...The 1890 book How the Other Half Lives by Jacob A. Riis, sought out to expose the horrific conditions that over one million immigrant workers and their families faced in the tenements of New York's East Side slum district. A citizen's movement prompted by the guilty consciouses of the middle class resulted in the creation of the Board Of Health, that passed the 1867 "Tenement House Act". The act mandated the cutting of 46,000 windows into interior rooms solely for ventilation purposes. These renovations were met with opposition from tenement owners as well as by tenants.In many accounts tenants had to be physically dragged out from cellar apartments by police officials. In spite of the Tenement House Act, many renovated buildings had no apparent improvements . New tenements that were constructed after the act still had floor plans that left rooms dark and dank and, over crowding was still permitted. The air inside the tenements were described as " ...fouler than...
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...David Terrick II Gist 2 12/03/13 Mirror With A Memory Throughout the early 1900’s, poverty was a great problem among many immigrants in The United States. Immigrants were forced to live in deplorable conditions, many of which, were in the slums of urban centers across the nation. This plague was relatively unknown to the middle class and rich who lived in the surrounding areas of urban centers. While reading “Mirror With A Memory”, Davidson and Lytle explain the work of journalist Jacob Riis and his effect on bringing the conditions of the impoverished to the rest of the country. Riis is viewed as both a great photographer, and as an upstanding citizen for his fight against poverty. Jacob Riis published “How the Other Half Lives”, a collection of photos and articles explaining and showing visual evidence of poverty in American slums. He explains the filthy, crammed, living conditions as well as the serious spread of disease. He talks of personal encounters as he would sneak shots of 13 men and women packed tight into a room only 13 feet across. Riis had the mindset that it was his personal duty to bring light to the rest of the public about the poor. I personally view Jacob Riis as an unsung hero. I do not believe he received nearly enough credit for what he had done. Riis devoted his life to changing the way the poor immigrants lived. Bringing visual evidence of the matter forced the public to become aware of the deplorable conditions, and make a...
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...Steele Clement Mr. Ashby AP US History 2 December 2014 People are not aware of the harsh living conditions that poor immigrants in the slums faced in the 1890’s. Jacob Riis showed how awful the slums were in hi 1890 novel How The Other Half Lives.In many different chapters, he writes about the harsh living conditions and vacational options. Riis focuses each chapter on a different ethnic group. These groups include the Jewish, Blacks, and Italians. Italians were “welcomed as a tenant who “makes less trouble””.(Riis Ch5, Par 1) THe Italians were not troublemakers in comparison to the Germans, however they were very humble. They took commands from the owners of their run down houses without arguing. One of those examples being robbery. The...
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...evidence of recommended readings as set out in the Guidelines to Case Study 1. You should use a minimum of 10 references for your case study. Questions for the case can be found at the conclusion of the case. Individual case study 1 You need to clearly demonstrate how you will solve the following problem. Problem statement: John Tomey (fictional name) is a business manager that is responsible for several divisions of Wesfarmers, a large Australian conglomerate of mixed businesses. Some facts include over 30 managers and 500 factory and distribution staff. Approximately half the managers work in Head Office on normal functions such as marketing, accounting, technical, and HRM functions. The other half of managers work in the factories. In a new restructure, John will lead up Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy and Fertilisers. John’s CEO has asked him to grow the business by more than 20 per cent over the next three years. His other tasks include taking the existing business which just ‘plodded along’ to new heights by increasing skills and capabilities across both managers and other staff. John is acutely aware that approximately half the staff he has inherited do not ‘make the numbers’ in performance and some don’t ‘live the values’. John has had little experience in building people skills in such a way that divisional performance will increase as much of his past experience has been in accounting....
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...Socialisation &Feral Children Summary In this lecture we learned about socialisation and Wild or Feral children. The class started off with a question asking what we believed feral children were and what we thought socialisation consisted of. It seemed apparent that about half of the class were aware of what feral children were with the majority having an idea of what socialisation is. To explain to the class fully we were more than told what the meaning was but also shown videos to show the extent of the meaning. We learned that feral children we raised with no or minimal human interaction which resulted in them growing up basically alienated from human culture or lacking in socialisation skills. The video clips we watched showed harrowing examples of stories about feral children. For instance Oxana a girl from the Ukraine who lived for years with a pack of wild dog, the video clip showed her on all fours acting like a dog. We also learned of girl called Genie who was held captive alone in a dark room from the age of 1 to 13 by her father. She rarely saw other human beings and was spoon fed soft food which she could barely survive on. When she was discovered she could not walk, talk or stand up and was not toilet trained. We then discussed how once she was rescued how she struggled to adapt to socialisation and now lives in sheltered accommodation. There were numerous other examples given with the authenticity of some open to debate but all came back to the same point...
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...Instagram Straight Flexin Summary: The author goes on about talking about how when most people post to instagram they post to get likes and or comments. There are many different headings and topics, such as man crush Mondays or women crush Wednesday. Instagram users go from taking a picture then they have to go and choose a filter. They have to make sure everything is perfect before they have to post a picture. Also they have to add a whole bunch of hash tags, which can get annoying. The authors tone I think is on the sarcastic side. The author says that the hash tags could get annoying or that people only want to get the most likes on a picture. Reaction: I feel like that this article was explained good, the author really got into details about how users go about using instagram and how they think there ”instagram straight flexing “. Also how the user always need there hash tags on every photo. I think the author is right I think it gets annoying when everyone tries so hard to get a like or a comment on a photo. Just so then can feel good about themselves and think that there popular. I think everyone is trying to fit in. Sexting is Nothing to LOL About Summary: The author has a good point throughout this article. Sexting can cause a lot of problems. It can cause people to get in trouble and maybe go to jail. People should not sext. It’s not good, it can be a form of cyber bullying. If someone get a hold of a picture they can send it to everyone they know. This is and...
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...Context. Web. 25 Oct. 2016 Article Link: Click here for page Summary Annotation: In the old city of Aleppo with a history of religion and the Dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad. A reporter named Jonathan Spyer went along with a group called Free Syrian Army (FSA) to the center of Aleppo and what Spyer says “ There is a sharp change in atmosphere as one enters Aleppo city from the surrounding countryside.” The city changes into a rubble streeted place with craters all over from the bombs that struck that spot. As they got deeper into the neighborhood, they people who lived there...
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...A MAJOR CONCERN – SURVEY 1.1 Summary In South Africa, transportation is one of the biggest concerns, including public transport, accidents, and cost of fuel. Even though the people are concerned, they are positive and hopeful that the government is working for future improvement. 1.2 Issues 1.2.1 Transport is the third highest overall priority in South Africa society 1.2.2 The public’s top three issues were public transport, the high accident rate and the cost of fuel 1.2.3 The survey found that the outlook for the future was better, with 43% of South Africans thinking transport in their local area would improve in the coming years. 1.2.4 Majority of the respondents said there should be more private sector involvement in the provision of public transport. ARTICLE 2 : WHY JAPAN’S HIGH-SPEED TRAINS ARE SO GOOD 2.1 Summary Countries wanting high-speed trains can look to Japan’s example which refers to connecting the densely-populated areas by train, privatizing rail companies, and encouraging rail companies to be involved with development around the rails for extra revenue to be reinvested to the rail system. 2.2 Issues 2.2.1 Japan’s high-speed bullet train is often held up as an exemplar by rail boosters and government keen to acquire their own shiny new train-sets. 2.2.2 Trains are symbolic of modernity in Japan. 2.2.3 Geography influenced the rail network’s development: most of Japan’s 128m inhabitants live in a few densely-populated part of...
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...delicacy, and fishing for them has been a tradition among sports and commercial boater and fisherman for generations. In fact, it’s such a big deal that it’s reported that the 2012-2013 crab season netted between 35 and 55 million pounds of crab for the West coast. First, get legal I’ve included a more detailed summary of the regulation at the end of this article, but here is a brief overview...
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...labeled “at-risk” and that means that the student comes from a low-socioeconomic level or speaks another language. Today, there are more single parents, dual earner couples, and parents with more than one job living in both rural and urban areas in the United States than at any other time in history. Statistics show there is approximately one in five American children who live below the national poverty level (Causes of Poverty). In today’s society, many people live below the poverty line and those numbers continue to increase because of our high unemployment rates. The Census Bureau reported that 12% of Americans live in poverty. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, the poverty level in 2009 for a family of four was $22,050. With today's unfortunate down turn of events in our economy, many families struggle to earn and still do not come close to that level. Welfare reform in the United States may pressure single mothers to be gainfully employed even though child care is extremely expensive and the mother may only have an income of minimum wage. At-risk children face so many seemingly insurmountable obstacles. The children who are from economically distressed families have to live in conditions such as lack of food, dangerous neighborhoods, and small over crowded living spaces. This also affects their negative behavioral problems, their emotional well-being, as well as their social and educational well-being (Facts). Poverty has been blamed as “the result...
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...Should They Stay or Should They Go? Illegal Immigrants Philip Shelton Carlos Rovelo Public Opinion Polling Assignment U.S.Government 2301.4423 Table of Contents Introduction Page 1 Demographics Charts Page 2-5 Data Charts Page 6-8 Summary Page 9-11 Sources Page 12 Questionnaire Page 13 Signatures Page 14-16 ------------------------------------------------- Introduction Illegal Immigration Illegal immigration has been an issue in the United States for more years than I’ve been alive. Some might even say the early settlers where the first illegal immigrants. Ever since September 11, 2001 illegal immigration has become an issue in the forefront. With Hispanics coming across the borders in large numbers, some people (myself included) are concerned with how easy it would for terrorists to enter. Being married to a Hispanic female who immigrated to this country legally as a child and having a brother-in-law who is employed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, I have a direct attachment to this issue. I also deal with illegal immigrants as a peace officer. I have always seen those who are here illegally as a federal government issue until such time as they commit a crime. I also believe that deporting the millions of illegal immigrants here is a task that would require more resources than we have, not to mention that it would be almost impossible to complete. Amnesty for those already here who are not...
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...CAcT HomePage Rate and Order of Reactions Skills to develop Derive the integrated rate laws from differential rate laws. Describe the variation of concentration vs. time for 1st order reactions. Describe the variation of concentration vs. time for 2nd order reactions. Figure out order of reaction from concentration vs. time plots. Rate and Order of Reactions The rate of a chemical reaction is the amount of substance reacted or produced per unit time. The rate law is an expression indicating how the rate depends on the concentrations of the reactants and catalysts. The power of the concentration in the rate law expression is called the order with respect to the reactant or catalyst. This page deals specifically with first- and second-order reaction kinetics, but you should know that other orders such as zeroth-order and 3rd order may also be involved in chemical kinetics. Reaction Rates and Stoichiometry In acidic solutions, hydrogen peroxide and iodide ion react according to the equation: H2O2 + 2H+ + 3I- = 2 H2O + I3-. In this reaction, the reaction Rate can be expressed as decreasing Rate of H2O2, - d[H2O2]/dt decreasing Rate of H+, - d[H+]/dt decreasing Rate of I-, - d[I-]/dt increasing Rate of H2O, + d[H2O] /dt increasing Rate of I3-, d[I3-]/dt However, from the stoichiometry, you can easily see the following relationship: d[H2O2] 1 d[H+] 1 d[I-] 1 d[H2O] d[I3-] - ------- = - - ------ = - - ------- = - ------ = -------- ...
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...Summary of Where Good Ideas Come From Christian Myers October 4, 2014 Mr. Vigneron GS1145 I have wondered where people come up with these creative ideas to make our lives easier or more enjoyable so to say. Like George Washington Carver creating peanut butter or the Wright Brothers creating the first airplane over a century, which has been continuously used for numerous of things. According to Steven Johnson there are reoccurring patterns for coming up with these good ideas. He talks about how we want be more creative, come up with better ideas. Johnson took a picture of the first coffee shop in England and explains how they came up with the Enlightenment Party. Then Johnson explains the environments of the “Eureka Moments; flash, stroke, epiphany, eureka, and light bulb” (johnson, 2010). Which doesn’t happen immediately. It is called the slow hunch, which is a long-term idea that develops in a year or two or several years from now. Basically, “The idea has to incubate to form for that eureka moment” (johnson, 2010). However, if you have half a hunch you could find more people with the other half and they combined together called a “Collision which allows hundreds of people to connect with others hunches” (johnson, 2010). Johnson expounds the liquid network, which is “New network of neutrons firing in sync in your brain, new configuration that have not formed before” (johnson, 2010). Johnson reveals how Kevin Dunbar traveled around to these different science lab and...
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...TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Introduction 5 1.1 Why Asset Management is Important? 5 1.2 Organisational Commitment 5 1.3 Progress Made 6 1.4 Strategic Linkages 6 1.5 Organisational Asset Management Linkages 6 1.6 Key Stakeholders 7 1.7 Issues 7 2 Demand management 7 2.1 Overview 7 2.5 Teaching Spaces 10 2.6 Consideration of Capacity – Supply vs Demand 11 3 Levels of service 12 3.1 Overview 12 3.2 Strategic Levels of Service 12 3.3 Tactical Levels of Service 13 3.4 Operational Levels of Service 13 3.5 External Level of Service Requirements 14 4 Asset description – knowing what we have 14 4.1 Overview 14 4.2 Asset Values 14 4.3 Building Description 15 4.4 Building Risk Profile 15 4.5 Building Functionality 15 4.6 Building Availability and Utilisation 16 4.7 Building Condition 16 4.8 Environmental Performance 17 5 Challenges and investments 17 5.1 Overview 17 5.2 Shortfalls – Educational Service Needs 17 5.3 Currently Funded Projects 18 5.4 Responses to Significant Known Challenges 18 6 Optimised Decision Making 19 6.1 Optimised Decision Making Framework 19 6.2 Significant Projects 19 6.3 Likelihood of Events Happening 19 6.4 What Controls Can Be Put Into Place 20 6.5 Prioritisation and Decision Making Process 20 7 Financial forecasts 20 7.1 Overview 20 7.2 Long Term Capital Forecasts 20 7.3 Consequential...
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...Dennis Pham Period 6 Works Cited Bauby, Jean. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. New York: A.A Knopf, 1997. Print. Section 1 Page Range: PG 1-26 Dates Read: 9/30/2014 Original Summary: The story starts off with Jean lying in his bed and looking at the curtains of the window. He then explained how he had a massive stroke and is now paralyzed by a locked-in syndrome in which he could not move anything, but his eye. He now then lives a “non-living” life and talks about his pasts and imaginations. Communication was also tedious for him, Jean would blink when a person with a board of letters pointed at a correct letter. This was also how he wrote the book, but this was obviously a very time consuming process, which is why this book was short.....
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