Harvest

Silvery flakes drifted downward, glittering in the bright light of the harvest moon. The blackbird soared. Screeching loudly his call echoed in the night sky, flocks of blackbirds came to follow him. He is the king, the warrior , and a vicious beast. Though his army is weak and frail, his army is three times the size of his main rival; the whitehawks. The whitehawks are fierce and formidable, they strike alone but do dwell near each other during battles. With an army of 10,000 soldiers split…

Baptist Church, Atlanta Georgia, called “The Drum Major Instinct.” Within his speech, King talked about how humanity is called to harvest their drum major instincts. When harnessed correctly, a drum major instinct should be used for unselfish reasons as Jesus did (7-8). Incorrectly harvested it could become dangerous and unpredictable (4). Humanity today rarely correctly harvest their drum major instinct. Some people in our generation are selfish and inconsiderate to the people around us. I feel…

The worshipping of Gods and the reverence of religion in Ancient Greek culture forged the moral and ethical codes of this rich society. The impact of Greek Gods can be felt in numerous aspects of the lives of many ordinary Greeks. It supplied them with means to celebrate festivals, build magnificent temples and transform their everyday lives. These forms of reverence given to spiritual beings gave hope to many and provided light to their suffering. To understand the deep impact of Gods and…

“History followed different courses for different peoples because of differences among peoples’ environments, not because of biological differences among peoples themselves” - Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fate of Human Society. But how exactly did that happen? And how come one can still see the effects of this today? Many people grow up in poverty, but many others do not -- sometimes those who grow up poor are from first world countries, and many of them are from third world…

Korean shamanism is a religion which includes many communal and private magic rituals. The rituals rely on the shaman’s individual experience as well as her abilities to contact the spirit world where the shamanistic gods live. By communicating and placating the gods, the shaman can predict and change the future. For over 40,000 years, people have believed that there is another world where all the spirits live. It is this idea that Shamanism is based on. The roots of this religion in Korea…

plenty of money in the tobacco business and ended up with over a million dollars’ worth after the first harvest. John believed that luck has nothing to do with success. Rolfe marries Pocahontas, the princess of the Powhatan Kingdom. Soon after they marry, Pocahontas becomes famous from a portrait that makes its way through London to promote the new colony. About 2 years after many tobacco harvests, more settlers arrived. Some of the setters were slaves from West Africa. The Africans helped…

In the article “Technology Won’t Feed the World’s Hungry,” Anuradha Mittal discusses the problems with genetically engineered food and economic issues of India. Mittal argues genetically modified food is not a solution to global hunger, because world hunger is an economic problem. I disagree, because GMOS can cure world hunger. The world is becoming more educated and tolerant of genetically modified food, such that any health concerns about GMOS are outweighed by the benefits. There are various…

There is roughly 11.7 million immigrants are living in the United States illegally. It is worth remembering that not all high-immigrant occupations are lower-wage and lower-skilled. For example, 44 percent of medical scientists are immigrants, as is 34 percent of software engineers, 27 percent of physicians, and 25 percent of chemists. Over one-quarter of physicians and surgeons (27 percent) were foreign born, as was more than one out of every five (22 percent) people working in healthcare…

weather patterns go in a specific planting season. And in the event that the weather varies before the time for harvest, the quality of the crops would be at risk. This could lead to more issues that could threaten food security of the whole country and losing not only financial investments made by stakeholders but the hard work exerted by farmers from the planting season up to the harvest. 1.4 Objectives This research proposal aims to utilize the Philippines’ past weather data and turn it…

The television show ‘Rendez-vous en Terre Inconnue’ presents the lives of four different ethnic groups around the world, the Lolos Noirs in Vietnam, the Amharas in northern Ethiopia, the Nyangatom in southern Ethiopia, and the Tsaatans in Mongolia. Anthropologist Frédéric Michalak, along with a french celebrity guest, spend two weeks living these groups, immersing themselves in the lives of the ‘others’ through participant observation, eating the local’s foods and partaking in the local’s work,…