Yucca

At first sight, Colombia is just another beautiful country filled with life and culture. On the other side of the spectrum, we see political arrogance and civil problems. But, considering both are what make up the country as a whole. What exactly happened in its past that could have lead to such a place we see in our modern day lives. The truth is, though you might not have cared for this country so much before, it has most definitely affected your life and its path in some way. Now ‘how?’ you…

text is a review, but most of it is new information. One piece of information that caught my eye was the portion that discussed the Obama administration: “President Obama eliminated funding… for the state-of-the-art nuclear waste storage facility at Yucca Mountain, Nevada” (Stieglitz and Docksai 17). Nearly all of the statistics were new information. One statistic that stands out in the article is: “at the end of 2007 the world had 439 operating nuclear reactors producing 372 gigawatts of…

understand because the songs were in Spanish. More important, for me I was very interested in tasting the food. I had the opportunity to eat rice and pigeon peas (arroz con gandules), Spanish fried chicken (chicharron de pollo), and something called yucca.…

Nuclear chemistry is unsafe and because the drawbacks outweigh the benefits, it should not be used in modern day technology and science. With its ability to remain for hundreds to thousands of years, and with no safe place to store it, it sucks up space and money. Additionally, the transplant of nuclear waste can be a mark for terrorism, making it even more unsafe. Nuclear, radioactive, radiation, nuclear waste; what do these words bring to mind? Most would think of a superhero, or a deformed…

'Ajiaco' is a metaphor used by cuban ethnologist Oritz, describing Cuba as a melting pot. Ajiaco is a popular dish of Caribbean, where the ingredients are put in an earthen pot and simmered in heat for a long time. New ingredients are put in the stew next day and it eventually amalgamates with the older constituents, the process is repeated over time and it ultimately form Ajiaco, a popular dish originated and developed in Cuba by their native inhabitants. This dish is metaphorically used to…

paintings are elaborate ceremonies done by the Navajo people. Sings are performances that can last for as little as a few hours, to as long as nine days. They feature all night singing, daytime prayers and chants, and ritual shampooing of the hair with yucca suds. If a person falls ill, has misfortune, or is jeopardized by some condition beyond their control, the family may hire a singer to carry out a sing to restore the person 's well-being. (CS p117) Sings are also just performed to maintain…

The world today is progressing technologically at an increasingly fast rate. Thus, people are needing to use a larger amount of energy. With most of the world’s energy coming from fossil fuels that are harmful to the environment. With global warming on the rise and fossil fuels diminishing; it has become imperative that this energy crisis needs to have a solution. The energy crisis has been causing much concern on how the future will be powered. With multiple different forms of energy in the…

This paper will discuss how the Navajo Indian and their view of the disease process, along with their traditional medical practices. The second part will talk about how the Navajo view Western medicine by looking at how they seek treatment for certain illness. The Navajo is the largest Native American tribe in the United States. They live in an area that encompasses Colorado, Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico and is about “25,000 square miles” (Coulehan, John L. 1). They…

Nuclear Energy The atoms, otherwise known as the building blocks of anything and everything, possess an incredible amount of energy that we are able, to an extent, harness. The splitting of an atom (uranium in particular) is known as nuclear fission, and is the current process used to create energy by heating up water in order to produce steam, which in turn spins turbines and generates electricity. This vast amount of energy produced can be used to power entire countries, and has many…

Nuclear Energy From flipping a switch to see the other end of your room at night, to developing this very document, electricity is a necessity humans in our country may simply never live without. We’ve learned to adapt to a society that has only taught us how to utilize its purpose, but are rarely taught about the consequences caused by generating the electricity through coal mines, and that there are alternative options to save our planet. Nuclear energy is alternative energy source…