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Jamaica is an island that is well known, but how well do we know it? This island has been through so much during its time of independence, and even before that. Jamaica was once an island inhabited by a group of people called Arawaks also known as Tainos. They lived a simple life of farming and community. The men hunted while the women planted and took care of the household. That was all soon to be changed. Christopher Columbus, and the Spaniards, were the first group to explore…

Child labor Clink! Clunk! The sound is heard over and over.Struggling to breathe and in a desperate need for water children mine for gold. Risking death with every step they take due to a tunnel only as wide as their body collapsing or an explosion, they work from sunrise to sunset with barely any pay. They do this on a daily basis for most of their childhood. Many are likely to get health problems in the future from the exposure to dust and chemicals. Most will never get a decent education…

Introduction: The definition of Genetically Modified Organisms in the Britannica Encyclopedia is given as “Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) is the organisms whose genome has been engineered in the laboratory in order to favor the expression of the desired physiological traits or the production of the desired biological products”. From the definition we can understand that the genome from the DNA can be altered or some sequence can be separated from the DNA and use it to enhance or mute (gene…

Sign Up Today! Kids ages 12 and under are invited to become a New Leaf Market Co+op Explorer and be eligible to receive one free banana or orange per visit! To become a card-carrying Co+op Explorer, kids simply need to bring a parent or supervising adult to the customer service counter and ask to become a Co+op Explorer. Each child will be issued their very own super official Co+op Explorers card! Here's how it works: Kids and parents stop by the customer service counter, where we keep the…

Though one might argue that the relatively recent developments in the field of GMOs have the inherent risk of unknown negative health consequences, the claimed “ side effects can be described as little more than unsubstantiated. Since their conception in the mid 1990s, GMOs have been extensively studied, with over 1700 peer reviewed studies published between 2003 and 2013 alone. Hundreds of those were independently funded, with no conflict of interest or compensation from the Agriculture…

Introduction: Many people may not know of the small nation of Costa Rica, it has been said that the nation is often confused as the island of Puerto Rico. However Costa Rica is located in Central America boarded by Nicaragua and Panamá, to the North and South respectively, and the Caribbean Sea on the East Coast and the Pacific on the West. In the pre-Colombian era, Costa Rica had fewer indigenous groups that resided in the region compared to other Central America nations; however those that…

Keeping vampire bats alive! Just because bats like to hover over herds and suck their blood is not a good enough reason to kill them. Firstly, saving vampire bats will help us in our favor. How? You might ask, well bats carry a certain anti-coagulant. For instance, this certain anti- coagulant can prevent heart attacks, vampire bats may also be the cure for AIDS of different kinds if cancers. Therefore, we should not kill vampire bats, because in the long term they will help us out. Secondly,…

She is the person who does the action: she eats. The object of the verb is a banana. A banana is affected by the action of the verb. So in this sentence, the object of the verb ‘eat ’ is ‘a banana’. Verbs that have objects are called transitive verbs. Here are some sentences with transitive verbs. The verbs are printed in bold and their objects are printed in color. John likes apples…

In today 's society, fast food has become a standard fixture on every street corner to satiate our growing appetite. McDonald 's, Burger Kings and many other chains have become a powerful force in the nation as more people munch on their globally popular product. Food in general is vital to the survival of every human yet eating has become an inconvenience. It 's no wonder that the need for a fast, cheap genre of food quickly emerged as lunch breaks dwindled and households lacked the…

Marquez explains the developments in history that led to the exploitation of the “third-class” in the already existent third world country of Columbia. His emphasis on heat, shade and banana and almond trees has an underlying meaning involving his view on the social classes. The alleged thief inhabited an area with many banana plantations just…