Octopus

Watching red lights flash ominously, brushing shoulders with strangers on busy roads, hearing the loud and obnoxious beep when his octopus makes contact with the machine, as it leeched away the life in his card, he wondered silently, what is the meaning of his life? Wasn't it just the same routine over and over again, as if it were just a rewind machine that some unknown being was controlling, watching emotionlessly as people lost their loved ones, then hit the rewind button again.…

My Reflection Paper While completing the first module for neurology there were many aspects of the brain that I was completely unaware of and found interesting. As a speech-language pathologist, it is important for one to know the function of the brain so one can have the skills to help improve the ability for an individual to communicate with others. Damage to certain parts of the brain function can lead to some drastic consequences relating to speech and language functions. I had always found…

Everyone must need to accomplish a dream in order to feel like they have had a complete life. In the two memoirs, “The Devils Thumb” and “Everest”, the characters Jon Krakauer and Erik Weihenmayer, climb a mountain to accomplish their dream. Jon Krakauer deliberately tries to alter his life because he rancors it, yet Erik Weihenmayer was just circling a dream. The two characters assiduously try to climb a mountain and succeed. Both authors use unique perspectives, central ideas, tones, words,…

In the best of times, the Japanese have always had a variety of foodstuffs from which to choose, both from the land and sea. Of course, one's diet depended to a great extent on social class. As those considered samurai could range in means from very poor to very rich-and thus experienced diets that crossed classes-we'll examine some generalities. Rice Unsurprisingly, rice was a staple food, and was so important as to be considered a measure of wealth. Farming in Japan has never been an…

Life comes with tough times and usually we expect a lot more than what we get depending on what the person is doing, when we stay humble we learn the values of taking our time in life and making something good out of nothing and in the end it ends up being the best decision we make. I will never forget that fishing trip, I never thought for a second that I would have caught an ulua at the very end of the trip. If I was in a hurry leaving Opihi hale and didn't bother to enjoy the beautiful…

Seafood is one of the most nutrient-rich food consumed all over the world, providing a prime source of high quality protein, vitamins, and minerals. However, being water-borne, this makes seafood more likely to be contaminated with pathogens, toxins, and chemical pollutants, which poses a high safety risk with their consumption. According to the 2013 Annual Surveillance Report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for Foodborne Disease Outbreaks in the United States, fish and…

KENYA Kenya was named after Mount Kenya, which is the second highest mountain in Africa, after Kilimanjaro. Diving in Kenya is only available in Mombasa coastline along the Indian Ocean. Mombasa Airport is on the mainland, but the town of Mombasa is across a bridge on an island. The following diving locations are found along the Indian Ocean: Mwanyaza North Mwayanza North is located in Diani Beach, Mombasa County. It’s an exciting diving site of marine biology, this site is hard to find, but…

(Chapin 1995: 56). This is most likely because of the speed that the art was painted in, creating less time to focus on scale & proportion which was seemingly unnecessary. Although Minoan art usually consists of little negative space, such as in the Octopus Vase, c 1500 BCE, the Flotilla Fresco seems to be painted with more negative space. The practice where the artist avoided negative space is called horror vacui, this is seen in both Greek and Minoan painting, usually in pottery. The river…

With the recent emerging popularity of Korean pop-culture among nations all around the globe, there has been a great increase in interest in South Korean culture outside of the realm of pop-culture. The South Korean Government, or more specifically, the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO), has been capitalizing on this interest with costly and colorful advertisements to increase travel to South Korea. One of their more recent projects is the webpage koreavisitsyou.com that features four videos as…

The novel McTeague was published in 1899 by the author Frank Norris. A common theme along with many others shown in this novel is Social Darwinism which is shown through many of the couples. Frank Norris used Social Darwinism and Naturalism to show the struggles people dealt with on an everyday basis. Social Darwinism is most simply put as survival of the fittest. Also this novel shows the uglier side of urban society at that time. Frank Norris wrote the novel McTeague not to just show how…