...for other cities in Latin America and may be a role model for other cities around the world. It is a historical city and it used to have a wonderful architecture. Unfortunately, houses, theaters and buildings are in ruins and uninhabitable and sadly people do not have many options and they have to live in the ruins. Despite this situation the city remains being one of the architectural jewels of Latin America. The city is living in decadence and its habitants need to learn and accept how to live and deal with that. "The New Art of Making Ruins" is a helpful documentary that help people to understand the situation of Havana and its inhabitants. The people that were interviewed in this documentary talk about the wonderful place that Havana used to be in the past. People have memories about how their lives used to be in the city and they want to believe that nothing has changed but reality, it is different. It is interesting to see how people talk about Havana. They are aware that they are living in terrible conditions but they are still proud of being from the city and they talk wonderful things about it. It seems that the memories they have from the past will remain in their minds and hearts; therefore, they remember the old Havana. Watching the video helps the audience to understand that Havana is living in a terrible economy and a terrible situation. The economy and the safety in the city is leading its population to live in precarious conditions. But it is important to explore...
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...On February 26, 1906, Upton Sinclair released The Jungle, a novel written about the life of a Lithuanian family moving to America and the hardships they faced there. Sinclair, a Socialist and a muckraker reporter wrote the novel in hopes of gaining supporters of the Socialist party. What he ended up doing was single handily cause the formation of the Food and Drug Administration after he showed the nation what was really happening with their food. Yet looking at the work as what it’s meant to be, an exposure of the negative effects of a capitalist society on the impoverished citizens, was Sinclair’s indictment a fair assessment. The novel The Jungle, follows the story of Jurgis Rudkus and his new family as they move to America in search of...
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...produce without being harmful to the environment. The environment is being destroyed by the modern human living conditions. Food production has changed for the worse do to the great production of produce. In America alone, there is a high demand for fresh produce. Better food production would be a great way to better out environment. Modern day human conditions all revolve around air pollution, water contamination, and destroying plant life. Sustainable gardening for America would lower food cost, and offer a better healthy living. this will require more local farmers, and farm stands with a wide variety of choices from carnivores to vegetarians. Local farmers grow their own produce, without additives, which assures freshness, and healthy vitamins and nutrients. Most of Americas foods are processed and unhealthy, which leads to heart disease, and diabetes. this is due to the high demand of foods, which causes companies to go into big production. industrialism have caused numerous fresh water beds, and rivers to become contaminated with oil. water contamination shortens humans water supply. In earlier centuries, food was home grown by households. Markets and stands existed, however humans found they have greater access to the foods they want if they grown produce their selves and far animals. However they had to prevent water contamination. In present day America, corporations such ass Nestle, Kraft, and Coke all use harmful industrial factories to produce their...
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...The Industrial Revolution was a period of time with economic, political, and agricultural advancements. The Revolution brought the change from hand-built, to machine made. These changes brought many positives but also many negatives to the people and nation of America. There were many reasons why the Industrial Revolution had a negative effect on the world, including poor living conditions for workers, as well as horrible labor conditions for these workers, and overpopulation. The living conditions for the workers were often very difficult. Many lived in “slum,” or small apartment rooms housing five to nine people in each room. These small, cramped living spaces made for uncomfortable living, little food, as well as a rapid spread of disease....
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...at very low wages, working for long hours and in poor working conditions. Most of the workers employed in sweatshops are not offered benefits, and in most cases, are illiterate. Sweatshops are not only bad for the workers and the countries they are located in but also bad for America and the rest of the world. The common argument put forward by supporters of sweatshops, like that in the article by Nicholas Kristof (2009), is that they help unskilled workers gain skills and then further develop the economy. While this might appear to make sense on paper, a deeper analysis proves otherwise. Those who make this assumption fail to understand that some of the sweatshop workers...
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...Yao Chen Dr. Responding Essay#2 A divisive issue is another problem in America. People base on stereotypes to categorize each other into different groups, such as high income family living in the rich area, while the low income family living in the poor area. Another example based on stereotype is that the living in a white neighborhood is safe while living in a black or Hispanic neighborhood is dangerous. Also, people based on colors to divide each other into different areas, even if the blacks and Hispanics are from high income or well educated families. They still cannot join into the white neighborhood because stereotypically, whites are grouped into a high class level than any other racial or ethnic groups. Therefore, divisive issue is a complicated issue, and it is an issue that is hard solve....
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...Carol Olds July 14, 2013 Lesson 3, Enrichment #1 My dearest family, I have finally arrived in America. It was a very long way to travel. The passage was very difficult. The living conditions were dirty and unsanitary. I left Europe to start over and the conditions I have arrived to are not as I expected. Although there are many opportunities here, I am still unsure as to whether I should stay here. I miss my home so much but I am eager to try and embrace the American ways. When I first arrived in New York City, I was taken to a medical facility to check my physical condition. I was lucky that I was healthy enough for the journey, as many faced fatal sicknesses and contracted diseases. Some were sent back to where their journey began. I am much thinner than I was before I left home, but I am sure once I am able to find employment, that I will be able to eat more and regain some of my strength. I have found housing with others from Europe. It is so nice to be able to talk with others that speak my language and understand my feelings of leaving home. The living conditions are not as I thought they would be. The buildings were once single family residents but now they are divided among many of us to share. I do not have my own room, but I am making due sharing my space. Although there is not much light in the apartment I live in and there only two windows to bring in fresh air, I will be fine. Unfortunately there is no indoor plumbing; however our place is being renovated...
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...poverty in the United States and America. It tells how poverty is constantly changing the lives of men, women, and children on an everyday basis. It speaks of things we can do as a society to help support and change the lives of those living in poverty. Poverty And It’s Everyday Life Changes 3 Poverty is a very emotional and important issue in America. It is a fact that all social inequality creates poverty. There are generally two types of poverty that are discussed, which are relative poverty and absolute poverty .Relative poverty is the lack of resources of some people in relation to those who have more. Absolute poverty is the lack of resources that is life threatening. It has been reported by “Global Stratification “, that about one billion human beings, which is one person in six are at risk of absolute poverty (Sociology, Thirteenth Edition). In this wealthy country of the Unite States families still go hungry, and live in in adequate housing, and suffer poor health because of serious lack of resources. In 2002, it was reported by the Census Bureau that poverty in the United States was had reached a high of 35 million people (Rector and Johnson, 2004). It is fact that we as human beings must understand to not just focus on numbers, but the living conditions of our fellow citizens that the government deems to be poor. Many families lack of food, clothing, and reasonable shelter would be reason enough to suggest them to be living in poverty .Just not many years...
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...1. Identify one country from the following list whose healthcare system you will compare to the U.S. healthcare system: Great Britain, Japan, Germany, or Switzerland. Great Britain and American Health Care Compared 2. Compare access between the two healthcare systems for children, people who are unemployed, and for people who are retired. Great Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) covers everyone children, unemployed and retired. There is no payment required. Taxes are higher in Great Britain to cover the medical costs. (Palfreman & Reid, 2008) In America programs such as Medicaid and Medicare exist for assistance to those that do not have healthcare insurance or as a secondary. Medicaid is funded federally and state wide for payment of care medically. This aid is offered to the aging adults, destitute, those with disabilities, and particular family groups with dependents meeting specified wage criteria. (Cherry & Jacob, 2014) Medicare is coverage made for those 65 (retirement age) or older, specific persons with disability. Must qualify for either social security benefits or retired from the railroad. There are two plans or parts to Medicaid. (A) will provide coverage during the hospital stay. (B) obligates the covered person to pay a percentage, this plan provides coverage for service from doctors along with medication benefits. (Cherry & Jacob, 2014) 2a. Discuss coverage for medications in the two healthcare systems. American medication coverage. International...
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...Because the strong restriction on Chinese people and less resources to support the immigration of Peter's family, Peter was the only one who migrated to America for work. According to Peter said, he migrated to America through the boat and the inside condition of the boat was really bad. For instance, many rats existed and ran around inside the boat. Also, immigrants usually made bowel movement inside the boat. Therefore, it was very dirty and smelly inside the boat. Most importantly, some immigrants got sick or even died by the bad condition because they needed to stay with the boat for a long trip to America. When Peter arrived in America, he was relocated to Angle Island first. Angle Island was the largest island in the San Francisco Bay and used as a quarantine station for boats or...
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...behind because they were not adapting to the economy. The industrialization effected many aspects of American’s lives. The new factories and companies provided many jobs, however, the conditions for the workers were not favorable. The factory owners reaped the benefits while the employees got the short end of the stick. They worked long, difficult hours and were paid close to nothing. The conditions were incredibly unsafe and unsanitary, but since there were no unions, the issue was left unattended to. Another huge issue of employment was the occurrence of child labor; about fifty-percent of workers were children. During this time the rich had a pretty good life. They were getting richer because their capitals were growing and they were getting the benefits of the factories. On the contrary, the poor were not in a good position. They continually declined moneywise and were living in terrible conditions. There were many people, though, who were not necessarily poor, yet they weren’t rich either. These people were the emerging middle class of the time. The middle class did not have awful living conditions, as the poor did, but were not living the comfortable life of the rich. They were in between when it came to living conditions. Families and home life were also, not just their conditions, were affected by the industrialization, as well. Families became closer and smaller. Marriages became love-based, rather than arranged. Women would become housewives after they were married...
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...new modern cities, and by providing a faster means of transportation. Between 1865 and 1920, industrialization seemed to improve America, but it also created a great deal of problems. Workers from the south typically farmed for low wages if any at all after slavery as sharecroppers to their once Slave Master. Many southerners fled to what they thought to be a better life in the north, as well as job security. However, southerners weren't the only ones looking for a better life. After the first wave of voluntary immigration in the Colonial Era, the United States saw a second spike in the mid-19th century. There were exceptions, of course, but most of these were literate, white, Protestant Christians from Northern and Western Europe, especially Ireland and Germany, where democratic ideals were germinating. Many even spoke English. However, the Civil War brought this to a screeching halt (Lutz, Alexandra). Many immigrants were faced with somber employment and living conditions for those a part of the poor and working classes. As business began to boom and the national markets grew, more people began to move to the Northeast because they wanted jobs. Multiple individuals lived in a single room which was normally as big as an apartment. Not only was there not enough room, but more people got sick as well. Because everyone lived in terrible conditions and so close to one another, diseases spread rapidly and lack of medicine and medical care resulted in many deaths. In the rush to...
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...Introduction Do international economics of free trade important in the United States of America and in the world of different countries? Therefore, according to the article of "Embracing the Challenge of Free Trade: Competing and Prospering in a Global Economy", Ben S. Bernanke, who is the author and the Chairman of the Montana Economic Development Summit 2007 Butte, MT, had said," international trade in goods, services, and assets, like other forms of market-based exchange, allows us to transform what we have into what we need or want under increasingly beneficial terms. Trade allows us to enjoy both a more productive economy and higher living standards" (Bernanke). Free trade is very important as international economics will cause both advantages...
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...Ciallella English 8C 16 May 2012 Failure to Care for Livestock The respect towards livestock in America is steadily declining through the practice of "factory farming." Factory farming is performed by the few large companies controlling food processing in America, it is vile and takes away humanity from those who continue to do it. It is the process in which farms "manufacture" food in unhealthy environments rather than safely breed livestock. It negatively affects the welfare of animals and the companies put the value of efficiency and profit before the health and safety of the animals. The repercussions of the choice to make these environments unhealthy by large corporations and keep them that way without trying to fix them further the damage to the treatment of livestock and the nutritional damage to America. It is imperative that America takes a stand as a nation to stop the process of factory farming and its effects, before the corporations go too far to the point where it is unstoppable. Factory farming is an increasing epidemic in the world of farming, we need to stop this before it is no longer preventable. A large portion of the population in America actually have no idea how livestock is taken care of by the corporations that they buy from. They do not know that the animals are so carelessly handled, that the animals are looked at as materials rather than actual living produce. In the documentary "Food, Inc." (2010) the producers of the movie actually get an...
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...Industrialization after the Civil War in America Name: Institution: Date: The industrial revolution symbolizes most important turning point in human history. Almost every portion of daily life was influenced in some way. After the civil war, industrialization acquired an impulsive change of events that had a major concern on improving the life of America. After the civil war American industry changed radically. Machines were used as the main means of manufacturing thus replacing the hand labor. This led to high production of goods and also led to improvement in infrastructure. American economy became strong and this drove to her political stability (Hall, & Lindholm, 1999). Amongst the varied aspects of industrialization that influenced the US society, economy and politics between 1865 and 1920 is entrepreneurship. The United States experienced an outstanding swift economic growth after the civil war. For example the gross domestic product multiplied very fast and also its per capita product went up more than double. Second, technology advancement lead to invention of steam powered farm machinery which replaced the farm laborers in preparation of land. This fueled construction of communication and transport networks. For example railway lines were built thus enabling efficient transportation of products (Bensel, 2000). Third, Homestead Act was implemented. A considerable amount of land had been kept aside for cheap to migrated people from the west. Having adequate...
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