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Eugene Allen served in the White House for 34 years. Assisting eight presidents, Allen’s top priority was to make the White House a comfortable residence for each chief executive and his family.
Allen was born in on a plantation farm near Scottsville in central Virginia. During his youth, he worked as a waiter at a resort in Virginia and at a country club in Washington, D.C. He met his wife Helene at a party in and they married soon after. They had one child—a son, named Charles. Allen first heard about a job opening at the White House in and decided to meet with Alonzo Fields, who served as White House maître d’.
Even though Allen was not searching for new employment, he accepted a job as a pantry man. He washed dishes, stocked cabinets and shined silverware. When Allen accepted this position at the White House, he did not expect to witness some of the most pivotal movements of the twentieth century. Allen observed social changes that would not only transform race relations across the country, but also inside the White House.
As a butler, Allen frequently served the president and his guests. This made him privy to private conversations and debates regarding African American rights. Allen watched as President Dwight Eisenhower argued with Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus over the Little Rock School desegregation in Allen noted that when President John F. Kennedy hosted events at the White House, more African American guests attended than ever before. When Kennedy was assassinated, Allen stayed behind at the White House to assist in serving those that would be returning to the building after the funeral service. Allen stood by President Lyndon B. Johnson as he evaluated how to handle the Vietnam War, helping him to sleep by serving the president milk and Scotch. Realizing the professionalism of working at the White House, Allen never uttered a word about the war, even with his son fighting overseas. Tasmin saw the pages fluttering, though there was no discernible breeze in the shop. She'd already eaten her soggy sandwich in the park, and she had a full twenty minutes to kill. She'd learned early on that coming back early to work from lunch was frowned upon, as if it set a precedent the others had to follow in Mel's cramped, dark-paneled insurance office, which he ran out of his house. Tasmin usually read in the park, but today a man who obviously hadn't bathed in days sat beside her and kept pestering her about what she was reading. Tasmin finally handed the book to him, then walked around the corner to her favorite used book shop for another one. She didn't notice the book in the elaborate display window right away. She usually went straight for the history stacks. Or, if she was having a particularly bad day, the romance section. She loved the smell of this place. There was no better scent in the world than old paper. She had a secret contingency plan (the kind of plan people had for things that would never happen, like the zombie apocalypse), that if, for whatever reason, she was thrown out of her apartment, she would take a sleeping bag and sneak in here at night and sleep. The movement of the pages of the book in the window finally caught her eye, and she walked over. It wasn't a novel, but an old sketch book, the ink sketches faded to a rust color. The pages kept moving, and she put her hand over the book to feel for where the air was coming from. At that moment the pages stopped. She looked down to a sketch of The Bridge of Sighs and the words underneath it in spidery writing: "You'll find it here." #SAAShortShortStorySunday Some Sundays I post a short, short story about a photo. Feel free to continue the tale in the comments!
The Effects of the Dietary and Nutrient Intake on Gynecologic Cancers
Abstract
The contribution of diet to cancer risk has been considered to be higher in advanced countries than in developing countries. In this paper, I review the current issues (a review of the relevant literature), and the effects of the dietary and nutrient intake on three types of gynecologic cancer (cervical, endometrial and ovarian cancers). In cervical cancer, the most important roles of diet/nutrition in relation to cancer are prophylaxis and countermeasures against human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. The main preventive and reductive factors of cervical cancer are antioxidants, such as vitamin A, C, D and E, carotenoids, vegetables and fruits. These antioxidants may have different abilities to intervene in the natural history of diseases associated with HPV infection. For endometrial cancer, the increase in peripheral estrogens as a result of the aromatization of androgens to estrogens in adipose tissue in obese women and insulin resistance are risk factors. Thus, we must mainly take care to avoid the continuous intake of fat energy and sugar. In ovarian cancer, the etiology has not been fully understood. To the best of our knowledge, the long-term consumption of pro-inflammatory foods, including saturated fat, carbohydrates and animal proteins is a risk factor. The intake of acrylamide is also a risk factor for both endometrial and ovarian cancer. Most papers have been epidemiological studies. Thus, further research using in vitro and in vivo approaches is needed to clarify the effects of the dietary and nutrient intake in detail.
Keywords: diet, nutrition, cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer
1. Introduction
As a source of important physiologically functional components of human beings, diet and nutrition play a vital role in the management of cancer. Dietary and nutritional factors have been estimated to contribute to 20–60% of cancers worldwide [1,2]. Among t Bessie Coleman was born in Waxahachie, Texas in Her mother was of African ancestry and her father was of African and Native American ancestry. Due to discrimination in the United States, however, she went to France to attend an aviation school to become a pilot. In , she became the first American woman to obtain an international pilot’s license. Coleman came back to the United States and became a stunt pilot. She also raised money to start a school to train African American aviators, hoping to afford them opportunities that were not then available in the U.S. Coleman was killed in during an aerial show rehearsal. Her barrier-breaking life, determination, and impressive career accomplishments continue to provide inspiration for others to this day. Early Life in Waxahachie, Texas Bessie Coleman was born in a one-room cabin on January 26, She was one of thirteen children. Her birth was neither recorded on a birth certificate nor in a family Bible. Her mother, Susan, and her father, George, could neither read nor write. It is not known whether Bessie’s parents, both Texas-born, were enslaved before the Civil War. Susan’s family was originally from Georgia and had migrated to Texas before her birth. George's family had significant Native American roots. Three of his grandparents were Native - most likely Choctaw or Cherokee. His father was from Indian Territory and his mother from Missouri (Rich 3). Coleman was born within the Jim Crow era, a time when a racial caste system op "Well, because I knew we had no aviators, neither men nor women, and I knew the Race needed to be represented along this racist important line, so I thought it my duty to risk my life to learn aviating and to encourage flying among men and women of the Race who are so far behind the white men in this special line, I made up my mind to try. I tried and was successful." – Bessie Coleman, Excerpt from "Aviatrix Must Sign Life Away to Learn Trade," Chicago Defender, October 8,