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The mid-1800s was a time of turmoil in the new United States, both socially and politically. Tensions grew between sections of the nations over countless issues of the time. In 1856, the United States declared war on Mexico, and within a short period of time, one and a half million square miles of land had been added to the United States. The Mexican American War was important, not only in its ramifications, but in its causes. Similarly, the Dred Scott Decision of 1857 had disastrous effects on…

The field of occupational therapy is currently lacking skilled therapists to fill potential positions. There are not enough therapists to serve the public, yet the demand for occupational therapy services is on the rise. Occupational therapist Sharon Gutman shares a few of the causes she has experienced throughout her career: “As treatment of people with mental illness transitioned from large inpatient institutions to the community, occupational therapy positions, like many other healthcare…

know that black lives matter, too. They are mostly known for organizing protests against the killings of black people by law enforcement, but also advocate the end of racial profiling, police brutality, and racial inequality in the criminal justice system. Despite the simplicity of this message, their campaign has received a lot of backlash. Misconceptions about Black Lives Matter can come from a number of sources; however, majority of the people’s opinion on this topic comes from the media. On…

learn how to play an instrument, that child would attend private lessons. Although, that was before Mason and Woodbridge crossed paths and became model builders of music instruction. Once their paths crossed, they started to develop a music education system in the city of Boston. Mason started out by giving private lessons to a few students in 1828. Masons class grew to five hundred within a small time. By 1833, the Boston Academy of Music began with approximately fifteen hundred students…

Starbucks Organizational Diversity Diversity management in the workplace is a strategy to improve diversity and inclusion through policies, procedures, and programs (Cañas & Sondak, 2014). Starbucks is a corporation that sells coffee, tea, and food items within coffeehouses as well as in-store items. This paper will examine Starbucks Corporation’s diversity strategy and offer suggestions to improve the approach to increasing morale, revenue, and production. Background In 1971, Starbucks opened…

readers to examine his interpretation and reference a timeline to find parallels between major events in Dickinson’s life and her poetry. Keane, Patrick J. Emily Dickinson's Approving God: Divine Design and the Problem of Suffering. Columbia: U of Missouri, 2008. Print. Patrick J. Keane discusses the impact religion had on Emily Dickinson’s daily life. Regardless of how much Dickinson spaced herself between the outside world, she still felt the sting and sometimes comfort of organized…

sad, or angry. The different kinds of music to choose from are alternative, blues, classical , country, electronic, hip-hop/rap, jazz, rock and many more. According to researchers, music affects people’s moods in a variety of ways. At the University of Missouri, scientists found…

the media’s coverage of said actions, and the coverage of what appears to be the militarization of police, people are quickly attaching negative connotations to the term “police officer.” For example, The Daily Targum, a newspaper run by Rutgers University students comments on the issue of police brutality by saying, “When cops are getting hired based on connections rather than merit, their superiors’ priority is to cover up their tracks rather than carry out thorough backgrounds checks and…

having flaws. One of the individual is a pharmacist from St. Louis, Missouri who I have known for 30 years, and the other is a classmate with whom I associated a lot during the last two years in the University of Charleston School of Pharmacy program. During my interviews with them, both commented on one important weakness that would deter my passion as a career pharmacist. I want to open an independent pharmacy and change the system that benefits both the team and customers. Based on her 20…

female.” (“The Effects of Divorce on Children”) Children growing up in broken homes may know no other way to deal with conflict. If the child continues violent patterns into adulthood, it is no doubt the child will end up back into the criminal justice system as an adult. Without guidance or control form the parental aspect, it is hard for the child to behave properly when…