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(Resnick, 2016). Besides bias, women’s attitude might be an important factor to encourage them toward less-lucrative social careers. Most women dislike STEM occupations, since they prefer to work in teams. As a psychologist in University of Michigan, Ann Arbor states, “Girls steer away from careers in math, science and engineering because they view science as a solitary rather than a social occupation” (University of Michigan,…

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services stated that 10.2% of women ages 15-44 in 2009 were reported pregnant in the U.S. Approximately 15.5% of adults in the U.S. smoke cigarettes. Of the 10.2% of women that were pregnant, 12-20% were smoking while pregnant and putting their lives and their babies lives in danger. This is concerning because smoking while pregnant comes with a lot of complications. Smoking while pregnant has many effects on the women’s body and the child’s. In 1964 they…

Imagine having to go through racism, academic complications and health problems, Jesse Owens did and he was still able to fight his way to the top. Jesse Owens is a track runner and a legendary Olympian. In the 1936 Berlin Olympics Jesse Owens and Luz Long ( German Aryan athlete) friendship proved that even through a time of racial tension the love of their sport allowed them to break racial barriers and be an example for others to follow. Jesse Owens was born James Cleveland Owens on September…

In August 1945, the most horrific events occurred in Hiroshima and Nagasaki: the dropping of the atomic bombs. The whole creation of this highly destructive item began in 1939 with the splitting of a uranium atom. Scientists believed that the energy harvested could be useful to making such powerful weapons. The Manhattan Project was a code name given in 1941 for the devising of the atomic bomb. At one point, there were over 120,000 Americans that were employed in this project, and almost two…

had a “significant adverse impact on breastfeeding rates through strategic marketing, targeting women with direct advertising and with the implicit and explicit endorsement of health providers” (Kaplan and Graff 486). The Breastfeeding Center of Ann Arbor calculates that the cost of formula feeding a baby is over one-thousand dollars a year for just the formula alone, and not including the bottles. This is significantly higher when compared to nearly a zero cost for free breast milk from a…

The Louisville Metro Police Department is required by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council, which oversees training for the state, to have Domestic Violence Training every two years. This block of instruction is most commonly taught during mandated training. This year’s topics include proper completion and utilization of the Lethal Assessment (LAP) Form how to properly document victim’s injuries and take necessary photographs. The instructor from the Domestic Violence Unit also reviews the…

basically a play about a girl named Antigone played by Juliette Binoche trying to bury her brother no matter what the cause ,and her experiences that she goes through to buy her brother. This lovely performance took place at the Power Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. There were many thing in the performance that were done very well but also there were many that I didn 't quite like. Now let 's get started on the details of the performance. The beautiful and bright setting of the performance was…

In Barbara Ehrenreich’s This is Their Land, she suggests that the middle class is being limited by the unreasonable amount of accumulated debt on when entering the workforce, the irrational cost of living, and the restricted opportunity for higher wages. In recent times, America’s economy has progressively struggled and diminished to the point where other countries no longer consider America the number one economy. In 2008, America’s economy was in a large financial crisis, which resulted in the…

Imagine yourself walking down the busy and crowded streets of downtown Ann Arbor. As you are walking down Main Street, you see a sign that says, “Whites Only” above one of the stores. Another sign above a restaurant door reads the words, “No Colored Allowed”. These are some of the things that exemplified unequal rights in America during the civil rights movement in the 1960’s. In the year of 1963, Martin Luther King delivered his famous “I Have A Dream” speech to hundred of thousands spectators…

The Tragedy of Two Kings: Macbeth and Julius Caesar A tragic story is an immensely common one in today's society. Tragedies tend to grasp the attention of society through the success and suffering of the tragic hero. As defined by the philosopher Aristotle, a tragic hero is "a [great] man who is neither a paragon of virtue and justice nor undergoes the change to misfortune through any real badness or wickedness but because of some mistake”. This means the hero was given a powerful title as…