Extreme Programming

Throughout time, music has been one of the most influential and moving art the world has known. Music can change people’s mood, behavior, and beliefs. One particular genre of rock music popular among young people is heavy metal. Many people enjoy listening to this type of music and love going to concerts were heavy metal is played. Even though many people enjoy it others believe this genre is associated with violence, depression and more negative behaviors. Weather heavy metal influences…

places as we have done in the past (EPA 2016). In addition to food production, climate changes impacts human health. Air pollution leads to asthma and cardiovascular disease. Severe weather causes injuries, fatalities, and mental health impacts. Extreme heat can lead to dehydration, heat stroke, or even death. Climate change also impacts water and food quality. Poor food quality can cause malnutrition and diarrheal disease. Poor water quality can cause cholera, cryptosporidiosis, campylobacter,…

India, a country with a population of more than 1 billion people, is home to many small, rural communities that have never encouraged education among their citizens (CIA, 2016). In one of these communities, a family of eight struggles to get by with the little money the family makes as tenant farmers. Overtime, situations such as these have been bettered thanks to the Millennium Development Goals, but there is room for further achievement. Since the implementation of the Millennium Development…

The rainforest is home to 30 million species of plants and animals live in the tropical rainforest that covers 6% of Earth surface. The rainforest can be described as tall, dense, and heavy rainfall per year. Not only the rainforest is home to millions of plants and animals, but have several products including chocolate, sugar, cinnamon, rubber, medicine, and pineapples. Entering a rainforest is extraordinary in many ways; not seeing the beauty in nature but the rich wildlife found in the…

Nick Woodman is a surfer turned millionaire, who founded the GoPro Company in 2002. The company’s flagship product is a high-speed, durable camera used for extreme sports such as skydiving, surfing, biking, and much, much more. At the tender age of, Nick became an interstate surfing medalist, after inspiring himself with photos from a surfing magazine. He began his entrepreneurship as a teenager, selling t-shirts, and eventually entered UC San Diego, due to its close proximity to the beach. In…

Once in a land far far away lived a fairy named Freya. Freya was a special fairy not because she had powers but because she only had one wing. Being born with only one wing unheard of in the land of Blossom City. Living with one wing did not affect Freya as a child because she did not know anything different. It was normal for her to have just a wing even if everyone else had two. It did start to have an impact on Freya when she started to get older. There were other fairies who would make fun…

Have you ever wondered what goes through an extreme sports participant’s mind? We may have the wrong perspective of them and call them “risk-takers,” but little do we know how they actually feel. Let's see what studies have to show for extreme sports and their participants. To support what I am feeling, “Dr. Brymer’s Extreme Sports Not About Risk-Taking found that, “Although the image of those who take part in extreme sports was that of risk-takers and adrenaline junkies, the…

The Skeleton is one of the most dangerous sport in the olympics, one man and a sled reaching up to 100 miles per hour speeds on a ice slope. Skelton is one of the fastest and most dangerous sports ever added to the olympics. People have died during the sport by crashing into walls head first or not slowing down after the finish. Contestants can also hit 5 g’s and blackout. Contenders ride on a small sled that weighs 90 pounds and if you aren’t careful you can end up badly injured, and all for a…

ability to adjust its temperature or by inducing direct or indirect health problems. "Loss of internal temperature control can result in a cascade of illnesses, including heat cramps, heat exhaustion, heatstroke, and hyperthermia in the presence of extreme heat, and hypothermia…

One of the great things about technology is that it saves more lives then we will ever know. Many lives took tolls before technology because we couldn’t sense anything like we do now. We can now see where storms will hit before they’re even a week old and we can announce the news so anybody in danger can seek shelter elsewhere out of the storm’s path. With the technology we have today, we could have prevented many people killed during the storm on Armistice Day. The loss of lives because of the…