...Henrietta Lacks Essay Skloot, Rebecca. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. New York: Broadway Books, 2010 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is Rebecca Skloot’s debut monograph, and she has only written one other monograph since. Skloot attended Colorado State University, and received her MFA from University of Pittsburgh. Though she has only written two monographs, Skloot is the author of hundreds of essays and stories published in various magazines. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, written by Rebecca Skloot, tells the story of a young African American woman named Henrietta Lacks, who was diagnosed with cervical cancer. Though she was put through many painful medical treatments, Henrietta Lacks succumbed to her illness at the young age of 31. Unbeknown to Henrietta and her family, surgeons at John Hopkins Hospital had taken tissue from Lacks’ tumor, and sent the cells to be investigated by Dr. Gey, a researcher at John Hopkins Hospital. Despite the fact that many would consider this morally corrupt, informed consent had not yet materialized at this time, so there was no legal wrongdoing on the part of John Hopkins. Much to Dr. Gey’s surprise, Henrietta Lacks’ cells were growing astonishingly...
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...Ashley Guadalupe Explanatory Essay (REVISED) November 7, 2014 The Evolution of technology and communication from the past twenty years until today In this day and age, there is hardly a need for face to face communication. With cell phones, email, and social media, we have and are becoming more and more socially awkward. Let’s go back twenty years from now, when most of today’s technology didn’t even exist. No one really had cell phones, or computers, maybe a beeper (pager) if you were lucky. So how did we get to where we are today? Today if a parent wants to find their child they have to text him or her, break ups happening via text or email, doctors are having video conferences from all parts of the world, some even aiding in life saving surgeries. Twenty years ago there were cell phones, the first cell phone was created in 1983, however they were very pricey averaging around 1,100 dollars, and not many families could afford this luxury. These phones were huge, with big buttons, and huge antennas. The battery life on these phones was only about an hour. Most homes in the early 90’s had only a landline phone. Communication was so much more personal back then. People came to your home to visit you and have a chat. People mailed letters and cards to family and friends far away. No one texted, or instant messaged. Kids passed notes in class, this generation of kids will never experience the fear of being caught and having to read the note aloud to the class. Our parents...
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...of communication has made a large impact on family life In this essay I am going to explore the importance of family life and how it is being largely disrupted by the means of communication which is largely being used by the younger generation and not quite understood by the older generation, so this creates a wall between the communication of the different generations. Every age has different views on family life, as we grow up we seem to distance ourselves from our families because we don’t need them as much as we did when we were younger. When kids hit their teen that’s when the communication with their parents is at its least as they rely more on their friends for support and share their problems with them instead of discussing it with the family, this is one way on how relationships between kids and parents grow apart. Kids will feel less close to their parents and more close to their friends as they may think they can understand what they are going through as they are the same age. Communication between the younger generation is completely different to how the middle aged and elder generation interact with each other. Families used to be the main source of entertainment and information as there was no electronic devices to keep us informed and entertained, families would gather together to play family games such as monopoly, chess, draughts, snakes and ladders etc. but the younger generation in this day and age have been introduced to electronic devices such as...
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...similarities between how the people of the Middle Ages dealt with the dying and death and how our modern-day society manages the same. Geary somehow mostly misses this assessment, and instead through a collection of essays provides an in-depth appraisal of the reverence of the lives of saints, their burials, and the subsequent respect of the relics of saints. Geary’s essays are divided into the following sections: Reading, Representing, Negotiating, and Living. These chapters highlight the challenges that have been faced by early medieval specialists in terms of the sources available to them. Reading the sources is perhaps the most challenging as seen by Geary. Geary advocates for a triple process of evaluation: a traditional interpretation of written sources, examination of how...
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...develop general intellectual capacities, such as reason and judgment, as opposed to professional or vocational skills (merriam-webster.com). As students wanting to achieve a higher education, we have to think about what we want for ourselves. Either you want to grow as an individual and obtain a major in whichever field you chose, or just learn what best interests you. People have many misconceptions toward what the liberal arts are and how they can benefit you. We often hear things like, “A liberal arts degree will not get you a real job.” or “A liberal arts degree is a luxury not a necessity.” Although this is what the majority of the people who are not aware about the actual facts say, this is not true. An examination of, The New Liberal Arts by author Sanford J. Ungar, and Are Too Many People Going to College? by author Charles Murray, will reveal to us why one gains more knowledge at a liberal arts school. Murray argues that a liberal arts education is only for the elite, but I believe that they shouldn't be the only ones to attend because my vision of a liberal arts college is one where all students come in with the appropriate amount of background knowledge in all the subject areas, where the professors go above and beyond their job description, and on where graduating students come out as well rounded individuals. Not everyone has had the opportunity or resources to gain core knowledge in their primary education. College professors need to understand that not everyone...
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...taught in high school classrooms. American history books wish to paint the United States as the best country, almost to the point where they make it seem that it doesn’t have any flaws. a lot of books used to teach history in high school neglect to include the entire information on events that formed the united states. Reading some essays from the book Lies My Teachers Told Me helped me open my eyes and see how wrong history is taught in high school; we as citizens need to do the proper research and spread the knowledge among peers to create socially aware generations. Most of the time American history isolates children of color by ignoring the fact that many of the people who contributed greatly to this country were non-white. In a sense one can say that this contributes to the majority of high school students thinking of white as superior to other races, they think that no other races made great contributions in building this nations. This mentality can be seen as an immediate effect of history classes omitting details about other races major contributions to the country. According to Loewe most students also see history as a boring subject, this is...
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...of family values became one of the most controversial issues of the campaign. Vice President Dan Quayle emphasized this issue the most, with his frequent tirades on the subject including his criticism of the television character Murphy Brown. Once this issue reached the spotlight, the more conservative members of the Republican party religious right" delivered speeches calling for the nation to return to instilling "traditional values" in our children. One of the reforms that they called for was the legalization of a daily prayer in our public school system. They claimed that this would be a key first step in reinstituting the essential family values in our children. They called for a change in our laws which have forbidden prayer in schools. These laws have been upheld because courts have asserted that they violate the separation of church and state that is assured in our Constitution. Following this call for a new religious crusade many articles and editorials appeared calling for new legislation which would allow prayer in public schools. Polls were released which indicated that a large percentage of Americans favored new legislation on this subject, and more than one half of those surveyed claimed that they would be more likely to vote for a candidate in a national election who supported prayer in public schools. One has to question the intensity of this support because Bill Clinton (not a supporter of bringing religion into public schools) defeated George Bush (a supporter...
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...portfolio The portfolio consists of eight assignments: Assignment 1 Radio program…………………………………………………. Page 3 Assignment 2 Cover letter…………………………………………………….. Page 4 Assignment 3 Resume………………………………………………………… Page 5 Assignment 4 Motivation email………………………………………………... Page 8 Assignment 5 Job interview…………………………………………………….Page 9 Assignment 6 Press release………………………………………………….. Page 10 Assignment 7 Essay…………………………………………………………… Page 11 Assignment 8 Summary………………………………………………………. Page 14 Annex ……………………………………………………………………………. Page 15 Assignment 1 Radio program Anne van Oudheusden 2175678 CEAC4B Step 1 Name radio show: The Duchess meets the world Description show: One girl how meets with people who live in the Netherlands but have a different culture running true their blood Step 2: Name: Rodolfo Costa Place of birth: Belem do Para, Para, Brazil Lives in Eindhoven from the age of 7. Step 3: Belem do Para is a big city in the north end of Brazil. The weather is warm/tropical. Their native language is Portuguese. Brazil is an upcoming economical country but this wealth is centered in the south where the biggest cities are. (Wikipedia 2014) Brazilians have a warm and welcoming culture it is very different from the Netherlands. Step 4: Questions: What are according to you the biggest differences between people from the Netherlands and people in Brazil? If your parents didn’t move to Netherlands and you had to choose between Brazil and the Netherlands where...
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...Are Over the past 15 to 20 years more and more CEOs have been scrutinized and the typical CEO's pay is largely driven by market factors. CEOs pay is strongly related to stock performance. Because of more bureaucracy, the CEO's job has become increasingly more difficult over the past decade. In fact some would even argue that they are not paid enough and should be paid more. CEOs are being scrutinized more than ever. Some have taken on a celebrity persona such as Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Jack Welch. The fact of the matter is their pay is driven by market forces. You don't really hear of athletes being scrutinized like CEOs. However, since the collapse of companies such as Enron, WorldCom, and Tyco, their exposure has put them in the forefront of our society. CEOs are not unique. Other industries with similar backgrounds have earned just as well in the last decade. This includes top lawyers, athletes and top financial executives. Kaplan contends that it would be difficult to understand how pay increase could be driven by non-market forces when pay to athletes, lawyers and other groups have increased just as much. Their pay is strongly related to stock performance. Kaplan's recent analysis of CEO pays in a given year found that CEOs in the top 20% of actual pay generate stock returns 60% greater. This is greater than other firms in their industries over the past three years. In addition, CEOs from firms in the bottom 20% of actual pay underperformed...
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...What is Sociology of Education? Posted on December 27, 2010 by Sitwe This essay will firstly define education and sociology then it will define what sociology of education is and come up with a suitable definition on sociology of education from various definitions. This suitable definition will be discussed further because it speaks much of what goes on in education system. Peter Snelson (1974) defines education as a condition of human Survival. It is the means where by one generation Transmits the wisdom, knowledge and experience Which prepares the next generation for life duties And pleasure. This definition on education helps us to act with more insight and more intelligence in molding the youth in an acceptable manner. We can give a sound academic mission to the youth by teaching them survival skills such as carpentry, pottery, basketry and other survival skills which can better their lives. Human beings not only acquire new skills but also form the society. To this effect parents and teachers should work hand in hand in order to help the youths themselves have knowledge and in coming up with relevant ways it’s a matter of assisting them. By teaching the young ones, knowledge is transmitted from one generation to the next. This simply enlightens us that education is a continuous process. The statement “sky is the limit” helps us to have a wide knowledge about all aspects of education. Education prepares individuals to do things it is their responsibility to do them. For instance...
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...South African Press played a fundamental role in keeping society informed. It defended and protected the freedom of expression in South Africa during the Apartheid years by providing news in which there were, “possibilities of escaping censorship and suppression of free speech” (Grotan & Svedsen, 2001: 1). Articles that liberal and Independent English speaking Press journalists wrote during these times were censored or blacked out if they did not follow or defied or even threatened the government’s policies and existence (Fourie, 2002). Regardless of the South African government's persistent claims that the media in South Africa was free, the independent media in South Africa was still prohibited by law not to report any issues of violence and hostility against black people especially the state of Emergency that happened during that time in the country. This state of affairs led to a development and growth of progressive publications known as the alternative press which were the organisations that helped in reaction to the blanket on information. Even though government suppressed media reporting, citizens were kept informed by these alternative presses regardless of the state of emergency. This essay will look at the portrayal of the liberal, independent English-speaking Press as pioneering noble entities in the battle against apartheid and its exploitations. It will further discuss issues that could obscure this outlook and also look at what the possibilities of the rise in...
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...waste into them. Plastic wrappers which made up 80 percent of the rubbish can endanger the fish and other aquatic lives while toxic waste can kill them. We, human will consequently suffer as we rely on the rivers for food and water. Moreover, farmers should avoid open burning in their farming practice because it polutes the air.Open burning can lead to haze which contains poisonous gases such as carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide. These gases can cause many serious diseases. Children who breathe the polluted air may suffer from asthma and some people may even suffer from rashes and eye-diseases. Finally, we can practice the 3R; Reuse, Reduce and Recycle. Every household should aim at reducing the amount of rubbish thrown.To achieve this aim ,each member of the household can refuse plastic carriers when he goes shopping.He can bring a recyclable carrier or a special shopping bag.The household members can even reuse some items like glass jar as a vase and cans as coin box or as a pen holder.Old newspapers can also be recycled into new papers or reused in paper crafting. If "Reuse,Reduce and Recycle" are put into...
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...STRAYER UNIVERSITY | LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE ANALYSIS | ASSIGNMENT 1 | | Ms. Erica M Faison | 1/24/2014 | Professor Andre Lee Leadership and Conflict Resolution Conduct research and write an 850- to 1000-word essay (2-3 pages, excluding the title and references pages) that discusses the statement: “Young public leaders are usually less effective because they have so little experience.” | “You do not lead by hitting people over the head -- that's assault, not leadership.” ― Dwight D. Eisenhower One of the many things I have learned about being a leader is experience is the best teacher. But when you are young and a leader you don’t have that experience under your belt yet so what you need is for people to trust that you know what you are doing. And you need the courage and confidence to know who you are. I agree with the fact that young public leaders are usually less effective because they have so little experience but I also know that there needs to be a few bruises in order to perfect your skill. For example, in the world today we have a lot of public figures who may not qualified for their position but they are young and they have the energy to maintain. The first example would be Chelsea Clinton who is the daughter of former U.S. President Bill Clinton and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. She is a special correspondent for NBC News and works with the Clinton Foundation and Clinton Global Initiative. Can you imagine the responsibility...
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...evaluation as following. Let me use the PEST frame work to analysis the Macro-Environment at first. On Politics (Positive for discount retailers expanding) It seems fiscal policy has been heavy on spending on 70S&80S. According to my research, the average spending deficit in this period is around 3% of the GDP and which is a very high level and also trending upwards. Also, the national debt was also increasing from around 1.8 Trillion USD (1975) to over 3 Trillion USD (1985) on this period. I think the government’s focus on growth of the economy must led to massive subsidies to incentivize Wal-Mart’s expansion Also, on the monetary policy point, interest rates throughout this time period (1970-1985) upward form a low under 4% to high of just above 18% as following Chart 1. It was just a good timing for Wal-Mart borrowed money it needed to lease new stores in its initial expanding period, and correlate with its high growth periods from the bank. [pic] Chart 1 Then, on the trade policy, from 1976, the importation of goods surpassed the exportation (kick start trade with China from 1971 and US/China each other most-favored-nation status in 1979) that means for the retailers, they had more selection on purchasing from development country what should reduce their cost price. On Economy (Positive for discount retailers expanding ) The economy in 70s and 80s was in kind of throe of [ Stagflation ] what means high inflation and high unemployment. According my research...
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...the library except when it was required for researching a particular assignment. To me reading was drudgery, a chore which interfered with more important things in life, like eating and sleeping. It wasn’t until I took an English class in my senior year, however, that the importance of reading finally penetrated my brain. I realized my teacher for that English class, Mrs. Smith, was different from others I’d had in the past from the first day I walked into her classroom. While she looked like a typical, older lady with her graying hair and pair of wire-rimmed reading glasses continually perched on the end of her nose, it was her attitude that set her apart from other instructors. From her roost atop a stool at the front of the room, Mrs. Smith ruled the classroom with short legs swinging to and fro above the rungs while her arms – complete with flabby “schoolteacher arm” – would wave about to lend emphasis to her words. Mrs. Smith could tell I was uncomfortable in her English class almost immediately. She watched me squirm in my seat during her lectures and saw the visible signs of upset when she handed out a reading assignment. I’m sure the groan I emitted was another clue to my discomfort. The next day, Mrs. Smith decided to address this issue with the entire class, without naming me specifically as the impetus for this particular lecture. I’ll...
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