Agricultural extension

It was raining again. Recently, that is all it ever seemed to do. My dark eyes watched the blanketed sky with mild fascination. The droplets, more fragile than glass, shattered against everything they touched. The rain painted the town of Ashville with hues of gray. In the glass of the window, I could see my own transparent reflection. To the glass, I was just a ghost with a rainy face, though it showed me all that I was. Coal eyes, cotton hair, and snowy skin. My eyes had always reminded…

Current word count: 1243 The two powers have a thin barrier which causes people to quickly cross the threshold of balance. As one person dies, another lives, and also, it works in reverse. Yu Hua integrates this concept and develops a deep understanding of life exchanges. Even Fugui comes to understand this as “[he] realized how close [he had] come [into] being in Long Er’s shoes” (84). In order for him to live, Long Er dies because of circumstance. Since he had been close to being in “Long…

This week’s lab introduces the student to various types of attacks that can be implemented by distributing a Trojan Horse script or by performing a variety of Denial-of-Service attacks (DoS). To begin to understand how these attacks are performed, the student is instilled with the knowledge as well as the use of file-hashes to identify compromised files and also how to generate file-hashes to establish baseline standards, which could benefit a Tripwire type regiment. Then, the lab takes the…

According to Chinese culture, the forces that determine order are yin and yang. The basis of this concept is that everything has its opposite which maintains balance. One of the most well-known yin and yang pairings is life and death. Yu Hua, in the novel To Live, recognizes this relationship and integrates the concept into the plot in order to influence the characters. This includes life and death constantly checking each other by taking the character’s lives, and the price one has to pay to…

In efforts to collect data regarding religious groups and their views on immortality, the Pew Research Center writer, Joseph Liu, found and stated that, “No religious group in the United States has released an official statement on radical life extension” (1). In the United States, religious organizations have kept us guessing on whether immortality is healthy or unhealthy. Despite this, it is possible to draw conclusions on how religions may view immortality from their teachings and beliefs.…

With such vast areas, specifically of the US Corn Belt, dedicated to agricultural production it is imperative that we as a society approach this endeavor cautiously. One approach to agriculture often cited as having the potential to produce the food, feed, and fiber necessary to sustain us with minimal disturbance to surrounding ecosystems is referred to as conservation agriculture (CA). CA as defined by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), is an approach to…

therefore, they were not very strong, and were probably a lot slower than some of the later inventions, which were made out of iron, and drawn by horses rather than oxen. The next 'stage' of the Agricultural Revolution was all to do with…

The Morrill Act was made to make public higher education a need. With the Congress and President finding the Morrill Act a need to make education a need for the public. The Morrill Act was to make it so everyone had the opportunity for higher education and it would help farmers so therefore the whole community would benefit from education. The positive change that the act made to the public was the states were sold land to build public universities where everyone could benefit from. The Morrill…

as increase revenue and cut down on waste. Innovation, further, gives a company a unique selling point by adding value to existing products. Examples of innovative products include the Google Glass and the iPhone 6. The iPhone is a product line extension of the iPhone product line produced by Apple, Inc. released to the market on September 19, 2014. The first generation of iPhones were released in 2007 and ever since the company has been releasing new versions each year.…

Media is a dynamic institution that reflects the needs, wants, and desires of society. It is constantly developing in rhythm with humans over time to cater to our informative needs. The creation of the internet, then cellphones, and social media portrays the rapid growth and changes of the institution. The 21st century is rapidly advancing and therefore, we cannot guarantee its future but we can predict it. The theories of the ‘hot and cool media’, ‘the global village’, and the ‘narcissism…