Milankovitch cycles

In the United States, a country that is such an economically dominant power, there are many debates concerning economic policy. From republican to democratic and classical to keynesian, politicians often propose different ideas from each other. A prime example of a clash of economic policies are the current presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Clinton’s economic proposals center around increasing taxes for the wealthy and expanding Social Security. However, Trump proposes…

In the United States, 51 percent of children in public schools today are on free or reduced lunch. This is the central point of Dan Cardinali’s Ted Talk, “Why most students are getting the least out of school.” Cardianli is the president of Communities in School whose mission is to connect resources to underprivileged student to increase the graduation rate. This statistic means that the majority of children in public schools live in a family with a low enough income for the government to pay…

Some women use birth control to help regulate menstrual cycles and tame pains that they are usually given throughout it. Some advantages other than pregnancy prevention stated by Alisha Rosenfeld (2003) are that: It is convenient to use, women become more regular with their periods, and have less menstrual flow…

In my interview with Lorraine Guillen, she was able to help me understand why many children in many cases do not express their needs of hunger. She mentioned that many children are either embarrassed or afraid to admit they are hungry (L. Guillen, personal communication, September 27, 2016). Lorraine also found that when a child is often hungry in school, it is very likely they come from a family living in poverty (L. Guillen, personal communication, September 27, 2016). Since children are…

Bioturbation effects on sediment properties also impact nitrogen cycling processes. In general, bioturbation increases nitrification activity by increasing the proportion of oxic sediment in which nitrification can occur (Fig.2) (Sayama and Kurihara, 1983, Tuominen et al., 1999, Welsh, 2003, Nielsen et al., 2004). Rates of denitrification also tend to be higher (Gilbert et al., 1995, Ieno et al., 2006) as bioturbation promotes coupled nitrification-denitrification (Kristensen and Blackburn, 1987…

Certain ways of life are hard to imagine when you have not been brought up in it. Poverty is everywhere, but there are different levels of it, which alter from place to place. For many, the only way to visualize poverty is through films, such as Lion and Slumdog Millionaire. These in particular focus on the severe predicaments in India regarding wealth and the lack thereof. These films shine light on the major issues which can be sensitive material to some, but it is necessary for people to see…

While it is easy for one to give up on their goals and move on, one can truly show strength by conquering the various challenges on their way to success. Homer’s, The Odyssey, is able to depict how persistence can lead to fulfillment. Homer’s purpose in the epic poem The Odyssey is to show society that though there are setbacks in life, one can overcome them with perseverance by employing katabasis by emphasize the various struggles Odysseus faces. Homer utilizes katabasis initially to…

In the time since its discovery, many artists have interpreted Homer’s story of Achilles’ shield. They have created and shared paintings and poems, each showing a slightly different version of the famous piece of metal. One artist who describes the shield of Achilles is the poet W. H. Auden. His rendition of the shield differs markedly from Homer’s original. Homer’s depiction of the ancient Greek world on the shield is a microcosm of humanity, displaying both peace and conflict enveloped by…

The Great Depression is one of America's Worst moments in history it caused Poverty, Homelessness, unemployment ETC. The great depression started in 1929 while President Herbert Hoover was in a term. Through the next few years, the economic crisis worsened and only kept taking turns for the worse. President Hoover did not help at all in the rough months until the near end of his term he practically threw 2 billion dollars to the banks to try to re-stabilize the banks and economy but the problem…

The “culture of poverty” mindset creates a distances between the impoverished and the wealthy. Ehrenreich provides the term “culture of poverty” as exemplified in Michael Harrington's The Other America. This work is the foundation in which Ehrenreich reveals the reality of poverty and the misconceptions of the term. There is the idea that “The poor were different from the rest of us, it argued, radically different, and not just in the sense that they were deprived, disadvantaged, poorly housed,…