A Clockwork Orange

early 1800s, when ranchos (land grands) were offered to citizens of high standing. The downtown design was a grid iron pattern borrowed from the design of downtown Philadelphia . The city benefitted from the “second gold rush” of California; navel oranges were a cash crop in the area. The citrus industry assisted in the real estate boom. Riverside was incorporated in 1883, and street cars were used in downtown. The city is unique in two respects, it has prominent educational influence and…

Agent Orange Many powerful people throughout time have made immense impacts in the world. People such as Martin Luther King; a man who influenced millions in the Civil Rights Movements and Bill Gates; a multi-billionaire who gives huge amounts to charities. King and Gates will go down in history as vital people who made the world a better place. Can you think of anyone else like these two? I know one person for sure will make that honorary list next to those people. He is loud, proud, has a lot…

employees and a gross quarterly profit margin of 59.75% (Ycharts.com, 2015). Until the 1990’s, the business previously defined themselves as a chemical company, and was notorious for producing controversial products such as DDT, aspartame and Agent Orange. Currently, Monsanto manufactures herbicides and crop seeds to be sold for use in agriculture. Their largest products are the herbicide, glyphosate, (marketed under the name…

In this scholarly thesis by Pamela King, she goes very in-depth about the effects of Agent Orange on people during and after the war. Although she covered pretty much everything on the war in her one hundred plus page thesis, the main part to focus on is the section that talks about the legal actions taken by the U.S. veterans after the war. She goes into detail about the legal cases that were in action after the war. A specific suit that she talks about was filed in the Federal District Court…

Multi Love “Just Checking” was published in 2013, it is a General Mills breakfast cereal advertisement for its brand Cheerios. This advertisement eventually had to disable their comment section on YouTube because several consumers felt it was bigoted. This advertisement involves a biracial innocent daughter running up to the kitchen table out of curiosity. She placed the box of Cheerios down on the table and asked her Caucasian mother “are Cheerios good for the heart” because that is what Dad…

The company Monsanto, is an economical farming worker organization that evolved and undergone numerous transforms since its Start done 1901. As stated by the mission proclamation the organization is" committed to supporting research with academic and USDA scientists who have complementary areas of expertise (Monsanto, 2014)." The organization has developed and broadened its product offering from synthetic items, for example, sweeteners and plastics to petroleum, bundling, and other materials. A…

The use of napalm Napalm has been one of the most controversial and destructive war weapons that has been used in modern times, with little international political restriction, although the use of napalm is morally wrong in many people 's minds. The use of this weapon dates back to World War ll, with its development in a highly classified lab at Harvard University. Napalm saw its first widespread use in the burning of Japanese cities during the end of the war in the Pacific. This chemical was…

Photos are more than just what 's obviously captured but rather a whole new perspective of a certain time in history. We see photographs everywhere whether it’s in museums or on social media networks like instagram and facebook. Photos are the way we communicate messages to the public whether it’s a good one or a bad one. Not only do photographs have meaning to it but they are created to compensate for the memory that had once happened. It can bring smiles or tears, depending on each individual…

herbicide known as Agent Orange. Agent Orange is a herbicide used to kill plants to make it easier for soldier to navigate the terrain. The only real problem with Agent Orange is that just about anyone who was exposed to it made them suffer severe physical defects. Two side effects of soldiers being exposed to Agent Orange were that sometimes they developed different types of cancer and/or skin defects. Although there are many different symptoms that arose with exposure to Agent Orange the…

Agent Orange in particular made them worried, because it contained a contaminant called dioxin (or TCDD), which is now recognized as a human carcinogen. One study found that some war veterans had “TCDD levels up to 600 ppt in lipid many years after they had left…