Agent Orange: The Perpetual Consequences Generations of Vietnamese civilians exposed to a perilous chemical: all due to the spraying of an herbicide over Vietnam’s jungles. The Vietnam War was between the Communist North Vietnam and the United States. The conflict became global when Communist-supportive countries began sending reinforcements to the Vietnamese and the United States gained support from its allies. The Viet Cong soldiers knew their jungles by heart and used the plant cover to…
applications in your phone. We spend a lot of time on applications and little time on calling our friends and parents. We usually do this thing: play your phone applications with your friends instead of talking and laugh with them. In some ways, phones are reducing our chance to understand our friends deeply. There’s a worse situation for a small fraction of people. According to “Addicted to Phones”, written by April Frawley Birdwell (2007), David Sheffield, a psychologist, said, “the most…
Pound Cake, Patience, Tolerance, Perseverance, & Resiliency Thank you for joining Table Talk with Lawanna sponsored by Progressing through Therapy, www.progressingthroughtherapy.com. In this segment, I will provide how baking a pound cake aided me in developing valuable character traits and values; specifically, patience, tolerance, perseverance, and resiliency. Baking a pound cake is one of the best things that I have produced in my lifetime, so far. I began with a recipe outline not a…
"The Matrix" is one of the most commonly known blockbuster films released in the year 1999. Viewers commonly identify it by its fascinating video effects as well as the unreal (yet real in the movie) acts performed in its scenes. The idea which I aim to explore in this essay dwells on the usage of cinematographic elements, the theme of fate and the stylistic use of literary elements within the film as well as in the scene where Neo meets Morpheus. The movie is well known for the advanced…
Let me go back to when it all began I jolted awake as a blood curdling howl pierced the bitter cold air. What started out as a seemingly relaxed hiking trip turned into 3 days of pure, adreneline driven, survival, when a pack of ravenous, blood-thirsty gray wolves started hunting me. I thought I had lost them when I jumped 3 and a half meters across an almost bottomless ravine going a mile in either direction. I don't know how they caught up to me, but now was not the time to think about…
Research Question 3. How do China-born immigrants in the GTA describe the process by which they decided to start their own businesses? Four themes emerged for this research question: (a) The decision to become self-employed was driven by personal interests; (b) The decision to turn into and start self-employed or entrepreneurship was driven by push or pull factor; (c) Immigrants with strong backgrounds was readily able to start their own businesses; and (d) The determination to become…
chemical leavening agent in baking (Sideman) . This chemical agent is used in bread, cookies, cakes, and other baked goods (Rodino 14). Leavening agents make baked goods rise, which are need to make goodies light and fluffy. Baking soda is a mild alkaline (Westdale 16). Even though baking soda is a chemical leavening agent, not all leavens, another word for leavening agents, are chemicals. Baking soda reacts and activates immediately when it is combined with an acidic agent (Sideman). This…
Bioterrorism is the use of biological agents as weapons of terror in order to cause fear among the general public, and this form of terrorism can have some short term and long term effects as it has the capability of being quite destructive. As a result of bioterrorist attacks, people can die, economies can be severely damaged, and the environment can be ruined. In addition, bioterrorist attacks have happened before within the United States of America, and one of the best examples is the anthrax…
Counterintelligence (CI) Agents do not challenge the status quo, we as CI professionals will never become innovative and will adhere under the vicious cycle of insanity. As Albert Einstein said “Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting…
Is there a difference between "fair market value", "property value" and a "CMA? The answer lies in who you ask. There are several similarities with real estate terms. A Mortgage Company might prefer one term over another. A Real Estate Company might use a more common term in their daily activities. For the customer, it is important that they grasp a basic understanding of the property value terms used in today's market. Fair market value - The amount that a willing and able buyer would pay for…