Wildlife experts are doing everything they can do to help sea turtles. Over the last few years, sea turtles have declined in population. If they go extinct, who will take care of the coral reefs, the sea grass beds, the ocean floor, and who will consume the marine organisms? There are seven types of sea turtles; six of them are endangered or critically endangered. The seven types of sea turtles are the Flat Back turtles, the Green turtles, the Hawksbill, the Kemp’s Ridley, the Leather Back,…
My people of choice are the ancient Egyptians. The Egyptians that once lived along side the Nile River. And the same Egyptians who were known for being great builders and inventors. There we’re a wonderful race of people. Egyptians are of great interest to me, partially because of great movies that were created based on them and their ways of life. “Ancient Egypt stood as one of the world’s most advanced civilizations for nearly 3,000 years.” (Evan Andrews, History Lists) The Nile River which…
Disgraced, by Ayad Akhtar is a play in which a Muslim man, Amir, debates with his white, American wife, her Jewish friend, and his black coworker on the matter of Islam. In Disgraced, Akhtar uses the conflict between Isaac and Amir to remove the figurative masks they have constructed to avoid their respective stereotypes and reveal their true prejudices and cultural allegiances. Isaac tries to present himself as a knowledgeable, non prejudiced person but as the play progresses, Amir…
The modern world we live in consists of time consuming activities that do not give us the chance to be with each other or stay at home to relax. We go to work, school, practices, and rehearsals so often we do not even have the time to sit at a table and eat. We may often find ourselves at the drive thru window of many of the top fast food chains that rule our world each day between activities. The repetition of eating high amounts of sodium and sugar in small bursts instead of having a big,…
In the past decade strawberries, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and others have increased abundantly in supermarkets. Most of these crops are grown in small factory farms that are able to produce crops year round to meet demand. The difference between greenhouses and vertical farming is that vertical farms would…
Like many people, I shy away from things that are different from my normal activities and routine. However, Clean eating has been on my mind for the past year. Clean eating is the process of eating nutritionist food that is natural. Natural, in this case means free of any added sugar, salt, removing germ, and not made in a lavatory. Clean eating was the exact opposite of the way I have always eaten. Normally, I would eat fast food or fried foods about five times a week. Clean eating was…
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Porifera Classification information for Poriferans: Poriferans, better known as sponges, consist of 5000 known species, all located primarily in marine and fresh waters (Myers, 2001a). They are multicellular, heterotrophic, invertebrates with an irregular shape and no distinct pattern of symmetry (Myers, 2001a). Overall, they are the simplest of animals; thus, lacking any true tissue and/or germ layers (Myers, 2001a). Furthermore, they are known to be highly sessile,…
“To insure a good health: eat lightly, breathe deeply, live moderately, cultivate cheerfulness, and maintain an interest in life.”-William Londen. Food Rules:An Eater’s Manual by Michael Pollan suggests ways to improve our diet in order to make it a healthy one and encourages us to get rid of bad habits in the process. Food Rules is a highly inspirational book that does not just educate and inform us, but leads us to take action towards our goals. Pollan mentions that the Western diet contains a…
"Knowledge within a discipline develops according to the principles of natural selection." How useful is this metaphor? Many times questioning existing knowledge leads to new evidence that either supports the knowledge or proves to be wrong. Thus knowledge that is preserved is based on natural selection. However how does natural selection determine the value of knowledge? In History, natural selection determines the value of knowledge through the use of memory and belief. Whereas in natural…
Christian and Cyrano represent the flip sides of a coin. In other words Cyrano represents complexity with his talent with words while Christian emerges more on the side of simplicity with his good looks. Resulting the coin being the perfect lover. But as the play progresses we notice somehow both of them show a balanced set of qualities. Christian de Neuvilette is an obstinate, physically strong, juvenile baron who just arrived from Gascony and is about to join the cadets. Christian’s main…