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There is up to an acre every second cleared in the rainforest, for food, and land for cattle. According to Mongabay environmental group, there are 136 million acres lost for agribusiness yearly. Mongabay also states that these deforesters will use a slash and burn technique. Which is exactly how it sounds, cut down the trees, and then burn them. This technique leaves nutrient-rich soil on top, the crops are quickly planted, and those nutrients from the ashen soil are almost immediately depleted.…

Deforestation, or “the conversion of forest to another land use or the long-term reduction of the tree canopy cover” (“Deforestation”) is a global problem. One immediate effect of this phenomenon is the degradation of forests. More specifically, deforestation reduces biodiversity, releases greenhouse gas emissions, disrupts water cycles, increases soil erosion, and disrupts livelihoods (“Deforestation”). Southeast Asia is facing extreme amounts of deforestation. About 3.5 million hectares of…

Small ranchers Samuel Jeremiah Jones of the Circle J ranch and Seth (Hoot) Davis of the Slash D were raised in Louisiana living on adjacent plantations southeast of New Orleans and as young masters they had lived a life of the New Orleans rakes. With slaves to attend to all their needs, they lived a life of pleasure, gambling, drinking, and raising hell. They often visited Madam Bordeaux sporting house of soiled doves, an establishment that only the wealthy gained entry. When they were nine…

compares it to the “Coneheads” from “Saturday Night Live.” (1981) Not many people will want to read writing that is that distracting or listen to someone talking in such a robotic and unemotional way. And, please, do not even start uttering the “slash” between “he” and “she”! This will just make it “sound like a replay of the Manson killings.” (McFadden, 1981) Always using “he/she” or the “person” suffix may be politically correct but can ruin a perfectly good story or speech. McFadden does…

Dennis Hopper’s Easy Rider (1969) established the cornerstone of a new perspective of the West in the countercultural context. As John Ford used the literature for some of his productions, the counterculture gets some influences from the beat generation with authors and works such as Jack Kerouac's On the Road (1957). The counterculture’s cultural products share the same fascination for the movement and express a general dissatisfaction towards the traditional community values. This new…

Smiley face was once meant to signify price cuts, or “rollbacks” in Walmart-speak. The revived incarnation is now intended to represent any low prices at the retailer” (Wahba). Walmart uses television commercials to showcase Smiley working hard to slash prices. Additionally, Walmart includes him in their in-store price signs by having Smiley on the upper left hand corner with “Rollback” next to his name. Walmart’s iconic emoji intertwines with classical conditioning since customers can relate to…

“Long ago in a galaxy far, far away…” Perhaps the most recognized opening lines to any film. Star Wars, the famous modern epic, changed the way we created movies. With visual effects and a compelling plot far beyond its day, it pushed the film industry to become more innovative, resulting in the multimillion dollar blockbusters we are so accustomed to today. Where did it all begin? Was it the genius of George Lucas alone or did he receive some help along the way? The answer is a combination of…

hope was that with this newer, sleeker economic model would kick-start the economy’s healing process and make it easier for Greece to repay its EU creditors. Greek government had to make deep budget cuts, increase taxes, raise the retirement age, slash pensions, expand property taxes, and make a variety of other harsh reductions. Grecians were less than happy about the austerities and responded with protests, strikes, and even riots (Alderman et al). These measures act as another method of…

Animal Adoption Options: Shelter or Store? Philosopher Immanuel Kant said, “We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.” The American Pet Products Manufacturers Association estimated that 70-80 million dogs and 74-96 million cats are owned in the United States. People looking to adopt animals have a number of options about how to do this. Adopting a pet from a shelter or rescue center is more advantageous and desirable for the owner and animal than adopting from a store or…

I love the world that I live in, but sometimes I hate the people who live in it. To start off, I am partially guilty of being one of those people I despise because if you read my previous article you know that I did drive a car and I did leave a car in the jungle. I suppose I meet criminal standards for that. If anyone asks if my story about the jungle car is true I might even deny it; I am that bad. But I am on the bottom of the feeding chain when it comes to my contribution to pollution. I…