ktmeng/mec huggingface dataset:
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The wheel will continue to spin, as well as the wheel of life. Even more time passed, I and my two siblings have graduated from high school and boarding school. My first sister now graduated with an undergraduate degree, taught in elementary school, and already had a family with 1 child at the time. My brother chose to work immediately after graduating from high school with a promising income for the future. I chose to continue my education to college, while my sister was still in high school, also still living in boarding schools close to her school.
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We took on our respective roles in the journey of life that we faced at that time. With all the risks which my parents were ready to face, they were willing to sacrifice everything including living together at home. Yes, just between my father and mother at home, they are like newlyweds who have not had a child at that time. How come? I and my three siblings did not live with my parents at that time because I was studying at a place that was quite far from home, my young sister lived in a boarding school, my brother worked far away, and my first sister had a new life with her family.
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However I still get luck by being able to continue higher education even though it doesn’t match with what I expected before. My father’s health gradually improved as well as my mother’s health. But no matter how much effort we have made, God is the one who determines everything. In the second year my sister and I continued our education at a higher place, my father’s health unexpectedly returning to the ground until he had to be rushed to the hospital, and not longer after that, my father returned calmly to the God. Sad, very sad. But we have to face it together with full resilience without the presence of a hero in our family.
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High blood pressure has been the deadly killer in the Merriweather family for generations and generations. High blood pressure, (also known as hypertension), is cause when the pressure in the arteries is higher than it should. The heart siphons blood into the veins and the power of the blood pushing against vein dividers is called circulatory strain. Corridors convey the blood all through the body (Langford, 2018). Having high blood pressure is dangerous in many ways. One way is that it influences the heart to need to work more earnestly so as to pump the blood to the body.
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Barbara has had a tremendous impact on the family, because she lives alone. To insure her pass medical history doesn’t repeat she needs a supervisor. Barbara has 3 children. One being my mother and the other 2 being the males in the family. There have been some health challenges because she has to drink more water and incorporate more vegetables and positive protein in her diet. Being that Barbara is 60 years old she doesn’t quite like change in her life but knowing that she needs change she is willing to do it. Such things incorporate smoking, corpulence, the absence of physical action, an excess of salt, an excessive amount of liquor, stress, ceaseless kidney disappointment, thyroid issues, more seasoned age, hereditary qualities, and family ancestry. The precise reason for HBP is obscure. Sometimes it isn’t realized what is making one have hypertension.
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Hypertension can compromise solid corridors and lead to perilous conditions, for example, coronary illness and stroke. Hypertension is the main source of stroke and a noteworthy reason for heart assault. Since it once in a while causes side effects, it doesn’t affect her every day. If she left this untreated, it could’ve prompt vision issues, just as to heart assault, stroke, and other possibly deadly conditions, including kidney disappointment.
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It might occur and stay concealed for a long time. Individuals, until told by a medicinal doctor for the most part disregard hypertension. Barbara said she didn’t know anything about how HBP influences the body, how it is estimated, what the side effects are of HBP, and what individuals/ethnic gatherings are influenced by HBP more than another. Ongoing exploration has uncovered that under analyzed hypertension influences a huge number of individuals running from young people to the old. It just so happened that HBP was in the Merriweather family’s history.
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The family member needs to obtain a healthy diet drink plenty of water and Add exercise to her daily routine. Family members need to encourage her and support her drop her been on this earth since. Since high blood pressure runs in the family the mother has recently found out she has high blood pressure as well. Luckily, hypertension can be controlled adequately. Quiet instruction is a standout amongst the most imperative occupations of an attendant. The reason for this encouraging arrangement is to enhance wellbeing and conceivably spare lives by producing and conveying data about hypertension.
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This assignment has made me realize that high blood pressure plays a crucial part in my family. Knowing that my great grandmother, grandmother, Anne mother has high blood pressure has made me aware of the choices that I need to make in my younger live. Knowing that my mother has high blood pressure get indicate if my sister gets it or carries the jeans or I get sick and carry the team knowing that my mother has high blood pressure can indicate that my sister can get the gene or carry the gene.
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My topic for my passion project was to learn and talk about the history of Lasagna. So lasagna is an Italian food that was introduced in the 19th century. Lasagna is a popular food because it is the most famous among tourists and it flourishes in the west. Italian food is also known as being healthy. The ingredients to keeping this famous food healthy are, seafood and olive oil both of these ingredients are beneficial to heart health. Italian food is the most popular food all over the world.
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Food is always something I will always enjoy to cook or prepare for my family one day. Eating out all the time becomes very costly and when you can cook and get things off your head, why would you want to go sit in a restaurant where it can be extremely loud. Also eating out all the time and ordering greasy food could lead to heart problems or unhealthy benefits. I know if my family is at one of my basketball games that are usually kinda far away from home we will normally grab something to eat at a restaurant, just so we don’t have to eat when we get home when it’s going to be really late.
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The ingredients you would need to make your lasagna is hamburger, noodles (homemade or noodles you don’t have to cook from the store) sauce, and cheese. You can also choose whether or not you would like cottage cheese in it. So after you have all the ingredients you will need to brown your hamburger. Once you have that done take your noodles and layer them in a pan. Then you will add your sauce to your hamburger. After you have done that you will place the hamburger on top of the noodles. Then just repeat those steps until you are out of everything including the noodles. You will then proceed to back your lasagna at 350 degrees for an hour.
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Once your lasagna has cooked all the way you can add an cheese of your choice to the top of it, then place it back into the oven for the cheese to melt. After you have put it back into the oven take it out and let it sit for a couple of minutes so that it can cool off and it will be easier to cut for serving time. Depending on how big your cut it you should be able to feed your whole family with one pan.
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The struggles of make a pan of lasagna are making sure it sits long enough before you cut into it. If your cut into anything hot before it has cooled off then it will more than likely look like you cooked it in water or something because it’s all just going to run down the pan. Also, another struggle would be making sure you cook it all the way. You might have noodles at the bottom of the pan that doesn’t need to be cooked before you place them there, but you need to make sure it’s all cooked together so that when you are ready to eat it’s all together. If you don’t pay attention to how you are making it something could go wrong when you take it out of the oven for it to set up before eating.
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Improving your cooking would be working on something you are not very good at cooking. So like for me cooking hard things I normally have to have my mother help me because I either get confused what comes first or what comes after. To improve on making this lasagna I would make sure that the hamburger has enough taste to where you would be able to taste it in the food. Also, you would have to make sure that the noodles are not sticking to the bottom of the pan. So for instance if we got noodles we had to cook you would have to make sure that those noodles are not going to stick to the bottom of the pan while you are in the cooking process. Also making sure you have sides that can go with it instead of a random side that might not taste as good if you had it with it.
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My family loves to eat home cooked food. We have anything from tacos to spaghetti or anything that would have protein in it that would be good for me since I play sports. I will say we are not the healthiest family out there, yes we do like cookies and other stuff but a lot of the time we do try to watch how much junk food intake we have. When eating unhealthy it can damage your liver because it can add deposition of fats in the liver. Although junk food can be very tasty and good you still have to watch the intake of junk food so something bad doesn’t happen to your liver as you live on in life.
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These days, it is common that women work in several kinds of industries. However, the rate of women in a high position is lower than men; the discrimination between men and women still exists. Women claim to have equal treatment in the workforce and equal pay. Employers discriminate women because they think women would quit soon after giving birth, and married women are busy with taking care of their children. In addition, they insist women are less talented, less useful, and weaker than men.
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It separated the home from the workplace and the importance of women’s economic role declined. In addition, “male and female spheres of activity became more separated, as did the definitions of men’s and women’s roles. Man’s role continued to be primarily that of worker and provider; women’s role became primarily supportive.” (Shaw and Lee 507) Women were seen too weak and delicate to survive in the men’s tough work world. “It was believed they lacked strength and stamina, that their brains were small, that the feminine perspective and sensitivity were liabilities in the marketplace.” (Shaw and Lee 508) This idea still exists in the cooking industry that will be explained later.
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World War I allowed white women to enter new fields of industry. Since the men had to participate in the war, women replaced men at jobs in factories and business office. During this period, women could master the various new skills. The wartime labor shortage created new job opportunities for women, and at higher wages than they had earned before. However, the society and the government were not prepared for accepting women’s economic role so that they had to left as soon as peace returned. “When the men returned from the war, they were given priority in hiring, and although many women left the labor force voluntarily, many were forced out by layoffs.” (Shaw and Lee 510) Those who remained were employed in low positions with the low salary. Women’s jobs were mostly part-time and seasonal.
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World War II was an important turning point in women’s participation in the paid labor force. The War Manpower Commission advertised women to the war industries. Equal work did not mean equal pay but more women learned to accommodate family and work at the same time. “However, at the war’s end, with the return of men to civilian life, there was a tremendous pressure on women to return to their former positions in the home.” (Shaw and Lee 510) In this period, “women at home” image became cherished rather than “at work” in American culture. Instead, women’s participation in the workforce still increased. After World War II, the percentage of married women in the workforce increased the most rapidly in any other period. “In 1940, about 15 percent of married women were employed; by 1950, 24 percent.
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As you can see, more and more women are in the workforce as time goes by, and there are few boundaries for women to work in any industries. However, they are still underestimated and underrecognized in the culinary industry. Even though women are known for cooking, most top chefs are men. For instance, Chef & My Fridge is a South Korean cooking-variety program starring various chefs and celebrity guests. Twenty-one chefs have appeared in this program since 2014 and only one woman appeared until now. Another example is American dramas: Feed the Beast and Kitchen Confidential. These dramas are about cooking and kitchen, and the main characters or top chefs in the drama are all men. On Time magazine’s cover, there are no women chefs and the “Gods of Food” are all men. It is impossible that women’s cook are worse than men’s since cooking was regarded as a “women’s duty.”
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“There’s no denying it: Professional cooking is a male-dominated sport” (Feit). Historically, women have always done the cooking at home but that has been seen as domestic and not a “real” job. According to Ann Cooper, author of A Woman’s Place Is in the Kitchen: The Evolution of Women Chefs, a full 45 percent of people working in the culinary industry are women, yet women hold less than 10 percent of the top positions. “According to the Office of National Statistics, only 17 percent of chef positions in the UK are held by women” (Morgan). In the United States, “over 60 percent of women have worked in the restaurant industry” (Schenkel), but only 19 percent of chefs and head cooks are women. From these different statistics, it is clear that there are more male chefs than women chefs, and that the top male chefs receive more praise and success than women.
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First, in this patriarchal society, it has taken for granted that women are destined by their biology to be in charge of the home kitchen. Even a few years ago, “a wife who did not cook for her husband was looked at askance” (Whitney); a mother who did not cook for her children was an abomination. In contrast, it would be a special case if a man is good at cooking, and he is regarded as a professional. When done in the home, “cooking is associated more with women than men, but professional, high-status cooking has remained the domain of men despite inroads women have made into other traditionally male-dominated careers” (Broyles). It is regarded that only men have the technique, discipline, and passion that makes cooking consistently an art. In other words, women are incapable of elevating cooking to an art.
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Second, women in the cooking world face the same difficulties that women in all industries face: Balancing work and family. Women are still the caregivers in families and have the responsibility in family matters. “Chefs work six to seven days a week, often for 12-14 hours at a time” (Broyles). The hours are structured around meal times, and many fine restaurants are only open at night. Despite the work time, most chefs do not earn that much money and many restaurants offer few benefits like health insurance, paid vacations and retirement plans. If women chefs have children, these conditions are not as appealing. Chefs in restaurants cannot leave even if their children are sick, and “few childcare centers are open when chefs are at work” (Broyles). Since taking care of children is still fall more on mothers, it is hard for women with children to be successful chefs. They are required to sacrifice on their careers for their families. Women chefs have two options: either leave the workplace or share the responsibility of looking after their children.
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Third, it is related to men’s lifestyles. In men’s process of growth, they are not forced to be good at cooking. Men do not have any stress in cooking so that they are not overwhelmed. They could consider cooking as a fun sport so that they try cooking by their selves without recipes. Therefore, they have more opportunities to be interested in cooking, to know about cooking, and to study recipes. Unlike women, men are not expected to take care of their children. They could concentrate on working in the culinary industry rather than women do. Men are also regarded that they are physically and mentally stronger, tough, and passionate. Besides, since people are generous to men’s cooking and have low expectation on it, men are praised easily than women.
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Lastly, no matter what industries, mostly men are in power positions. There are some reasons for it: “Sex stereotyping leads to resistance to women’s leadership” (Experteer Magazine). When women are in a leadership or management position, they are often tagged as selfish, aggressive, deceitful, and abrasive, whereas men are valued as charismatic and enterprising. “Another thing often heard is that women are not ambitious” (Experteer Magazine). This idea makes people think that women are hard to set and achieve goals. Another reason is the lack of mentors. The senior people are mostly men and they still tend to lead younger colleagues of the same sex. So they are “more supportive, encouraging, and helpful to young men” (Experteer Magazine). There is only a little space for women to squeeze in. Power positions are men’s league. These negative stereotypes about the work discourage women to stop advancing in their careers.
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In conclusion, the most critical reasons that most chefs are men are the men’s process of growth and social atmosphere. House chores are no more women’s duties. No matter men or women, house chores are people’s duty if they are one of the house members. People have to change perceptions that women are weaker, less ambitious, and more foolish than men. Women could be leaders in the workforce, not only in the household. It is difficult to change these perspectives since they have been generalized historically for long generations. However, women have rights to get equal treatment in the workforce and equal employment. Women have abilities to be superior leaders. In addition, the poor kitchen in restaurants environment needs to be improved. Chefs deserve better treatment and more free time to have some rest and take care of their families regardless of men or women.
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Tests were performed in order to determine which spices had the best results when it came to combating bacteria. Scientists tested different bacteria against numerous spices in order to determine whether or not spices had the ability to fight off bacteria. “All 30 spices for which we located laboratory test results were found at some concentration to kill or inhibit at least 25% of the bacterial species on which they had been tested, and 15 of these spices inhibited at least 75% of bacterial species.
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There are other factors that contribute to how well a spice can combat bacteria such as the environment and the temperature at which the spices grow. It has been found that there is a positive relationship with temperature and spices. The components that spices contain also protect the spice plants themself from other things that harm it such has animals. The ability of spices to preserve food not only improves the quality of the food but can actually allow the meat to have more flavor because the spices seasoned the food. This lead to people seasoning their food with the spices that were available at the time. There are many ways to use spices; however one of the ways that spices was introduced into cuisine was through food preservation.
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Spain is well known for their use of paprika and saffron in their dishes. One of the most well known dishes made in Spain is called Paella. It is a rice dish made with chicken. The spices used in this dish include: paprika, saffron, garlic and olive oil. “Paprika has been part of Spain’s go-to trifecta of flavor (which also includes olive oil and garlic) for centuries. It is made from a variety of ground-up peppers, some of which Columbus brought to Spain from the Americas in the 15th century (pg:6).” Paprika and saffron are very popular spices used in Spanish cuisine. Paprika is dried, ground chill. It can be spicy, sweet, smoked or unsmoked.
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It’s various flavors make it easy to incorporate it in different meals. When using saffron in this dish it is very important to prepare it correctly or the spice will not be as potent as it could be. “To use saffron, soak in warm water/stock/wine for about 30 minutes, and then add the liquid to your dish. Many make the mistake of just throwing a few threads into a dish, but saffron needs time to infuse its flavor into a liquid(pg:10).” Allowing the spice to soak gives the dish a bolder amount flavor and color. Saffron is known for giving rice that orange-yellow color. Spanish cooking uses many different spices that gives their cuisine its distinct taste. The method of soaking the rice exemplifies the idea that spices are extremely important in adding flavor and color. Using the right combination of spices in a dish is important because they need to not only complement each other but build off of each other.
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When learning a new technique it is often believed that there is only one right way to do something. Cooking is not one of those skills. There are infinite ways to make a dish. Italian cuisine is known for their amazing pizza and pasta. Italians believed that the simpler the better rather than adding so many different spices you can not appreciate all the flavors already in the dish. They only use a few ingredients such as tomato sauce from Marzano tomatoes, oregano or basil, a little garlic, salt, and olive oil. However when Americans
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they have piled on the toppings such as the meat lovers pizza, which includes many different types of meat. They have come up with different ways to cooking the pizza, thin crust, thick crust, stuffed crust and deep dish. Being able to observe the differences between how two different countries make the same food demonstrates how there is in fact many different techniques that can yield the same result. Misconceptions about how there is only one way to cook a meal will lead people to believe that they are not able to learn how to cook for themselves. It is important to express creativity in the kitchen through the use of different spices and ingredients.
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The vast majority of spices and their uses is really important for the the innovation of cooking and learning new techniques. It is important for people to know that there are multiple ways and styles to cook and that just because someone cookes a specific dish one way does not mean you can not use the influences of different cultures. Look at the way Italians make pizza or pasta and compare it to the way americans make it. People are constantly coming up with new topping combinations and different style crusts or different methods of cooking it, such as deep dish.
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The misconception that you have to go to culinary school to learn how to cook for yourself is a reason that people get discouraged and do not think they have the ability to learn something that requires a lot of technique. Another reason to learn how to cook is because it can lead to a healthier lifestyle. A positive effect of cooking is becoming a more independent person and being able to know your body and exactly what it needs. The benefits of cooking vary from fighting off bacteria to being able to have higher quality food. Cooking is a very inclusive activity and for this reason cultures are continuously incorporating different aspects of cultures cuisines in their own food.
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The use of spices throughout the centuries has drastically improved not only the quality of food but the taste, flavor and the level of health. There are extensive ways to use spices in cooking and as shown above spices have the ability to kill bacteria, preserve food and add flavor and color to all dishes. Demonstrating the different uses of spices in dishes proves that there are multiple ways to execute a technique or skill without the fear of doing it wrong or improperly. Spices have allowed people to use cooking to express themselves by coming up with new recipes every day.
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They raided the southern Plains, and they captured settlements and stole horses. However, this lifestyle was dismantled by the defeat of the Kiowa in 1874. These people hunted buffalos for food. The buffalos, after some time, became rare, and these people had to switch to another lifestyle. They started to adapt to the cultures of the neighboring people, and this marked the start of the declination of the Kiowa culture (Momaday 601).
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Two is a very important age. At this time, a child begins to show more independence and gains the ability to express their own feelings. It is a new chapter in the grand book of life as children learn to feed themselves, run, interactively play with others, and group words together, rather than just make sounds on their own. But what has come to concern me is why this year of development is so often referred to as “terrible”? Because, is it really? I have come to believe that this term is in the improper place.
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From a toddler to the teenager I am today, they show me that I am not the same person as I was back then. Just think, little rectangular pieces of paper with some ink on them have the power to freeze the best and worst times and the most joyful and miserable feelings. They can encapture a sunset on a sweet summer’s evening in a tropical island, unite families at yearly gatherings, depict or even simply embrace the beauty of nature.
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Photographs have the ability to portray true meanings behind events, and help us see things that may not be typically noticed by the human eye otherwise. As I was reminiscing about my past, I came upon one particular photo that stood out to me, in which I was undoubtedly happy. When I look back on this picture, I just adore the whole scene. I am sitting on a slide that was part of my swingset in my backyard about to go down, with the bright sun beaming down on my face. With my chubby cheeks, tanned skin, and Dora the Explorer haircut, I am dressed in butterfly-covered overalls with a white ruffled shirt underneath that my mom had just helped me put on that morning. Someone is waiting behind me and another person is at the bottom of the slide to make sure I did not fall off.
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The same person who was behind me helped me up the stairs. After conferring with my mother, I found out that this was the first day I went down the slide by myself and just so happened to be my birthday as well. Filled with excitement and delight on this very special day, I am shining a bright smile. Since the time this photograph was taken, I have gained so much knowledge from my experiences and I have grown into the person I am today. My family has changed through times of health and sickness but I still smile my way through all of it, just as I did in this picture. Never would I had imagined that my mom would be nearly paralyzed or that my family would be on the brink of homelessness. I have witnessed my mother’s tears. I have witnessed the looks from strangers she got as I wheeled her around town. I have witnessed the secret conversations. I heard the sounds of the ambulances rushing to our house so much it feels routine.
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But through it all, I most importantly witnessed the kindness of others. The kindness of people who would give us rides to and from home, of people who brought us meals, of our family friend who bought our home from us, allowing us to live there, so we would not be living on the streets. These people helped me through these tough times. These were the people who kept me smiling. Similar to the noiseless photograph itself, I am quiet. I was not a loud child. I did not know many other kids when I was two, so my twin brother and I were best friends. We had a special bond that no one could ever replace. If he felt sad, I felt sad. If he was happy, I was happy. Our relationship was, and still is unbreakable. We used to play on our the swing set all the time. My brother Jonah and I would play for hours outside.
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Our parents would practically have to force us inside just so we could eat our dinners. It was a place we could use our imaginations, where our creative minds were embraced, with no one to tell us otherwise. Some days the ground would be lava, others we were on a pirate ship at sea, or we would be superheros in our super secret headquarters. But as years past and we got older, busier, and more independent our swing set was left there being unused in the silence: forgotten and diminished. Smiling has become a part of who I am. Some people have even pointed out to me that I do it too much. Whether I am in the middle of running sprints in ninety degree weather or opening up a much desired Christmas present, the expression is constantly there. Even though I smile my way through the hurdles life brings forth, I struggle with change and the unexpected.
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As I grew older, unwanted surprises seemed to bombard me everywhere I turned, like ads popping up on a smartphone. I miss not having to worry about the future and not being overwhelmed with the forces of responsibility. I miss not caring about the opinions of others and not feeling the wave of pressure trying to suck me into the tide. I miss the good old days where I would spend every waking moment I could outside. They were times before technology swept our generation and took over my life. I would be out in my backyard making snow angels and igloos one day and another I would be playing marco polo in my swimming pool. I miss being out there from sunrise to sunset and I miss the sparkle in my eyes that came with it.
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The question that this thesis looks to address is about how homeland security’s established policies after 9/11 affected the South Asian American community. How do these policies connect to President Trump’s current policies and initiatives? As we take this journey into answering these questions, I would like to start by discussing why I chose this specific topic as my thesis. Being a south Indian who was born and raised in California, I had never really had anything remotely similar to discriminatory treatment until after September 11.
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The first policy that I had seen with my own eyes in effect was immigration screening. My family and I had planned our usual annual trip to Kerala, India in November. As we packed our bags and headed to the airport, we noticed an alarming amount of police cars with weapons outside of the Los Angeles International Airport. Seeing this made me feel safe but unsafe at the same time for I was only made aware of what was to come once we reached the TSA (transportation security administration) line.
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While undergoing routine security screening I saw some police offers to pull my father off to the side for “random checking.” My mother, brother, and I followed behind him to protest and ask questions but they would not let us walk with my father nor would they give us any reason as to why this was happening. My mother began to panic as we waited for our father and our flight. For almost two hours they sat my dad in a small room and asked him various questions such as if he had any involvement in the September 11 attacks to which he immediately stated “no.” They released my dad but gave us no apology as to wasting our time or anything. It was as if our feelings did not matter and that we had to “deal with it.”
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The policy that allowed for this mistreatment of my father was known as immigrant screening. Luckily, that is all that my father had received for as my friend’s brother was not so lucky. Hailing from Afghanistan, Zohar’s brother was taken to the airport while on the way to see his grandparents in Afghanistan and was put into a detention facility. He was grabbed by the TSA for the “random checking” and was then placed into the same room and being asked the same questions. The only vital difference in this situation was that he was a Muslim immigrant from Afghanistan. He was then taken by police enforcers, put into the back of a van, and then transported to a detention facility against his will. His family did not know where he was or when he was to come back home, if at all. Zohar’s brother was soon deported back to Afghanistan. Zohar didn’t know until her brother got to his grandparent’s house that she would never see him again in the United States.
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This brings us to the equivalence between President Trump’s current policies and those of homeland security in regards to detention and deportation. Many cases were revealed of Hispanic families that came to the states years ago of being deported after more than ten years. One instance that was broadcasted was one of a sixty-year-old Mexican man who came to the United States at a very young age being taken by ICE as his wife and children watched. This splitting of families is exactly how homeland security used “removal of criminal aliens” to detain Muslim men from middle eastern countries and deport them back to their native countries.
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Due to immigration to the country illegally being a crime, these immigrants were considered to be criminals with disregard as to how long they have been in the United States. To make matters worse, the White House made a website page dedicated to informing the public of the executive orders to restrict persons of foreign nationality (“terrorists”) into the country which read, “The entry of certain aliens from seven countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. These are countries that had already been identified as presenting heightened concerns about terrorism and travel to the United States.” (Trump, Whitehouse.gov).
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This racialization takes us to the path of “racial profiling.” What is racial profiling? According to Google, racial profiling is when “race or ethnicity is used as grounds for suspecting someone of having committed an offense.” The name that the government used to cover up racial profiling was the USA Patriot Act, which came into place after September 11. The USA-Patriot Act provided the state the authority to use surveillance and investigation to monitor its citizens. The use of surveillance and investigation was prevalent in minority communities such as South Asian Americans, Arab Americans, and Muslim Americans. According to the article from Sunaina Maira on racial profiling, the title that the communities that were scrutinized gave the act was “domestic terrorism.” Although the government claimed that the Patriot Act was for the national benefit of homeland security, it was clear to see who the targets were from this senseless government-backed act of social racism.
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As the USA-Patriot act gained powers of control, the minority communities that were under scrutiny had their due process rights along with the right of free speech taken away and violated. Many South Asian Americans, Muslim Americans, and Arab Americans had been under surveillance and forced into compulsory detention facilities only to be deported under the suspicion that they and they alone were the only ones capable of performing harm and heinous acts. Such perceptions along with many of the statements and sentiments advocated by President Trump display a phenomenon known today as Xenophobia, or the irrational fear of people from other countries. Unfortunately, Xenophobia has been rooted in American history, and some argue that it can be traced as far back as to the landing of the pilgrims at Plymouth Rock even though the pilgrims were considered the refugees fleeing from Europe (Giraud, Culturacolevtiva). It was very apparent during the Civil Rights Movement that the downside of the human condition is that we fear or are uncomfortable with things that we are not used to. Since America is a melting pot of different people, beliefs, and cultures, many things may seem unfamiliar. Thus, natural human behavior is to feel emotions of confusion, anger, and paranoia. These emotions are paranoia are difficult hurdles to overcome for many, and the outward display of overcoming these hurdles can be concerning to those that are directly involved.
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Post 9/11 attitudes towards Muslims and people from the Middle East is a perfect example of Xenophobia, including some of the personal examples that were stated earlier in the paper. Our current government is run by a president that built a foundation for racism to thrive only makes the challenge to move forward to a progressive society even harder. President Trump through his rhetoric has established the sense that it is okay for people to express racist opinions and display public actions of hate for not being “American” or American-enough. Many people forget that being American does not necessarily mean belonging to a singular culture but rather that the identity of an American is the culmination of different traditions and customs that came together from the thirst and struggle for freedom. I believe that this concept is where much confusion lies within the United States as many do not understand the true meaning of identifying with the American identity without associating it with the color white. The United States and sadly much of the world is still concerned with color rather than the relationship we have as people to each other as fellow human beings.
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The September 11th terrorist attacks will forever remain a painful and transitional part of American history, especially for those who were made aware of its impact as well as those that even both directly and indirectly affected. The widespread effect that it left in the hearts of many Americans continues to this day and unfortunately has engraved certain negative connotations in the minds of several narrow-minded individuals towards people of foreign nationalities and religions in the form of Xenophobia. As long as these individuals never recover from this disorder, people of Islamic beliefs and South Asian heritage will continue to be treated with prejudice, and disrespect through the emotions of fear and judgment. Due to the actions of a few individuals, entire populations of innocent people were made scapegoats and may have lived with this truth for the rest of their lives (Iftikhar, npr.org).
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I am a firm believer that change is possible in our society as long as people begin to advocate change through exposure, education, and keeping accountability of thoughts and actions. Homeland security has drastically transformed because of the terrorist attacks through increasing thorough screenings and implementing new technology for such screenings wherever possible. Likewise, the impacts of the events established permanent policy concerns in government which politicians such as our current president look to implement through programs that involve deportation and travel bans.
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“…Reduced to a rutted, muddy track” shows that the trail conditions at times were anything but perfect. “Rutted’ and “muddy’ describe the Appalachian Trail as an almost tough and hardy trail to trek across. “The trail Shaffer found was nothing like the groomed and orderly corridor that exists today” shows how the Appalachian trail appears to Bryson and portrays to the audience a trail affected by modern societies requirement of health and
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“Everyday Use” by Alice Walker and “I Stand Here Ironing” by Tillie Olsen both personified a mother with great love and compassion for their children. Although each mother was separated by cultural and social differences the mothers in these stories shared a similar character. Character that can only be found in a mother, and can only be obtained through struggles, hardship and perseverance. Both mothers succeeded through life and providing the best for their children in every way possible, alone.
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Although the encounters Emily’s and Dee’s mother faced were different, they handled them with the same poise and resilience of woman of fine nobility. When Dee came back home to visit after college her mother withstood the flashy car, the lofty attitude and the superficial name changes. It was not until Dee began manipulating Maggie (her younger sister) to get what she demanded that their mother stepped in and put her foot down, it was time for Dee to come to the realization that she was not in charge. Which was a seemingly newly gained attitude from the influence of her boyfriend. Emily’s mother faced conflict of a different nature when the daughter that she loved and adored was taken to a mental ward. Although she was unable to change the circumstances in her own power, she still remained faithful in the love for her daughter. These women went through something that no man could and that is; having something you love and cherish, something that you live you whole life for, be taken away beyond their own power. While these women sometimes lost their cool they still held a style and grace all their own and never lost their dignity.
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“Everyday Use” and “I Stand Here Ironing” have two women who could seemingly endure anything. They have overcome trauma, abandonment, and even fires, and still these things have not hardened their hearts. Emily’s and Dee’s mother, both, loved and provided for them right up to the last paragraph. With the gentle heart, strong work ethic and iron discipline these women possessed, they could stand be held up to any Caesar and not fall short. If the title of this essay holds true, these women hold a character and hope beyond measure.
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A mother’s love is a blessing every human being is born with. A mother puts her children before anything else, like her own comfort and happiness, working days and nights breaking their backs trying to provide for their family, and waking up on Saturday mornings to smell breakfast being made, making sure one has food on their plate and shelter. Mothers are always there when needed, and can definitely be counted on to get you back up. I owe my mom everything, for all the things that she has done for me and for all the times I’ve made her upset or disappointed.
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My mother also taught me how to cook. Now being the age that I am, I realize my mom was only trying to teach me lessons that would help later on in life. It may not always seem this way, but children/young adults look to their mother for guidance on how they should deal with certain situations. A mother can tell when something’s wrong by hearing the tone of her child’s voice, or even just by looking at her child in the eye. Never underestimate the influence that a parent has over a child. If there is ever a point where the mother is unable to look after their children due to illness or death, it would have a huge impact on the life of the child/children. A mother is someone who can take the place of others, but no one can take and no one can replace a mother. Moms are the women that brought you into this world. be thankful for that. I will always love my mom, because I will never get another. My goal at this point is to graduate school and work hard so that I can provide for myself and my family. The only way I’ll be able to my mom took disciplinary action, I learned the hard way how to behave. My mom has greatly influenced my life by teaching me the value of hard work, family, and giving to others. At eight years old, I was given various chores around the house such as cleaning dishes, vacuuming, and doing laundry. My mother also taught me how to cook.
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Now being the age that I am, I realize my mom was only trying to teach me lessons that would help later on in life. It may not always seem this way, but children/young adults look to their mother for guidance on how they should deal with certain situations. A mother can tell when something’s wrong by hearing the tone of her child’s voice, or even just by looking at her child in the eye. Never underestimate the influence that a parent has over a child. If there is ever a point where the mother is unable to look after their children due to illness or death, it would have a huge impact on the life of the child/children. A mother is someone who can take the place of others, but no one can take and no one can replace a mother. Moms are the women that brought you into this world. be thankful for that. I will always love my mom, because I will never get another. My goal at this point is to graduate school and work hard so that I can provide for myself and my family. The only way I’ll be able to
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It took me many hours of thinking back to my past to figure out who or what I was going to make a tribute speech over. Then I thought back to my childhood to what I enjoyed doing the most. I remember the great times | had with my mother, and how she would always get me the package of candy would ask for when we went shopping. My mother would make a good tribute speech I thought to myself, but then I thought of the few times I was out in my grandfather’s pasture, and how I would see a little bug rolling dung.
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Dung beetles are named after their delight in rolling up dung. Dung beetles utilize the dung of cows, horses, rabbits, deer, sheep, and many other animals. How many of you think dung beetles actually eat manure? The answer is yes. Dung beetles just love fresh dung. They shove the dung into their mouths, squeeze it, and drink the juices that come streaming out! The solid parts of the dung are squeezed for a second time in their jaws, and then swallowed. If there are any eggs that flies might have laid inside the dung, this squeezing action kills them. Now, before you say “Gross!” think about this: There are millions of animals on this planet, and they all produce waste. People take care of the problem through complicated sanitation systems. But in nature, the waste from all the animals has to decompose. Dung beetles help speed up the process. There are more than 20,000 different kinds of dung beetles. They may feed on plants, dead animals and manure. Dung, along with everything else that lives in it, is the major food of the dung beetle.
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In fact African dung beetles head for hot steaming cow pats even before they hit the ground. They are attracted by the gas coming out of the back end of the cow. Within minutes or even seconds, the beetles are already burrowing into the warm dung. Within hours, or at the very most, a few days, the cow pat has vanished. All that is left is freshly turned-over soil. Scientists have counted more than 7,000 dung beetles in a single mass of fresh elephant dung. The importance of dung beetles cannot be overestimated. Every cow produces 7 tons of dung a year (imagine the amount of space this would take up if it was left to build up and fester!) and yet this dung is rapidly removed by dung beetles and the grassy fields are soon left free of dung. I hope that you have leaned why the dung beetle should be respected, and given tribute more often. Not only do dung beetles play a vital role in breaking down dung and incorporating it into the soil, but they also provide a great form of childhood entertainment. (To add to the effect, pass out some Butterfinger BB’s or some malt balls before you gie the speech.)
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These books travelled from her childhood bedroom, to her college apartment, to her first home with her husband, through three states, until eventually they reached her daughter, who would also grow up to have the same appreciation for those books as she did. Fast-forward to January 12, 1995; the day I was born. The moment I was born, my mother read to me, anxiously awaiting the day that she could pass on her Judy Blume books. Finally, when I was twelve, I came home to find all of her Judy Blume books placed on my shelf for me to read.