality, the Africans who involved early English America could legitimately raise yields and steers to buy their opportunity, and by the 1640s and 1650s, a few African families went to claim cultivates close to Jamestown and really got affluent in pilgrim measu res. What is currently identified with the African American slave period actually began in the mid 1600s when the Dutch West India Company presented the initial 11 slaves in present day New York in 1625, however the idea of a race-based slave framework didn't come to fruition until the eighteenth century.The provincial 1700s in America offered ascend to the advanced idea of subjugation for the burn truth of a need of a workforce. The provinces fruitful terrains and plentiful assets lead to products that Europe required and needed, along these lines African American subjection started to fill the need of a workforce and offered ascend to the race-based slave framework in Colonial America. This race-based slave framework proceeded through the American Revolution and into the Civil War. At the point when President Abraham Lincoln marked the Emancipation Proclamation the reign of servitude in the United States was made illicit, liberating the about 3. million slaves (in lawful terms as it were. ) Many states that upheld subjugation kept on supporting servitude until Union soldiers were sent to uphold the Emancipation Proclamation, of these states, Texas was the last to be liberated in 1865. Alongside the Emancipation Proclamation gave by Abraham Lincoln, during this time in U. S. history Congress sanctioned the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth changes to the United States Constitutions. These alterations got known as â€Å"the Civil War corrections. The Civil War Amendments made subjugation unlawful, qualified African Americans for the title of characteristic conceived resident and secured the privileges of liberated slaves, and entitled African American’s (guys) the option to cast a ballot separately. African Americans despite the fact that liberated by lawful principles, confronted a lengthy, difficult experience of bigotry, partiality, and separation. The African American people group rose against the abuse they looked during the hours of the socia l equality development. This time of U. S. history would shape African American fates, however the nations future in general and lead to the Civil Rights Act of 1964.The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited significant types of oppression African Americans and ladies, and is a pivotal lawful reference for demonstrations of segregation. Albeit African Americans confronted and still face segregation, the steadiness and assurance of those over a wide span of time have lead to a progressively bound together United States and a less discriminative populace all in all. Albeit quite a bit of African American history has been that of negative perspectives, African Americans play and have assumed a prime job in the molding of culture, expressions of the human experience, music, different types of culture, and social components of the American method of life.Roots of African Americans impact on music, for example, Jazz and Blues can be followed to the melodies of motivation sang by slaves on e states. African American impact can be found in move in such Swing structures the Lindy Hop, which began in Harlem around 1927. The effect of African culture on the standard culture of America can be seen in numerous structures, of which are various. The African American effect on culture is clear in the south, as a significant part of the collaboration between the populace and African Americans was knowledgeable about the southern states.When examining African Americans the affiliation is typically the social equality developments of the 1960s and bondage before the Civil War, yet African American History as an ethnic gathering and a general public is substantially more than the abominations that the gathering looked all through U. S. History and of today. Since the commencement of the United States, African Americans have experience misfortunes, defeat extraordinary chances, and have had a recognizable effect on U. S. culture, legislative issues, and social understandings.African Americans as an ethnic gathering and as individuals have confronted separation and rose above to turn into the biggest minority bunch in the United States. The accompanying statement â€Å"have we not reach such a stalemate in the advanced world that we should adore our foes †or something bad might happen? The chain response of insidiousness †abhor bringing forth detest, wars creating more wars †must be broken, or, in all likelihood we will be dove into the dim pit of annihilation† (Martin Luther King, Jr. ) epitomizes the new American perfect formed by the African American tirelessness and capacity to survive. Works Cited â€Å"African American.  Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 20 Mar. 2012. <http://en. wikipedia. organization/wiki/African_American>. â€Å"African-American Culture. †Ã‚ Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 18 Mar. 2012. Web. 20 Mar. 2012. <http://en. wikipedia. organization/wiki/African-American_culture>. â€Å"Civil Wa r Amendments. †Ã‚ ThinkQuest. Prophet Foundation. Web. 20 Mar. 2012. <http://library. thinkquest. organization/J0112391/civil_war_amendments. htm>. â€Å"The Civil Rights Movement 1955-1965: Introduction. †Ã‚ Www. watson. organization. Web. 20 Mar. 2012. <http://www. watson. organization/~lisa/blackhistory/civilrights-55-65/record. html>. Related article: â€Å"Co Curricular Activities Letter†

A Causative Agent of Food-borne Poisoning

Bacillus cereus is a high-impact and facultative anaerobic, gram-positive microbes causing poison interceded food contamination. Ideal temperature for its development is 30-37Â °C. In any case, it can likewise endure a wide scope of temperature; a few strains can grow up to 55Â °C while others can develop at temperatures as low as 4 to 5Â °C (Microbial Pathogen Datasheets, 2001). Numerous strains from dairy items can flourish at lower temperatures. The base pH necessity for development is 4. 3, while most extreme pH is around 9. 3.This bacterial populace develops best within the sight of oxygen (Microbial Pathogen Datasheets, 2001). In any case, since this species is facultative anaerobic it additionally develops well in anaerobic conditions (Louisiana Office of Public Health, 2004). Poison creation has been seen as much lower under anaerobic conditions. Bacillus cereus is a spore-shaping miniaturized scale life form which happens normally in many nourishments. It causes two extra ordinary and particular types of food contamination: an emetic disease and a diarrhoeal sickness (Louisiana Office of Public Health, 2004).Bacillus cereus causes food-borne emetic ailment by delivering a profoundly steady poison that endures high temperatures and presentation to trypsin, pepsin and pH boundaries. Bacillus cereus levels in nourishments related with emetic type of food contamination have gone from 1,000 to 50 billion state framing units (cfu)/gram (Louisiana Office of Public Health, 2004). High quantities of bacterial populace have been additionally recognized in fecal examples from influenced people. Diarrhoeal ailment is intervened by a warmth and corrosive labile enterotoxin delivered during development of vegetative cells in the small digestive system (Granum, 1994).Four various enterotoxins have been portrayed. Two are protein buildings, for example, non-haemolytic enterotoxin (NHE) and haemolysin BL (HBL) and two are enterotoxic proteins, for example, enterotoxi n T (bc-D-ENT) and cytotoxin K (Lund, DeBuyser and Granum, 2000). The event of the diarrhoeal-type condition has been to a great extent detailed in the US and Europe, where the ailment has been extraordinarily connected with nourishments, for example, meat, vegetable, poultry, sweets and sauces (Giannella and Brasile, 1979).Prevalence of the retching type disorder has been accounted for in the United Kingdom, Canada and USA, food borne harming is regularly connected with the utilization of cooked singed rice (Mortimer and McCann, 1974). Serotyping examines directed by Taylor and Gilbert (1975) demonstrated that strains from occurrences of food contamination in US and Europe described by a more drawn out brooding period and with looseness of the bowels as the principle side effect have given serotypes 2, 6, 8, 9 and 10, while those which caused the rice-related emetic disease in United Kingdom, Canada and USA were serotypes 1, 3 or 5.Bacillus cereus food contamination is for the most part connected with rice dishes, and irregularly with other food stuffs, for example, meat, vegetable, pasta, dairy items, sauces, soups and sweet baked goods. Bacillus cereus food-borne harming is likewise connected with pudding, cream, flavors, dry milk, dry potatoes and spaghetti sauces. Bacterial tainting of the food item by the huge happens preceding cooking. Much in the wake of cooking the microbial populace flourishes on the grounds that vegetative structures can develop over a wide scope of temperatures from 25Â °C to 42Â °C and are additionally equipped for creating endotoxins.Endospores can endure incredibly high and low temperatures. At the point when they are permitted to cool reasonably continuously, they by and by start to sprout and increase. Spores are exceptionally impervious to dry warmth than soggy warmth. Emetic poisons are additionally incredibly impervious to warm. They can endure 90 min at 126Â °C, while diarrhoeal poisons are inactivated at 56Â °C in 5 m in. Clinical Description Bacillus cereus is generally known as the etiological specialist of food-borne harming, causing both gastrointestinal and non-gastrointestinal diseases.Both looseness of the bowels and emesis can be obviously recognized by their clinical highlights. Looseness of the bowels is incited by heat-labile enterotoxins, while emesis is brought about by a warmth stable depsipeptide poison called cereulide (Ehling, Fricker and Scherer, 2004). The clinical disorder related with the diarrhoeal type of ailment are longer brooding around 6 to 24 hours time frame, watery looseness of the bowels (like that of C. perfringens), nearness of moderate to extreme stomach spasms, queasiness and spewing in certain patients, span of disease ranges from at least 20 hours to a limit of 36 hours.Clinical highlights related with the emetic type of ailment are shorter brooding time of around 1 to 6 hours, nearness of regurgitating and stomach cramps; the runs isn't serious and is availab le in just about 33% of influenced people (like harming by S. aureus), term of ailment ranges from 8 to 10 hours. In the two sorts of conditions, fever is extraordinary and illness is normally submissive. Bacillus cereus additionally can cause different sicknesses, for example, neighborhood skin and wound contaminations, visual contaminations, fulminant liver failure.Invasive illness, including bacteraemia, endocarditis, osteomyelitis, pneumonia, mind ulcer, and meningitis are likewise brought about by Bacillus cereus. Visual contribution incorporates panophthalmitis, endophthalmitis, and keratitis (Louisiana Office of Public Health, 2004). Separated, it can achieve different diseases to be specific, pneumonia, meningitis, encephalitis, notwithstanding mind and liver abscesses (Drobniewski, 1993). It is an uncommon reason for endocarditis (Fowler et al. 2005) announced in patients with prosthetic heart valves, rheumatic coronary illness, intravenous medication use (IVDU), and in qui et with leukaemia.Food Poisoning by different Bacillus species Toxic food contamination isn't just brought about by Bacillus cereus, a few different Bacillus animal groups have additionally been involved in food contamination occurrences. The most significant species are B. subtilis and B. licheniformis. These living beings are equipped for delivering an amazingly heat-stable poison which appears to be fundamentally the same as the emetic type created by B. cereus (Kramer and Gilbert, 1989). These species are broadly connected with food items like meat, vegetable, flour, baked good, frankfurter moves, meat pies and cakes, curries and different ethnic dishes with rice, and stuffed poultry.Bacillus subtilis is related essentially with meat, vegetables in baked good, poultry items, and every so often with pastry kitchen things, for example, bread, crumpets, sandwiches, and ethnic meat or fish dishes. Food contamination condition related with B. subtilis causes intense beginning queasin ess, heaving and stomach cramps, hatching range is 2-5 hours, regularly with the runs. Harming because of B. licheniformis shows the accompanying side effects; the runs is more typical than spewing, hatching period is around 8 hours. Another species which was segregated in high numbers from rice related with a food contamination episode was B.pumilus. Manifestations were predictable with those comparable for food contamination by different Bacillus species than B. cereus. C. perfringens food contamination creates a warmth labile poison which caused dominatingly lower gastrointestinal (diarrheal) infection around 12 hours after ingestion much like the diarrheal sort condition brought about by B. cereus. Contextual investigations In August 2003, five offspring of a Belgian family got wiped out in the wake of eating pasta serving of mixed greens. The pasta serving of mixed greens arranged on a Friday was taken to outing on Saturday. The extras had been put away in the refrigerator.The following Monday evening the pasta was served for dinner to the youngsters. Since the pasta had an abnormal smell three kids (matured 14, 10 and 9) didn't eat a lot, they ate next to no amounts. Following 6 hours the most youthful youngster (matured 7) began spewing and grumbled of respiratory misery. She was quickly hurried to the emergency clinic. Upon landing in the emergency clinic the other 3 kids likewise felt queasy and began retching. The state of the considerable number of kids started to compound; consequently they were moved to the University Hospital in Leuven.However, during move, the youngster (matured 7) had extreme aspiratory discharge, immediately followed by trance like state, diffuse dying, and serious muscle cramps. She passed on inside 20 minutes, at 13 hours after the admission of pasta. Examination report uncovered the nearness of Bacillus cereus in her gut content. The other 3 youngsters were held under treatment for 8 days and they bit by bit recuperated (Di erick et al. 2005). This case explained the likely seriousness of the emetic ailment, additionally worrying on the significance of adequate refrigeration of prepared food. Some B.cereus strains are known to be sychrotrophic and these strains have the most extreme emetic poison creation somewhere in the range of 12 and 15Â °C. In the current case, the temperature of the fridge where the pasta plate of mixed greens was put away was 14Â °C. This presumably permitted B. cereus strains to duplicate rapidly to achieve a tally of more than 108 CFU/g in 3 days alongside an extremely high poison creation (Dierick et al. 2005). Food borne harming was accounted for in a military camp in Jurong, Singapore. This food contamination episode included 19 armed force faculty who got unwell after breakfast.All these military staff had been served singed rice by a food slow down in a regular citizen bottle. The ailment was portrayed by regurgitating (89. 5%), stomach cramps (52. 6%), looseness of the bowels (47. 4%), cerebral pain (47. 4%) and fever (10. 5%) (Tay, Goh and Tan, 1982). The brooding time reached out from 13/4 hours to 51/2 hours. Bacillus cereus was recognized in the vomitus of the influenced troopers (Tay, Goh and Tan, 1982). This clarifies Bacillus cereus is a causative operator for the food borne harming bringing about emetic and diarrhoeal ailment. This species debases food items, particularly cooked rice and refrigerated products.It is thusly basic to follow legitimate cooking and refrigeration techniques. Legitimate cooking and capacity of nourishments, particularly rice cooked for sometime in the future, will encourage to ruin food borne pestilences. Generally B. cereus food borne episode is a result of eating cook

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Cue the montage music Ten years ago when I was a high school senior, a long-haired friendly guy by the name of Matt McGann visited my poster at the Intel Science Talent Search public session and gave me an MIT frisbee. A year later, he offered me a blog and the task of writing about my life at MIT and the research endeavors of my fellow undergrads. Today, little seems to have changed, as I am still (sort of, I’ll explain) in school at MIT, doing research, and enjoying this view from my lab on a daily basis: Campus aficionados will recognize Building 46, which houses MITs Brain and Cognitive Science department, and the little dome barely visible behind it. Before you begin to question why it has taken me so long to finish my Bachelors, let me assure you that I graduated with a MechE/BME degree in 2008. I have chosen to stay at MIT to do the longest graduate program possible, the MD-PhD, because, well, I love this place! I’m entering the 6th year of my program, meaning I’ve finished the first two years of medical school (in the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program, hence my continued MIT affiliation), and three years of graduate school (in the Harvard Immunology program). My research is on the microbiome of the female genital tract, and my lab is in the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard. Thinking back, my UROP-centered blog was like an all-access pass to the labs that define MIT’s presence on the global stage. I had the opportunity to learn about the work of so many talented MIT undergrads and professors, who never failed to dazzle me with their passion and creativity. Many of the students that I profiled continued in the fields that they performed their UROPs in, like Shaye Storm, who studied extrasolar planets as an undergrad and is wrapping up his PhD in Astronomy. There’s also Mike Xiang, who was doing two UROPs simultaneously when I blogged about him; you won’t be surprised to hear that he’s completed his PhD in molecular cancer biology and is now about to finish his MD, with an eye on radiation oncology. Of course not everyone stayed in the same field, like my dear roommate Anna Teytelman, whose UROP was on Japanese hip-hop; she ended up getting her PhD through MIT’s Operations Research Center and is now working at Google in NYC ? With my sister now entering her junior year at MIT, in a way I’ve been experiencing undergrad all over again through her, but boy is it easier this way. Though there were countless times during undergrad when I questioned whether the stress, exhaustion, and anxiety that I was experiencing was worth it, I can definitively say now that it was (and I could have chilled out a little)!

Affirmative Action Essay Time to Stop Special Privileges

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The And Drug Administration Approved Truvada For Treating Hiv

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Free Speech on College Campuses Free Essays

College is a time when most individuals are experiencing major changes and begin to explore new perspectives. The transition in becoming more independent, creating new insights and peer influence are key factors in changing the perspective of an individual. Students are faced with new ideas from their professors, family and fellow peers. We will write a custom essay sample on Free Speech on College Campuses or any similar topic only for you Order Now Through that acquired knowledge many students decide that they either agree or disagree with the perspectives that they are taught. Allowing the right of ‘Free Speech’ on public college campuses has become an important issue that many public colleges are starting to address. In college students are capable of informing their peers about issues that are important and controversial. It is important that students are able to maintain this right so they can and inform the student body to promote positive change. Free speech should be allowed on public college campuses because it liberates students to actively engage in controversial issues. ‘Free Speech’ is necessary on college campuses because it allows students to determine their own beliefs and promote positive change. Free speech’ can be interpreted as, â€Å"The ability for students to explore controversial topics and express popular opinions without fear or reprisal† (Schmidt 1). College is an important transition in life because it is an age where students are forced to make their own independent decisions. Students are leaving home for the first time and explore new ideas and establishing their own opinion on current issues that surround them. ‘Free Speech’ is essential because it provides awareness to college campuses and it a proactive way of educating students outside of the classroom. A perfect example of this took place on the campus of University of Oregon, it was a debate whether or not the Pacifica Forum should be allowed to hold meetings in University of Oregon’s classrooms on campus. Although this was not a popular group, the majority of people on campus believed that the Pacifica forum should not be allowed. Despite their opinions, free speech was a great way in this situation for students to rally together and publically inform the rest of campus of their beliefs. In he school newspaper, The Daily Emerald, CJ Ciaramelle wrote â€Å"About 300 students from across the campus community — student unions, Greek Life, the ASUO, the Survival Center, the Women’s Center — showed up at the meeting to protest the Forum† (1). Although the majority of people protested against the forum the right to free speech, it is important because it allows students to make decisions on their own and invite students to do the same. â€Å"Free speech† often has negative connotations because the negative outcomes are publicized more than the positive outcomes. Free Speech’ is a time for individuals to express their beliefs and topic on an important issue. People chose to present themselves in a vast majority of ways such as, holding signs, making t-shirts, shouting, etc. People who chose to present themselves in disrupting ways such as, foul language, inappropriate attire are more likely to be noticed than another student that is holding a simple and respectful sign. Schmidt states, â€Å"Universities cannot censor or suppress speech, no matter how obnoxious in content, without violating their justification of existence† (2). There is no definition of what type of ‘free speech’ should be censored and not allowed. With that said, there should not be a limit on ‘free speech’ because people should be allowed to express themselves despite other peoples thoughts on what is ‘acceptable’. The opposing view would state that ‘free speech’ should not be allowed on college campus because it provides an unsafe learning environment. This is a valid point but limiting students to voice their own opinions on campus forces the opinions of professors onto students. In the article, â€Å"The University and Freedom† written by Benno Schmit, he states, â€Å"The assumption seems to be that the purpose of education is to induce â€Å"correct† opinion rather than to search for wisdom and to liberate the mind† (2). This is a good point suggesting that if students are not allowed to project their opinion, in a sense, it is just another way for Universities to teach by their own views and opinions. The opposition also states that many people are paying for an education so therefore they should have the right to feel safe walking through campus. This is also a valid point, but ‘free speech’ is an opportunity for people to express themselves. If at any point a person expresses himself or herself in a fashion that is unacceptable it then becomes another issue such as harassment, trespassing, indecent exposure, etc. The issue would then be addressed as an independent and different case rather than an act of ‘free speech’. Many ‘free speech’ cases can be very sensitive, but that certainly does not mean that they should not be addressed. It is important that people are not limited to expressing their voice publically because people need to see multiple perspectives then just their own. ‘Free speech’ also provides an opportunity for students to gather together and promote positive change. Allowing a person to publically speak their minds often is seen to be disruptive. Many people do not think about the positive outcomes that ‘Free Speech’ provides. Allowing students to express their opinions often is for the better and creates positive change. It is a proactive way for students to become educated and inform their peers about issues that are happening on campus. This relates to the Pacifica Forum controversy because students were able to express their views using their right of ‘free speech’. A few students were able to educate a majority of students about the Pacifica Forum and were able to force them off of campus. The ASUO president, Emma Kallaway, stated in the Daily Emerald â€Å"This may seem like a small victory in the larger fight, but it’s still a tremendous testament to student power that we were able to force this group out of our student union† (1). This is an example of ‘Free Speech’ providing a positive outcome when students can rally together and use their rights to achieve what they set their minds to do. When students become passionate about a certain issue, many of them use freedom of speech as a productive way to inform their peers in hopes to gain positive change for the community. It is important that people understand that ‘Free Speech’ is an opportunity for students to project their voices to inform and invite more students to do the same. ‘Free Speech† is essential when educating and providing students with knowledge that can be sensitive and controversial. Students should not be limited on what they chose to express. It is important to consider that just because a issue is sensitive and controversial does not mean it should not be discussed. ‘Free speech’ allows students the right to engage and determine their own perspectives when faced with controversial issues in the ‘real life’. ‘Free Speech’ is also extremely important because it is a productive way of informing students to rally together to make a positive change that will contribute to better mankind. 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Old School Rap free essay sample

However, the definition of all rap music of the eighties as old school rap seems to be more common nowadays, although musically it is not particularly useful. In the mid-sass, hip hop split Into two camps. One sampled disco and focused on getting the crowd dancing and excited, with simple or no rhymes ; these Ads Included Pete DC Jones, Eddie Achebe, DC Hollywood? AAA and Love Bug Stark. On the other hand, another group were focusing on rapid-fire rhymes and a more complex rhythmic scheme. These included Africa Bumboat(Yell, Paul Winkle, Grandmaster Flash and Bobby Robinson.As the ass became the sass, many felt that hip hop was a novelty ad that would soon die out. This was to become a constant accusation for at least the next fifteen years. Some of the earliest rappers were novelty acts, using the themes to Sailings Island and using sweet do hop-influenced harmonies. We will write a custom essay sample on Old School Rap or any similar topic specifically for you Do Not WasteYour Time HIRE WRITER Only 13.90 / page With the advent of recorded hip hop in the late sass, all the major elements and techniques of the genre were in place. Though not yet mainstream, it was well-known among African Americans, even outside of New York City ; hip hop could be found In cities as diverse as Los Angels, Washington, Baltimore, Dallas, Kansas City, Miami, Seattle, SST.Louis, New Orleans, and Houston. Philadelphia was, for many years, the only city whose contributions to hip hop were valued as greatly as New York Citys by hip hop purists and critics. HIP hop was popular there at least as far back as 1976 (flirts record : Rhythm Talk, by Jocks Henderson in 19791 and the New York Times dubbed Philly the Graffiti Capital of the World in 1971, due to the influence of such legendary graffiti artists as Cornbread. The flirts female solo artist to record hip hop was Lady B. (To the Beat HAWAII, 1980), a Philly-area radio D].Later School D helped invent what became known as gangster [emailprotected] sass saw intense diversification in IP hop, which developed into a more complex form. The simple tales of sass emcees were replaced by highly metaphoric lyrics rapping over complex, multi- layered beats. Some rappers even became mainstream pop performers, Including Curtis Blown3, whose appearance in a Sprite commercial made him the first hip hop musician to be considered mainstream enough to represent a major product, but also the first to be accused by the hip-hop audience of selling out.Another popular performer among mainstream audiences was ALL Cool J, who was a success from the release of his first LAP, Radio. Hip hop was almost entirely unknown outside of the united States prior to the 1 sass. During that decade, it began its spread to every inhabited continent and became a part of the music scene in dozens of countries. In the early part of the decade, breakfasting became the first aspect of hip hop culture to reach Germany, Japan and South Africa, where the crew Black Noise established the practice before beginning to rap later in the decade.Meanwhile, record ed hip hop was released in France (Dee Nannys 1984 Panama City Rapping) and the Philippines (Doors Savers An Nosing Delight and Vincent Defangs Annual). In Puerco Roll, Vice C became the first Spanish language rapper, and his recorded work was the beginning of what became known as regeneration the ass, gangster rap became mainstream, beginning In about 1992, with the release of DRP. Dress The Chronic. This album established a style called G Funk, which soon came to dominate and New Orleans gained fame for their local scenes.By the end of the decade, especially with the success of Mine, hip hop was an integral part of popular music, and nearly all American pop songs had a major hip hop component. In the ass and into the following decade, elements of hip hop continued to be assimilated into other unrest of popular music ; neo soul, for example, combined hip hop and soul music and produced some major stars in the middle of the decade, while in the Dominican Republic, a recording by Santa Y Us Denudes and Lisa M became the first single of mercenary, a fusion of hip hop and meringue.

On The Relative Intelligence Of Women A Review Of Two Essays Essays

On The Relative Intelligence Of Women: A Review Of Two Essays During times in which there is increased social concern over the relative equality of men and women in various areas of study, there is a common desire to determine whether there is an appreciable difference in intelligence in relation to gender. Two essays which document various aspects of the relative intelligence of men and women are ?Women and the Mismeasure of Thought? by Judith Genova, and ?The Variability Hypothesis? by Stephanie Shields. Genova seeks to criticize measuring the difference in intelligence between men and women. Genova was unsuccessful with this article in that the questions she raised were not satisfactorily answered, and there was an overall lack of citation. ?The Variability Hypothesis? is an essay detailing the history and arguments against the purported greater variance in male intelligence. Though the argument of Shields' paper is to some extent banal, her criticism of the variability hypothesis is extensive and satisfactory. The introduction of Genova's essay is a criticism of historically accepted measurements of intelligence. In the past using brain size as a measure of intelligence was not altogether unacceptable. When this practice was discredited by the obvious lack of intellectual superiority of whales and elephants, a new physical measure of intelligence was sought. Other body dimensions were given brief consideration as measures of intelligence until the example of Negroes, Australians, and Eskimos denied that theory. Genova argues that prejudice over which groups are socially allowed to be intelligent leads to bad science in determining measures of intelligence. I agree that the highly stereotypical practice of craniometry has no relevance to modern studies of male and female intelligence, though Genova fails to adequately prove the existence of such stereotypes in modern science. Genova cites the example of hemispheric specialization studies as an area of science affected by this same kind of social prejudice. Though traditionally men are seen as analytical (left-brained) while women hold a more holistic mindset (right-brain), studies have indicated that the exact opposite is true. Genova passes off the results of these studies as due to social influences where she has no right. According to Genova, this disparity in traditional views and modern studies can only be explained by intense prejudice on the part of the writers of such studies. On the assumption that this is true, Genova then seeks to hypothesize about such the computer as a trivial tool threatening to belittle the classically analytical intelligence of men, and explains that the newfound holistic intelligence of men is an attempt to avoid that belittlement. Genova explains the newfound analytical characteristic of women as an ?attack? based on ?keeping them out of the world of science and triviali zing their achievements in any field as routine and studied? (Genova 103). I would argue, however, that the modern stereotype of female intelligence would still place them as the more creative and holistic of the two sexes. Genova's comment on computers has no relevance whatsoever to male intelligence. If computers were a threat to male intelligence and a complement to female intelligence, it would make sense that men would be resistant toward the proliferation of computers, yet this is not at all the case. Conversely, computer science is a field dominated by men. Only 7.8% of computer science and computer engineering faculties are women, and a miserable 2.7% of tenured professors are female (Frenkel 38). Genova invalidates her own argument by professing that modern stereotypes about the role of women have led to views of decreased female intelligence. She is applying a stereotype of her own by implying without evidence that modern studies advocating a difference in male and female intellects are conducted and analyzed by men with overpowering prejudices. Genova's next argument addresses the comparison of brain lateralization to general intelligence. Brain lateralization is the term for the amount of specialization in the two hemispheres of the brain. A more lateral individual will have more specialization within each hemisphere (for instance, the left brain will control verbal skills more exclusively), while a less lateral or ?bilateral? individual will have no specific location of certain skills. Genova proposes that in general there is an accepted concept of greater laterality in male brains leading to greater intelligence.

#65279;Tchaikovsky

#65279;Tchaikovsky Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Peter Ilyick Tchaikovsky was born on May 7th, 1840 in Votkinsk, Russia. He was born second in a family of five sons. Tchaikovsky seemed to have a natural talent for music since he was young. At age five he started to take Piano lessons from his teacher Maria Markovna Palchikova and soon became better than her. As a pre-teenager, he attended school at St.Petersberg. His mother died in 1854 due to cholera. Peter again took piano lessons, this time with Rudolf Kundinger. In his youth, he continued to study law, attending the School of Jurisprudence although he found it quite boring and stopped. Tchaikovsky became rebellious to his family when he quit his job as a clerk for the Ministry of Justice, and began to study music at St. Petersberg Conservatory. Among his hobbies at the time were going to the Italian Operas (which were very popular in Russia at the time) and listening to Mozart.Saint Petersburg Conservatory, where Rimsky-Korsak...Due to his lack of educa tion though, at age 21, he could not tell how many symphonies Beethoven had composed.Tchaikovsky was first tutored by Zaremba, who taught him harmony and theory, although at the time Peter did not know if he wanted to be a musician or not. Anton Rubinstein was his next teacher, who taught him composition. There he composed the overture to "The Storm" and Overture in F (which he also conducted). In 1866 he moved to Moscow accepting a teaching job in a new conservatory along with Nicholas Rubinstein, Anton's brother. There he composed his first symphony, "Winter Dreams"(in G Minor). This symphony was significant because it was composed at night where he was having insomnia, along with headaches and hallucinations. This is why he was said to have never composed at night ever again.In 1874, Tchaikovsky composed the concerto in B flat Minor, which he was going to dedicate to his teacher Nicholas, but Nicholas criticized his work. He later composes symphony number 4 in F Minor. Tchaikovsk y was married to Anotonina Ivanovna Milyukov, but they later separated. Peter Tchaikovsky moved to a country house of at Maidanovo, and continued his Manfred, with help from Balakirev. At age 35, he produced what might me his most famous opera, Swan Lake in 1875.In 1888, Tchaikovsky made a highly successful international concert tour as conductor, meeting at Leipzig Brahms, Grieg and others, at Prague Dvorak, at Paris Gounod, Massenet, and Paderewski. Finishes his Fifth Symphony, in E Minor. Three years later, he Visits America, and conducts his own compositions at the ceremonies opening Carnegie Hall, New York. In 1890, he had the production of the opera Sleeping Beauty. In 1892, he has the first performance of the Nutcracker Suite.In the last years of his life, Peter returned to his country house at Klin in January of 1893, and begins his Symphony No.6, the "Pathetic." He later went to England in June to receive an honorary degree from Cambridge University, together with other fam ous composers like Boito, Bruch, Saint-Saens and Grieg. The Sixth Symphony performed under his direction at the St.Petersburg on Oct. 28, without marked success. In November 6, 1893 Tchaikovsky died. Reasons for his death are controversial. Some say that he developed cholera and dies in St.Petersburg others say that he committed suicide by taking poison to escape accusations of homosexuality.Operas Names Dates Composed The Voyevode 1867-68 Undine 1869 The Oprichnik 1870-72 Vakula the Smith 1874, 1875 Eugenen Onegin 1877-78 The Maid of Orleans 1878-79, 1882 Mazeppa 1881-83 Tcherevichky Oxana's Caprices 1885 Queen of Spades 1890 Iolanthe 1891 Ballets Names Dates Composed Swan Lake 1875-76 The Sleeping Beauty 1875-76 The Nutcracker 1891-92 Dmitri the Pretender introduction to Act 1 1870 Snow Maiden 1873 domovoy scene in The Voyevode 1886 Hamlet 1891

Emirates Airlines Essay Example | Topics and Well Written Essays - 750 words

Emirates Airlines - Essay Example The Airbus A310-304 was the first aircraft that Emirates received the delivery as per its specifications during the year 1987. By 1990, Emirates had the several routes added to Singapore, Manila, Bangkok, Manchester, Damascus. In 1992, Emirates purchased $20 million Airbus equipped with full flight simulator. Moreover, a new terminal was opened at Dubai International in the same year. By 1995, the Emirates had a fleet that served to 34 locations including Europe, Middle East, and Far East. With rapid expansion taking place during the year 1997, Emirates ordered 16 Airbus A330 worth $2 billion. Came the year 1998 and Airlines opened another terminal at Dubai International with the capital outlay of $540 million. In 2003, the airlines expanded rapidly placing order for 71 aircraft worth $19.1 billion. In the year 2004, the airlines inaugurated its first non-stop flight to New-York. By 2005, the Emirates Airlines had 25,000 people on its payroll becoming Dubai’s biggest employer. In the year 2007, in a bid to expand further, Emirates ordered for Airbus and Boeing aircrafts worth $34.9 billion. By 2009, the company was the largest operator of the Boeing 777 (Gulfnews 2010). Markets The mission of Emirates Airlines is to build and maintain market leadership through innovation. Emirates' Sky Cargo business contributes 20 percent of the company's total revenue. The Emirates Airlines is currently connected to all continents serving 103 destinations covering 65 countries (The Emirates Group, 2011). More new destinations are being added every year to expand further. It has now earned a global reputation in aviation. Ever since 2000, Emirates has been focusing more on long distance flights and the non-stop flight is a discerning feature of Emirates Airlines serving to destinations as far as US, Australia, Argentina (Wolfganghthome 2012). Strategy The customer satisfaction has been a major motto of Emirates Airlines. The airline serves all kinds of travelers by prov iding for three different classes namely economy, business and first class customers. The prices are appropriately charged to attract all classes of customers. While charging the price, it takes into account even the timings of the flight. Frequent travelers get hefty discounts on their tickets for their loyalty towards the airline (Howard, 2009). In a survey carried out by Skyscanner.net for the quality of food served in 19 different international airlines, the Emirates Airlines topped amongst all (Skyscanner, 2011). Thus, the airline offers right product mix with excellent cuisine at the most appropriate price. The airlines’ spending on marketing and promotional activities has been to the tune of ?150m a year. Currently, the company spends 50 percent of its marketing budget on sponsorship alone and that has created a huge popularity of the company in the international arena. Communication has been another stronghold of the Emirates airline as launch of a new route is massiv ely advertised to attract the prospective customers (Burrell, 2008) Competition The company faces severe competition from the other airlines such as Qatar Airways and Ethiad Airways. Rising oil prices have put all the airlines on tenterhooks due to rising cost and declining revenues due to recessionary economic conditions prevailing in Europe and US. The airline has been found to compete with more than 120 international airlines at the headquarter city – in Dubai alone (The Emirates Gro

Female Genital Mutilation among the Somali Community in London, And Literature review

Female Genital Mutilation among the Somali Community in London, And Its Effects on Girls (11-15) In Education - Literature review Example Mostly carried out minus anesthesia, statistics form WHO indicates that FGM is so common in Africa, and developed countries where FGM is common, the immigrants are the ones who practice it. Over 150 million young girls and women have undergone Female Genital Mutilation across the globe, at least according to World Health Organization. There are various reasons of carrying out FGM, at least according to some communities who cite the reduction of libido in women in order to control their sexual life. In United Kingdom, the Somalis have been the largest immigrant group according to the statistics released by the Refugee Council in 2005. However, these statistics do not have further information on the health needs of the Somali people living across UK. As Hammersley (1998) notes, over 34,000 Somalis living in London City alone, the women are the majority as compared to men by 56 percent to men’s 44 percent. Nonetheless, these figures do not include those of asylum seekers, just as it has always been hard to get the exact number of minority groups across UK. It is paramount to note that although not all health information of immigrants is available, specific health needs among of some immigrant communities are available. For example, some researchers have studies language and communication needs of the Somali people including their mental and physical conditions. Undoubtedly, these needs are vital when it comes to pregnancy and childbirth issues. Matters of maternal familiarities also need understanding of both social and cultural backgrounds. Therefore, this paper will mainly review Female Genital Mutilation among Somali girls aged 11 and 15 and will examine the consequences of FGM when it comes to education. The paper will also examine the... This essay tresses that it is important to discuss the dangers associated with FGM. According to the World Health Organization, female genital mutilation leaves mental and physical damages to women and girls. In fact, in some instances, some girls have bled to death due to wrong cutting. There is no doubt that the victims experience mammoth pain during cutting, a pain that they will always remember in their entire lives should they happen to survive. Various researchers have associated some psychometric stresses with FGM. There are also other effects of female genital mutilation for example, pain during sexual intercourse, severe pain during delivery, bladder complications, and hemorrhage especially if the victim undergoes caesarean sections in delivering a baby. This paper makes a conclusion that the physical and psychological challenges experienced have serious negative impacts when it comes to education. The social consequences such as stigma and low self-esteem are also injurious to these girls who are trying to shape their careers. There is no doubt that FGM cases serious physical, social, educational, sexual and psychological challenges to girls aged 11-15. Societies and governments should do more to stop the vice and instead focus on ways that improve and empower the girl child. Criminalization of the practice has proved successful and religious sects should stop misleading the public on issues of FGM.

Infections in Hb SD Disease

Infections in Hb SD Disease Case Report HBSD Disease, a compound heterozygote condition presentation with stroke Dr. Hasnain Afzal 1 Dr. Syed Farrukh Umair 2 Abstract Haemoglobin SD ÃŽ ²S/ÃŽ ²D is a rare compound heterozygous Haemoglobinopathy which presents as severe disease similar to homozygous sickle cell anemia(1). The patient being reported is a 8 yr old girl, Kiran who is a resident of Larkana, presented with complains of fever and headache for 15 days which progressed to generalized tonic clonic seizures and acute loss of consciousness while being treated in Larkana. After the child was stabilized, a thorough history, physical examination was done; initial laboratory tests, lumbar puncture, and MRI were performed. Treatment was started on the lines of acute meningoencephalitis on clinical suspicion. On peripheral blood film, sickle shaped cells, target cells, poikilocytosis, anisocytosis were noted and Hb Electrophoresis was sent which showed compound heterozygous state for Hb S/ Hb D. The lumbar puncture was negative for CSF infection and an alternate diagnosis was sought Introduction The adult hemoglobin HbA molecule consists of two ÃŽ ± chains coded by 4 genes on chromosome 16 and two beta chains coded by 2 genes in the ÃŽ ² gene cluster on chromosome 11(2). Sickle Hemoglobulin Hb S is a beta chain variant which occurs when valine is substituted for glutamic acid on the surface of the Hb S molecule in the sixth codon of the beta globin chain whereas the most common subtype of HbD i.e HbD Punjab also known as Haemoglobulin D Los Angeles (after the city where it was first discovered) is also a beta chain variant caused by a glutamic acid to glutamine substitution at codon 121 of the beta globin gene. HbS is associated with a number of compound heterozygous syndromes with other mutant beta globin which include Hemoglobin SC disease, Sickle beta+thalassemia, Sickle beta0thalassemia, Sickle alpha thalassemia, Sickle hereditary persistence of HbF (sickle HPFH), Other less common sickle cell syndrome variants (eg, delta beta0thalassemia, Hb Lepore, HbD, HbO Arab, HbE). HbSD presents as mild to moderate hemolytic anemia unlike HbD homogyzous and simple hetrozygotes which are usually asymptomatic.(3) Discussion A study done on abnormal hemoglobin variants among the major ethnic groups of Karachi in 2002 showed that 60% had iron-deficiency anemia and 40% had hemolytic anemia, of which 20.6 % was due to thalassemia major, 13% thalassemia trait, 5.1% sickle cell disease, 0.76% hemoglobin D Punjab (HbD Punjab), 0.32% hemoglobin C (HbC), and 0.22% hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin (HPFH) (4).Hb S is the most common Hb variant, its clinical outcome is severe in homozygous or when associated with other hemoglobinopathies, such as beta-thalassemia, Hb C or Hb D. (5). A number of studies have been done on Hb S and Hb C but Hb D is still poorly studied especially in Pakistan. Hemoglobin D has several varients such as HbD Punjab (Los Angeles), Hb D Iran, Hb D Ibadan and Hb D Bushman but the most common variant is HbD-Los Angeles (also called HbD-Punjab). High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) can be used to separate hemoglobin polypeptide chains in the laboratory. High performance liqu id chromatography (HPLC) employs ion exchange method to identify and exchange various fractions of Hb.Hb D can be also distinguished from Hb S by acid electrophoresis or isoelectric focusing (IEF) (separation according to isoelectric points). On alkali electrophoresis (cellulose acetate) Hb D Punjab migrates slower than Hb A which is similar to HbS but its migration under acid electrophoresis (agarose gel) is similar to Hb A (6) In HbSD disease, HbD does not take part in the sickling process, as patients homozygous for HbD do not sickle but mild hemolytic anemia, mild to moderate splenomegaly may occur (7,8). Studies has indicated that although HbD itself does not polymerize, it increases the hydrophobic interaction between Hb S molecules and facilitates the polymerization of HbS thus enhancing the severity of the disease. (9) HbD heterozygotes with normal HbA have no clinical or hematologic alterations. (6) Table 1.1: Hb Electrophoresis : Test Done on high performance liquid chroma tography (HPLC) Haemoglobin Test Percentage Normal Percentage Haemoglobin A 20.7% (98-100) Haemoglobin A2 2.6% (1.5-3.5) Haemoglobin F 13% (1-2) Haemoglobin D 37.9% (0.0-0.0) Haemoglobin S 25.8% (0.0-0.0) Interpretation A+F+D+S+A2 Case Report 8 yr old, 16 kg, Kiran resident of Larkana district, presented to us on 7th April, 2015 with acute loss of consciousness and recurrent episodes of seizures for 3 days. Patient’s father reported that she was in a usual state of health 15 days back when she developed high grade intermittent fever and constant severe headache associated nausea, vomiting and neck stiffness. She was taken to a primary care hospital in Larkana and treated on the lines of viral/bacterial meningoencephalitis. During her hospital stay in Larkana she developed recurrent episodes of generalized tonic clonic seizures which were controlled by multiple antiepileptic agents. First Lumbar pucture was done on 31ST March, 2015 and CSF DR showed 21mg/dl Protein, 68 mg/dl Glucose, CSF TLC 17 and 2-3 RBC/HPF. CT was done on 31st March, 2015 showed generalized brain edema. Upon arrival in ICU Patel Hospital the patient was in a comatose condition with GCS 5/10, bilateral upgoing planters and flexor response to pain (decorticate) Patient was febrile 103F, other vitals were BP 130/90, Pulse 100, RR 28. After the child was stabilized, a thorough history, physical examination was done; initial laboratory tests, lumbar puncture, and MRI were performed. CBC showed normocytic anemia and peripheral film showed target cells, sickle cells, anisocystosis, poikilocytosis, polychromasia diamorphic picture. Hb Electrophoresis was sent on hematologist advice. Patient was started on mannitol to decrease intracranial pressure and multiple antiepileptic agents for seizure prevention. ATT, bacterial and viral meningitis cover was given and CSF DR was sent on 9th April, 2015 which showed 27 mg/dl Protein, 71 mg/dl Glucose, Chloride 123 mg/dl, TLC 04 and 17 RBC/HPF. CSF fluid gram stain, culture were initially negative. AFB Culture report to follow in 6 weeks. MRI done on 8th April, 2015 showed widespread abnormal signal intensity area involving bilateral frontal and parietal lobes. Few focal hyperintense signals were identified on bilateral occipital region which may represent areas of ischemic infarction. An alternate diagnosis such as cerebral ischemia due to small infarcts/ vasculitis involving bilateral frontal and parietal lobes was sought secondary to Hb SD disease. Patient had significant improvement in GCS 10/15 with spontaneous eye opening, withdrawal on pain and few incomprehensible sounds and was shifted out of the ICU due to financial constraints. Graph 1.1 High Performance Liquid Chromatography Conclusion The case demonstrates increase susceptibility to infections in Hb SD disease. Studies are seldom on Hb D in Pakistan. Genetic counceling is of pivotal role in hereditary hemoglobinopathies and hospitals should consider it as an important management strategy and employ in hospital genetic counceling facilities. Hydroxyurea used to increase Hb F levels in Homozygous Sickle Cell Disease Hb SS disease has shown efficacy by reducing the complications, frequency of transfusions and hospitalization but its role in Hb SD Punjab is not well established. A recent study in India showed reduction in incidence of vaso-occlution and frequency blood transfusions in Hb SD Punjab disease which is encouraging and more studies should be done on the management of Hb SC compound heterozygous disease. (10) References Rahimah A, Syahira Lazira O, Siti Hida HM, Faidatul Syazlin AH, Nur Aisyah A, Nik Hafidzah NM, Zubaidah Z. Haemoglobin sickle d punjab: a case report. Med J Malaysia. 2014 Feb;69(1):42-3. Birol G, Abdullah C, Cagatay U4, Sule MY, Ferda TT, Sevcan TB. ÃŽ ²-Globin chain abnormalities with coexisting ÃŽ ±-thalassemia mutations. Arch Med Sci 2012; 8, 4: 644-649. El-Kalla S, Mathews A R. HbD Punjab in the United Arab Emirates. Hemoglobin 1997;21:369-75. Ghani R,Manji MA,Ahmed N. Hemoglobinopathies among five major ethnic groups in Karachi, Pakistan. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health.2002 Dec;33(4):855-61. Thom CS, Dickson CF, Gell DA, Weiss MJ. Hemoglobin variants: biochemical properties and clinical correlates. ColdSpring Harb Perspect Med. 2013;3(3):a011858.4. Torres Lde S,Okumura JV,Silva DG,Bonini-Domingos CR. Hemoglobin D-Punjab:origin,distributionand laboratory diagnosis. Rev Bras Hematol Hemoter.2015 Mar-Apr;37(2):120-6. doi: 10.1016/j.bjhh.2015.02.007. Epub 2015 Feb 23. Adekile A, Muah-AlI A, Akar NA. Does elevated hemoglobin Fmodulate the phenotype in Hb SD-Los Angeles? ActaHaematol. 2010;123(3):135–9. Taghavi Basmanj M, Karimipoor M, Amirian A, Jafarinejad M,Katouzian L, Valaei A, et al. Co-inheritance of hemoglobin D and thalassemia traits in three families: clinical relevance.Arch Iran Med. 2011;14(1):61–3. Winford CW, John NL. Wintrobes Clinical Hematology, 11th edn. Philadephia; 2004. pp. 1347-81. Patel S, Purohit P, Ranjeet SM, Dehury S, Meher S, Sahoo S,et al. The effect of hydroxyurea on compound heterozygotesfor sickle cell-hemoglobin D-Punjab—a single centreexperience in eastern India. Pediatr Blood Cancer.2014;61(8):1341–6.32.

The Battle of Shiloh

The Battle of Shiloh (also known as the Battle of Pittsburgh Landing), was known to be a major battle in the American Civil War. It was fought on April 6 and April 7, 1862 in southwestern Tennessee, where forces under Confederate Generals Albert Sidney Johnston and P. G. T. Beauregard staged a surprise attack against the Union Army troops of Major General Ulysses S. Grant and almost defeated his military units. The Battle of Shiloh was also regarded as the costliest military engagement within the American Civil War.The American Civil War stemmed from the convoluted issues of slavery and clashing perspectives on federalism, party politics, expansionism, sectionalism, economics and modernization during the Antebellum Period, or the turbulent years prior to the American Civil War. The Antebellum Period saw the emergence of the Industrial Revolution in America. Much of the nation's growth was brought about by technological advancements, a large British demand for cotton and a wave of Mid western settlement that created opportunities for regional specialization and trade.However, the Industrial Revolution in America also institutionalized black slavery. Large cotton plantations were labor-intensive, creating a huge need for slave workers. At the height of cotton production in the United States, about 40% of the Southern population consisted of black slaves. The percentage of slaves rose as high as 64% in South Carolina in 1720 and 55% in Mississippi in 1810 and 1860. All in all, more than 36% of all the New World slaves in 1825 were in the southern United States.These slaves were subjected to abysmal working and living conditions such as starvation, poor housing inadequate clothing allowances, overwork and physical and sexual abuse from their masters. Many Northerners, especially the leaders of the Republican Party (established in 1854), considered slavery a grave social ill and believed that owners of large Southern plantations were responsible for its promotion. Bu t Southerners were instead worried about the relative political decline of their region because the North was more progressive in terms of population and industrial output.As the North and the South's societies diverged, so did their regional identities. The North enjoyed a rapidly growing economy brought about by family farms, industry, mining, commerce and transportation, with a fast-growing urban population (fed by a high birth rate and large numbers of European immigrants) and no slavery outside the Border States. Meanwhile, the South was dominated by the settled plantation system operated through slavery, with a rapid population growth based on high birth rates and low immigration from Europe.Overall, the Northern population grew much more quickly than the Southern population, which made it increasingly difficult for the South to continue its dominance of the national government. Although slave owners controlled the region's politics and economics, two-thirds of the Southern wh ites who were elected into public office did not own slaves and were usually engaged in subsistence agriculture. Hence, it was unclear if they would support the plantation owners in perpetuating slavery.Both the North and the South were influenced by the ideas of Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence. The South emphasized the states' rights (from the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions) and the right of revolution (from the Declaration of Independence), while the North emphasized Jefferson's declaration that all men are created equal. However, the coexistence of a slave-owning South with an increasingly anti-slavery North made conflict unavoidable.The Compromise of 1850 was enacted as an attempt to resolve the territorial and slavery controversies arising from the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). Although the Compromise of 1850 admitted California as a free state (a state in the antebellum United States where slavery was either prohibited or eliminated over time) due to the California Gold Rush of 1849, it ruled that the status of the rest of the territories acquired from the Mexican-American War (Utah, Nevada, Texas and parts of Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona) will be determined through popular sovereignty.Hence, debates over sectionalism and the Fugitive Slave Laws (at set of laws passed by the United States Congress in 1793 and 1850 to provide for the return of slaves who escaped from one state into another or into a public territory) became prevalent. In 1845, the Kansas-Nebraska Act dictated that each new state of the Union will decide its stance on slavery. This proved to be disastrous for Kansas, as it was home to both pro- and anti-slavery factions, with the former emerging victorious on the slavery debate.The tension between the two parties had already escalated to the point that the admission of Kansas into the Union in 1861 led to the surfacing of numerous ant i-abolitionist movements that espouse racist sentiments that are still prevalent up to this day. Abraham Lincoln, an outspoken opponent of slavery in the United States, was elected president in 1860. After he assumed the presidency, 11 Southern states seceded from the Union between late 1860 and 1861 and established a rebel government, the Confederate States of America, on February 9, 1861.On April 12, 1861, Confederate General P. G. T. Beauregard opened fire upon Fort Sumter in South Carolina, marking the start of the American Civil War. However, with the loss of Forts Henry and Donelson in February 1862, Johnston disengaged his demoralized Confederate forces into west Tennessee, northern Mississippi and Alabama to reorganize. As a response, Grant transported his 58,000-strong Army of West Tennessee into southwest Tennessee from March 1 to April 5, 1862. He then settled at Pittsburgh Landing and waited for Major General Don Carlos Buell's Army of the Ohio from Nashville.According t o instructions from Union Major General Henry W. Halleck, Grant and Buell’s forces will merge in a joint offensive to seize the Memphis-Charleston Railroad. It was the Confederacy’s most reliable supply route, linking the lower Mississippi Valley to cities on the Confederacy's east coast. In order to defend the Memphis-Charleston Railroad, Johnston and Beauregard transported 55,000 Confederates to Corinth as early as March 1, 1862. Corinth was the western Confederacy's most important rail junction, as it was strategically located where the Memphis-Charleston crossed the Mobile-Ohio Railroad.Realizing that Buell would soon reinforce Grant, Johnston advanced towards Pittsburg Landing on April 3, 1862 with his newly-christened Army of the Mississippi. However, rain and bad roads delayed his advance. Johnston launched a surprise attack on the Federals on the dawn of April 6, 1862. Being unfortified, the Federals were easily surrounded. By mid-morning, the Confederates mana ged to overrun one frontline Union division and capture its camp. But Johnston's brigade met stiff resistance from the Federal right, which resulted in a savage fight around Shiloh Church.Johnston's army battered the Federal right all throughout the day. Although the Federal right did not give in, numerous casualties ensued. Johnston died at mid-afternoon after he was struck down by a stray bullet while directing the action on the Confederate right. Meanwhile, Johnston's contiguous assault was mired in front of Sarah Bell's peach orchard and the dense oak thicket the Confederates labeled as the â€Å"Hornet's Nest. † For seven crucial hours, Grant's left border endured Confederate attacks before being forced to yield ground later in the afternoon.The Confederates only drove Grant towards the river, instead of away from it, despite inflicting heavy casualties and seizing ground. By dusk, the Federal survivors have established a solid front before Pittsburgh Landing and revolte d the last Confederate charge. The Union finally got the upper hand on April 7, 1862. The night before, General Buell's Federal Army of the Ohio reached Pittsburgh Landing and positioned itself on the Union left. The Federal Army of Ohio joined forces with a reserve division from Grant's army, led by Major General Lewis Wallace. This merger added over 22,500 reinforcements into the Union lines.Despite being caught unprepared, Beauregard still managed to rally 30,000 of his badly-disorganized Confederates and stage an obstinate defense. Although Beauregard's troops temporarily halted the determined Union advance, strength in numbers provided Grant with a decisive advantage. As waves of fresh Federal troops swept forward by mid-afternoon, the exhausted Confederates were pressed back to Shiloh Church. Realizing the peril his army was facing, Beauregard ordered a retreat. The greatly disorganized Confederates withdrew to their fortified stronghold at Corinth. But the Federals still succ eeded in conquering Corinth.The Battle of Shiloh led to the defeat of the Confederate Army and the failure of Johnston's plans to prevent the joining of the two Union armies in Tennessee. Union casualties were estimated to have reached 13,047 (1,754 killed, 8,408 wounded, and 2,885 missing); Grant's army alone led to 1,513 killed, 6,601 wounded, and 2,830 missing or captured soldiers. On the Confederates' side, casualties reached up to 10,699 (1,728 killed, 8,012 wounded, and 959 missing or captured). This total of 23,746 fatalities was estimated to be greater than those of the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Mexican-American War combined.The Battle of Shiloh was very crucial to the American Civil War in the sense that it secured the Unionists' position on the Western front. After winning the Battle of Shiloh, Grant was able to continue his drive towards Corinth and take control of the Memphis-Charleston Railroad. The Union takeover of the Memphis-Charleston Railroad p aved the way for their victory in the American Civil War. However, this victory came after three more years of bloodshed and eight larger and bloodier battles. The Battle of Shiloh also influenced the Civil War and the way it was fought in the years to come.It imparted that weighing the accomplishments of the victors equally with the lost opportunities of the defeated was an important part of any criteria for military decisiveness. Simply put, what makes a battle decisive is not only what historically happened, but also what became historically unfeasible as a result of the event. For instance, the Battle of Antietam (fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek, as part of the Maryland Campaign) was significant not only because it led to Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.Rather, it was also because Confederate General Robert E. Lee's forces did not remain outside Virginia long enough to affect the elections in the North or to relieve the draining ma npower reserves there. Furthermore, the outcome of the 1862 Maryland Campaign failed to elicit support for an independent Southern Confederacy from politically-conscious countries such as Britain and France. In the succeeding campaigns, the Unionist soldiers applied a tactic that was very useful in the Battle of Shiloh – the seizure of locations that are indispensable to the Confederates.In the Siege of Vicksburg (May 18 – July 4, 1863), Grant and his Army of the Tennessee attacked souther forces at Jackson, where Vicksburg's reinforcements were located. As a result, the Confederacy gave the Union total control of the Mississippi River, except for the western states (Arkansas, Los Angeles and Texas). In the Atlanta Campaign (May 1864 – September 1864), Grant and Major General William Tecumseh Sherman defeated the Confederates by destroying their strategic, economic, and psychological capacity for warfare.They then ordered the Union troops to burn crops, kill liv estock, consume supplies, and destroy civilian infrastructure along their path. The Atlanta Campaign eventually led to the hastening of the end of the American Civil War in 1864. What is saddening about the Battle of Shiloh is that it is a war that could have been prevented in the first place. In fact, the entire American Civil War was a war that could have been prevented in the first place. But then, they both happened due to oppression, or the philosophy that a person can subjugate another because of race, creed or social status.Out of profit and a misplaced sense of racial supremacy, the whites enslaved the blacks. The end result was the American Civil War, a hostility that claimed millions of innocent lives at its wake. But what is more saddening is that people never seem to learn the mistakes of the past. Nowadays, despite advances in education and reason, discrimination and racism are still very rampant. People are still persecuted due to their beliefs, the color of their skin or their religion. Those who promote the status quo are called â€Å"freedom fighters,† while those who deviate from it are labeled â€Å"terrorists.†But they just end up waging senseless wars that kill millions of innocent people and turn the oppressed of today into the tyrants of tomorrow. Indeed, those who do not study the past are bound to repeat it.Works Citedâ€Å"Slavery. † 2007. Encyclopedia Britannica's Guide to Black History. 20 December 2007 .â€Å"The Battle of Shiloh, 1862. † 2004. EyeWitness to History. 20 December 2007 .† The Battle of Shiloh Official Records and Battle Description. 20 December 2003 . â€Å"Timeline of the Battle of Shiloh (Pittsburg Landing).† The Battle of Shiloh Official Records and Battle Description. 20 December 2003 .Beason, W. Keith. â€Å"Understanding Shiloh: The Death Knell of the Confederacy (Part 3). † 1999. KeithStuff Homepage. 20 December 2007 .

The Ritz-Carlton: A Snapshot

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company is a management company that develops and operates luxury hotels for W. B. Johnson Properties, also based in Atlanta. In 1983, W. B. Johnson acquired exclusive U. S. rights to the Ritz-Carlton trademark, a name associated with luxury hotels for 100 years. The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company operates 23 business and resort hotels in the United States and two hotels in Australia. It also has nine international sales offices and employs 11,500 people. Two subsidiary products, restaurants and banquets, are marketed heavily to local residents.The company claims distinctive facilities and environments, highly personalized services, and exceptional food and beverages. â€Å"Gold Standards† Quality planning begins with President and Chief Operating Officer Horst Schulze and the other 13 senior executives who make up the corporate steering committee. This group, which doubles as the senior quality management team, meets weekly to review the quality of products and services, guest satisfaction, market growth and development, organizational indicators, profits, and competitive status.Each year, executives devote about one-fourth of their time to quality-related matters. The company's business plan demonstrates the value it places on goals for quality products and services. Quality goals draw heavily on consumer requirements derived from extensive research by the travel industry and the company's customer reaction data, focus groups, and surveys. The plan relies upon a management system designed to avoid the variability of service delivery traditionally associated with hotels.Uniform processes are well defined and documented at all levels of the company. Key product and service requirements of the travel consumer have been translated into Ritz-Carlton Gold Standards, which include a credo, motto, three steps of service, and 20 â€Å"Ritz-Carlton Basics. † Each employee is expected to understand and adhere to these standards, which de scribe processes for solving problems guests may have as well as detailed grooming, housekeeping, and safety and efficiency standards.Company studies prove that this emphasis is on the mark, paying dividends to customers and, ultimately, to Ritz-Carlton. The corporate motto is â€Å"ladies and gentlemen serving ladies and gentlemen. † To provide superior service, Ritz-Carlton trains employees with a thorough orientation, followed by on-the-job training, then job certification. Ritz-Carlton values are reinforced continuously by daily â€Å"line ups,† frequent recognition for extraordinary achievement, and a performance appraisal based on expectations explained during the orientation, training, and certification processes.To ensure problems are resolved quickly, workers are required to act at first notice — regardless of the type of problem or customer complaint. All employees are empowered to do whatever it takes to provide â€Å"instant pacification. † No matter what their normal duties are, other employees must assist if aid is requested by a fellow worker who is responding to a guest's complaint or wish. Much of the responsibility for ensuring high-quality guest services and accommodations rests with employees.Surveyed annually to ascertain their levels of satisfaction and understanding of quality standards, workers are keenly aware that excellence in guest services is a top hotel and personal priority. A full 96 percent of all employees surveyed in 1991 singled out this priority — even though the company had added 3,000 new employees in the previous 3 years. Detailed Planning At each level of the company — from corporate leaders to managers and employees in individual work areas — teams are charged with setting objectives and devising action plans, which are reviewed by the corporate steering committee.In addition, each hotel has a â€Å"quality leader,† who serves as a resource and advocate as teams a nd workers develop and implement their quality plans. Teams and other mechanisms cultivate employee commitment. For example, each work area is covered by three teams responsible for setting quality-certification standards for each position, problem solving, and strategic planning. The benefits of detailed planning and the hands-on involvement of executives are evident during the 7 days leading up to the opening of a new hotel.Rather than opening a hotel in phases, as is the practice in the industry, Ritz-Carlton aims to have everything right when the door opens to the first customer. A â€Å"7-day countdown control plan† synchronizes all steps leading to the opening. The company president and other senior leaders personally instruct new employees on the â€Å"Gold Standards† and quality management during a 2-day orientation, and a specially selected start-up team composed of staff from other hotels around the country ensures all work areas, processes, and equipment are ready.Quality Data Daily quality production reports, derived from data submitted from each of the 720 work areas in the hotel system, serve as an early warning system for identifying problems that can impede progress toward meeting quality and customer-satisfaction goals. Coupled with quarterly summaries of guest and meeting planner reactions. the combined data are compared with predetermined customer expectations to improve services.Among the data gathered and tracked over time are guest room preventive maintenance cycles per year, percentage of check-ins with no queuing, time spent to achieve industry-best clean room appearance, and time to service an occupied guest room. From automated building and safety systems to computerized reservation systems, Ritz-Carlton uses advanced technology to full advantage. For example, each employee is trained to note guest likes and dislikes. These data are entered in a computerized guest history profile that provides information on the preferen ces of 240,000 repeat Ritz-Carlton guests, resulting in more personalized service.The aim of these and other customer-focused measures is not simply to meet the expectations of guests but to provide them with a â€Å"memorable visit. † According to surveys conducted for Ritz-Carlton by an independent research firm, 92 to 97 percent of the company's guests leave with that impression. Evidence of the effectiveness of the company's efforts also includes the 121 quality-related awards received in 1991 and industry-best rankings by all three major hotel-rating organizations.

Effects Of Smoking On The United States - 1311 Words

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