The Bronx

1a) Symptoms: I) Slightly delayed speech abilities Children begin their speech and language development at birth, when an infant develops normally with no trace of lead contamination in their system they are able to recognize many of the sounds at the age of one. However, infants who are exposed to lead have issues when it comes to brain development in their Broca’s area which allows them to read and understand spoken language but shows difficulty in speaking and writing. The reason behind this…

INTRODUCTION: Today is an usually warm day being that we are still in winter, really nice day to hop on my motorcycle and take a ride from the Bronx to Brooklyn and visit the museum. However this wasn’t a casual trip, this trip was a part of an assignment given by my art professor. He instructed the class to visit the Brooklyn museum’s Egyptian Gallery area, carefully observe and specifically describe and analyze a piece of Art from this section of my choosing. Upon my arrival I felt…

Life stories One is Wes Moore, the successful author, businessman and U.S. Army veteran. The Other Wes Moore, is serving a life sentence in prison for felony murder. They have the same name, they grow up in the same poor neighborhood surrounded drugs sellers, without a Father’s figure. Wes Moore, author of the book “The Other Wes Moore-One Name, Two Fates” wrote about his life story and “The Other” Wes Moore. What made they have such different path? The key of their lives: fathers, mothers…

For example, when the author of Marita’s bargain says ”someone brought the rice paddy to the south Bronx and explained to her the miracle of meaningful work(Gladwell 392-394).”This would potentially give Marita a better chances in her life to escape the impoverished neighborhood which she comes from.In the same way Annie is trying in her own personal…

harassment, riots, etc. The jail complex has been plagued by a myriad of union, employee and inmate issues (cases). Despite the attention, the climate at the facility doesn’t seem to be getting any better. Prior to taking office in January 2016, Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark took notice of the issues in Rikers Island. At her January inauguration, Clark pledged she would create a prosecution bureau at the jail complex. Once in office, Clark kept her word and the prosecution bureau is…

the United States. The decision to come to America of all places was made because there was a well-known rumor that life was easy in America, and he immigrated through Ellis Island, and then lived on the East Side of Manhattan before moving to the Bronx. When he first came to the United States, he had the surname “Sandel”, but changed it when he was applying for citizenship. His family followed him as the years went on, and by 1909, the Sandler/Sandel family was reunited and living in…

In the United States the political process in terms of urban planning policy can vary greatly between places and types of policies. Between the federal, state, and local governments, different actions are taken to push policies, sometime this includes public participation and sometimes it does not. It is also important to recognize that planning policies are also intertwined, meaning an environmental planning policy will likely shape the formation of a transportation or housing planning policy.…

in Thailand with no electricity or running water, with little money each year, but a great environment. Compared to living in the United States with a free apartment, food, and many other things, but, there is a catch, you would be living in the Bronx or the outskirts of Los Angeles with horrible living environments. Murray explains how “The purpose of the first two versions of the thought experiment was to suggest a different perspective on one’s own priorities regarding the pursuit of…

Why Surgical Pathology? It was my first day in the frozen section room and it was a busy Monday morning with a prostate for margins, an ENT specimen with multiple margins, and a uterus for staging. I momentarily stumbled and was not sure if I will be able to do it, but then I took a minute and said to myself that there are patients in the operating room waiting for diagnosis and I focused and performed best. It was not until my frozen rotation, I realized my love for general surgical pathology.…

MARTIN SCORSESE Martin Charles Scorsese born November 17, 1942) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. Part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking, he is widely regarded as one of the most significant and influential filmmakers in cinema history. In 1990, he founded The Film Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to film preservation, and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation. He is a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award for his…