...Love in Brooklyn The man in this short story likes to drink. When he becomes intoxicated, he begins to become emotional and may not think before he speaks. “Like once, in World War II, I saw a tank slide through some trees at dawn like it was god.” This shows he is trying to compliment her, and explain how happy she makes him feel, but fails to succeed. She responds with, “You think I’m like a tank, you mean?” This leaves him speechless and he becomes a bit embarrassed. This is shown by his facial expression and how the author described the woman’s prospective of him. He is portrayed as older and fat and vulnerable when he is drunk. “A fat man, wordless, staring at the floor. She took his hand in hers and pressed it hard. And his plump fingers trembled in her lap.” He may have the higher authority in the workplace but when it comes to his sexual life, she definitely takes control. I do not give this relationship a chance. To start off, having a relationship in a workplace can be very risky and is not always accepted. The man seems older and not as attractive as the woman. She is described as having nice legs, as he is described as being fat. Usually in a situation like this, the woman is after the money. She is his secretary, meaning he has a higher authority at work. She could just be starting a relationship to get closer to the boss. Aside from their workplace, he is an alcoholic. In the beginning of the story he starts off by drinking, and at the end he buys more. Since...
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...Social Interactions in Brooklyn Social Interaction Erving Goffman was a sociologist who created a new field of study called microsociology, or social interaction. Social interaction is the process by which we act and react to those around us. In a nutshell, social interaction includes those acts people perform toward each other and the responses they give in return. Having a quick conversation with a friend seems relatively trivial. Goffman argued that these seemingly insignificant forms of social interaction are of major importance in sociology and should not be overlooked. Social interaction includes a large number of behaviors, so many that in sociology interaction is usually divided into five categories. Social interaction includes a large number of behaviors. These are typically broken down into five different types: exchange, competition, cooperation, conflict and coercion. International Day of Friendship * International Day of Friendship is celebrated around the world as countries partake in a variety of events to promote peace and unity. With nearly one million foreign-born residents living in Brooklyn, Borough President Eric L. Adams recognizes that Brooklyn is a diverse melting pot, which makes our borough the perfect place to host an annual International Day of Friendship celebration. This free, family friendly program shows the world how Brooklynites “spread love the Brooklyn way” with a Unity Parade of Flags, Cultural Performances, and Continental Cuisine...
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...information below. This assignment is worth 150 points. Type your name above and your answers below directly on this form. Click Save as and save the file with the assignment name and your last name (e.g., “NR443 Windshield Survey Form_Smith”). When you are finished, submit the form to the Week 2 Caring for Populations: Windshield Survey Dropbox by the deadline indicated in your guidelines. Your Name: Date: 7/16/2014 Your Instructor’s Name: Amy Minnick Criteria | Your response | 1. Community introduction: Identify the community you will be using for this assignment. It should be the area where you live or the area surrounding your work setting. | The community that I have chosen is East Flatbush. East Flatbush is located in Brooklyn NY. East Flatbush is a middle class residential neighborhood. ‘After World War II, immigrant Jews and Italians used to live in this area, then in the 1960’s many African American started to move in. Most recently the area has seen many West Indian immigrants such as Haitians, Jamaicans, Trinidadians, Grenadians, Panamanians and Guyanese groups coming to the area. There are three major hospitals in East Flatbush, they include: Kings County Hospital, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, and Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center. East Flatbush was formerly known as Rugby, and was developed in the 1920′s’(SB, 2014) | 2. Windshield surveya. vitality | East Flatbush neighborhood consists of many young adults, middle)-aged people, and adolescents some...
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...breath taken buildings and beautiful scenery, not to mention the thousands of people. When I wasn’t exploring NYC I was exploring the world with my family, we often visited Florida, North Carolina and the cayman island, To see my distant family. My childhood was very different from many, it was mostly spent traveling and understanding the different parts of the world. Currently I am a freshman at ASA College in Brooklyn NY. I chose criminal Justice for the purpose that I've always been interested in society and how it is structured. I also choose criminal justice for the fact that I will be qualified for a number of possible rewarding careers in this field. In addition to school, I'm also trying to maintain my occupation as a security officer. I was drawn to the fact that my duties as a security officer will be to protect property, assets, or people. I'm grateful for this occupation because, it guided me on the right path. I have learned that trying to excel in both work and school is much more difficult than I anticipated. Since i attend school in Brooklyn, but work in Manhattan and live on Staten Island it...
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...To Brooklyn Bridge" is the opening section of Hart Crane's most famous poem, The Bridge. Crane's masterpiece is one of the most beautiful and influential American literary works of the first half of the 20th century. It is a poem that defies easy description, at once mystical, romantic, bewildering, witty, secretive, and soaring. That's a lot of adjectives, but as you'll soon see, Crane loves adjectives. Crane labels "To Brooklyn Bridge" a prelude, or "Proem," that will introduce the themes of The Bridge. And if we had to slap a big ol' English AP-test theme word on the whole poem, it would be "Unity," or even, "Mystic Unity." With the whole "Unity" idea, Crane is taking a cue from Walt Whitman, the great 19th-century American poet whose "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" was a direct influence on The Bridge. For Crane, as for Whitman, Brooklyn Bridge is a symbol of a manmade structure that can join together the fractured parts of society. The Brooklyn Bridge was finished in 1883. At that time, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world, an architectural and engineering marvel. For Crane, the bridge provides a symbol for the possibility of redeeming the modern world from the chains of money and commerce. Published in 1930, The Bridge was panned by many for being too darned difficult and wordy. We'll say it straight up: this poem, like much of Crane's work, is incredibly difficult in the sense of, "What the heck is this guy even talking about?" But the payoff is worth it, because...
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...Windshield Survey Bay Ridge is an interesting neighborhood with quiet residential areas, plenty of recreational activities, shops, and restaurants. The homes in Bay Ridge cover a wide spectrum of styles and prices. The housing here is mostly made up of single family homes on tree-lined streets, but there are also a lot of co-ops and some apartments. It's very safe; the neighbors in Bay Ridge are friendly and look out for each other. The population is mainly Italian, Greek, and Irish, but there are a good number of Arabic speaking residents as well. It also has a huge elderly population because this is a town where people stay their whole lives. There is no shortage of things to do with lots of restaurants that serve ethnic foods, nice parks, and a lovely pier where people fish. Most of the action takes place on 86th street, and there are more than one hundred bars in this town. While there are subway stations and an express bus in Bay Ridge, the commute to Manhattan is lengthy. Drivers have easy access to major highways, but parking can be challenging. Most people, especially the senior will walk to their destination. The lack of parking adds to the problem. It does not make sense to move the car when there is no parking available. Some houses have created their own parking spaces by making a space in the front yard Upon walking down 86th street, the street is lined with every kind of store you would expect to find in a mall in suburban America: Century 21, McDonald's, 86...
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...How do residents from the Brooklyn area survive gentrification? Introduction Neighborhoods can change in many different forms by social polarization, political factors, and integration of new neighbors or departure of long-time folks. These changes around a specific area are sum up as gentrification. The renewal of neighborhood environments that transform and attract middle and upper-class households and investors, creating problems for those who cannot afford rises of rents. However, what cause some dwellers to remain in their homes despite the rise of property values? Or how lower-class populations persist in gentrified zones? With the aid of federal and government institutions, low-income characters would not be able to continue living in their homes. Even though the process of restoration can result in the increase of the cost of life, some dwellers opt to remain in Green Point, Brooklyn because they enforce a number of methods, such as Section 8, Low Interest Rate programs and rent regulation, to fight displacement. Definition Generally speaking, gentrification is a two-edge process that usually pushes long-time dwellers from a neighborhood as the upgrading or improvement of the urban environment takes place around this specific neighborhood. In other words, residents opt to move out of the neighborhood because of the rise of rents, property value, and the renovation of the stock housing, which usually ends up with the replacement of the lower class with the middle to...
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...Saybria Nicholson 4 Dunbar Street Amityville, NY 11701 6317892475 snicholson@sljhs.org Objective / Summary To obtain a position as a Medical Assistant where I can apply my education, skills and compassion to contribute to the success of a progressive practice and the patients served. Education Branford Hall Career Institute Amityville, NY March. 2016 Medical Assistant Program -GPA (if 3.5 or better)- - - - Borough of Manhattan Community College New York, NY August. 2011 - May. 2013 -Liberal Arts (50) Key Strengths • --Monitoring and Coordination |• -Critical Thinking |• -Service Orientation | • --Effective Written and Oral Communication |• -Active Learning |• -Instructing | • --Social Perceptiveness |• -Active Listening |• -Time Management | - Employment History Pizza Studio Farmingdale, NY December. 2015 - Present Front of House Staff • -Conducted preliminary food preparation. • Prepared and cooked menu items. • Responsible for setting up serving lines, garnishing food items, and applying food protection and sanitation measures. • Responsible for receiving and properly storing supply shipments. - Old Navy Bay Shore, NY October. 2015 - December. 2015 Seasonal Sales Associate • -Responsible for customer service. • Ordered merchandise and kept track of inventory. • Created displays. • Helped on the front line (Cashier) • Unloaded merchandise off truck • Assembly line - Wal-Mart East Meadow, NY...
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...plus I will still have to pay a new contractor an additional cost to me to renovate my patio therefore all of costs and inconveniences this theft has created for me should be taken into account to make the charge a Felony. I followed the rules of a good neighbor by initially requesting permission from my Homeowner's Association to make the patio improvements to my home as required by our bylaws with a detailed drawing showing what was to be done to make my home wheelchair accessible because as is the only way into the house is up steps. My wife of 37 wonderful years, we married when I was 21. She died at home in 2004 after years of severe Alzheimer's. I retired in 2002 so that I could take care of my wife, Dorothy, at home 24/7 with the love, respect while maintaining her dignity as she deserved. For many years she was unable to talk or walk. She was a petite lady and I was able to carry her up and down the steps in my arms or with her in a wheelchair. Now living alone I would like to live out the rest of my life here at my home as my wife did and being a heavy set person to make it easier for whoever my caregiver by making my home wheelchair accessible for the future was my goal. I've spent hours collecting information and writing letters to report this crime to Georgia Department of Law Consumer Protection Unit, Atlanta,GA; Professional Licensing, Georgia Secretary of State- Brain P. Kemp Office, Atlanta, GA; Better Business Bureau (BBB) of Central Georgia, Macon, GA...
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...View from the Bridge’ is set in 1950s America in an Italian-American neighbourhood under the Brooklyn Bridge in New York. Brooklyn is a very poor area. It is a corrupt society in which laws are not obeyed and many people have a low social status. The vast majority of Brooklyn’s population was Sicilian. Brooklyn is described by Alfieri, the narrator, as the slum that faces the bay on the seaward side of Brooklyn Bridge. To the audience, the bridge not only shows the poor separated from the rich but a symbol of hope for the people living in Brooklyn as the city of New York is a place of dreams because there was work, security and accommodation but most importantly wealth. During the 1950s, much of Europe was completely destroyed due to the Second World War. Italy, with its corrupt ruler, had been one of the worst hit countries during the war, as they suffered huge amounts of damage in Northern towns and villages by the Germans who took revenge after they had become allies with the British. The economy had rapidly gone down and so this left many Sicilian Italians with no choice but to leave and migrate to the dream city of New York. They were called ‘submarines’ by many Americans as they moved from one place to another just to get American citizenship. In this case, the audience see that Eddie will do whatever it takes to break Catherine and Rodolfo’s relationship as he says that he only loves Catherine to get an America passport. Many were also tempted by American Longshoreman and...
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...Bryan Krayko Economic Geography GEOG 22100 Annie Spencer Foreclosures and Gentrification in New York City The uneven development of New York City’s outer boroughs has taken a dive into massive foreclosure in the recent years due to high unemployment, unyielding bankers, and gentrification. The issue is on an urban and regional scale and needs to be closely observed and studied to better prevent the spread of this plague. The recent victims in this failure are the middle class, with whom the troubles of foreclosure are starting to catch up. Gentrification is also starting to push the poor out of their homes to make way for the rich. This unevenness came from the inevitable shift of balance that comes with industrial capitalism. A fresh wave of foreclosures is impacting middle-class homeowners in Queens. Queens neighborhoods have been sinking since 2008 when the crisis first started. Come 2011, the foreclosure rate spiked and began to trouble middle-class homeowners. Many homeowners rely on tenants to help them with paying their mortgage. With the recent departure of tenants from the area, Queens homeowners are left with less money and more problems. According to the New York Post, “Foreclosures jumped 19 percent in New York City and 164 percent in Queens in 2012 versus 2011, as The Post reported last week. Four of the hardest-hit sections of Queens — St. Albans, Rosedale, Cambria Heights and Queens Village —...
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...New York City has a capital budget. The budget includes funds required for city construction, repair projects, and purchases of land buildings, or equipment. Even though the size and the cost of the capital budget is important, the projects funded by this budget will determine how New York will grow in the future. It is important that New Yorkers learn more about our city budget. The planning and the disbursement of funds for capital projects occur over a period of years. In order the capital budge go forward with the Capital Budgets we will need three components. The documents that make up these components are: Ten-Year Capital Strategy- In November of every even-numbered year, the Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Department of City Planning both a draft Ten- Year capital strategy which presents the goals, policy constraints, assumptions, and criteria for assessing the city’s capital needs over the next ten years. The anticipated sources of financing, and the implications of the strategy, including any possible economic, social, and environmental effects is also provided in this document. The Capital Budget- This document is submitted by the Mayor as an Executive Capital Budget with the Expense Budget at the same time. Funding is proposed for capital projects for the coming fiscal year and estimates the funds needed in each of the three following years. The individual capital projects should not exceed a certain amount and needs an approval in the form...
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...------------------------------------------------- Marie Jenny André ------------------------------------------------- 256 Lisbon Ave, ------------------------------------------------- Buffalo, NY 14215 ------------------------------------------------- Jennya_1123@yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------- 716-348-7271 or 347-757-9085 EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION Master, Health Services Administration Expected 5/16 D’Youville College, Buffalo, New York B. Tech., Health Care Management 5/13 SUNY Canton, Canton, New York A.S., Liberal Arts 6/10 Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, New York CPR Certified, First Aid Trained, American Red Cross 4/13 EXPERIENCE Research Assistant 08/13-12/13 D’Youville College Buffalo, New York Baker Victory Services 12/13-Present Teacher Assistant Buffalo, New York * Assists classroom teacher in implementing IEPs for each student. * Work with students individually and in small groups in order to carry out activities; * Assists with supervision of students. Office Manager, Sales Administrative and Administrative Assistant (480 hours internship) Ronald McDonald House, American Red Cross & St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY 2/13– 5/13 ...
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...Policy Report: Improving Community Boards in New York City Best Practices in Recruitment and Appointment to New York City’s 59 Community Boards Executive Summary Community boards are the most local form of government for residents of New York City. They serve an essential role in our city’s democracy by shaping neighborhood development and advising government on community needs and interests. Between April 1st and May 30th of this year, four new borough presidents and twenty one new city council members, along with their previously elected colleagues, will be making 1,475 appointments to 59 community boards spanning all five boroughs. This is a unique opportunity to evaluate and implement improvements to the recruitment and appointment system. On March 3, 2014, the Committee on Governmental Operations of the New York City Council held a hearing on “Best Practices for Recruitment and Appointments to Community Boards,” which included testimony from New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and Staten Island Borough President James Oddo, as well as community board chairs and district managers from all five boroughs, good government groups and youth advocacy organizations. This report covers three major areas in which community boards require improvement: outreach and recruitment; a standardized and transparent application process; and restoring the public trust by removing the politics...
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...social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Preamble to the Constitution of the World Health Organization, 1948 (the Definition has not been amended since 1948) What is Public Health? Public health is the science and art of preventing diseases, prolonging life, and promoting health through the organized efforts of society. Smoking Prevalence in the Bronx, 2002 35 Healthy People 2010 Goal: 12% 30 25 25 29 25 25 22 20 20 17 15 10 5 NY C Br on x Br on x h So ut Pk rd ha m -B ro nx Fo Pe lh a m -T h ro gs Ne c k ge sb rid Ki ng NE Br on x 0 NYC Smoking Reduction 2002-2004 6.2% 10.0% 5.0% -5.1% -15.0% -20.0% -25.0% -18.7% -18.9% -23.1% Staten Island Queens Manhattan -10.0% Brooklyn -5.0% Bronx 0.0% 2002-2004 decline Cancer Screening in the Bronx vs. NYC, 2002 Bronx 100 NYC Healthy People 2010 Goal: 90% 80 85 78 80 77 60 50 49 40 20 0 Colon Screening Mammogram PAP Smear HIV & AIDS Cases in the Bronx, 2003 25000 20000 19504 15000 10000 5000 774 0 # Living w/HIV & AIDS Figures as of 9/30/2003 # New HIV Diagnoses Rates of People Living w/HIV & AIDS in the Bronx vs. NYC vs. US, 2001 18 17.0 17.0 15.6 16 Rates per 1,000 Population 14 12 11.1 10.7 9.2 10 7.9 8 6 5.1 3.9 4 3.2 2 Figures as of 12/31/01 S U YC N ro nx B lh rd am ha m -B ro nx C Pk ro to na -T re m on t H un ts Po in t H ig hb r id ge Fo Pe Br on x E N K in g sb rid ge 0 Rates of New HIV Diagnoses in...
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