The Green Hornet

This garden makes not only green space indoors but also environmental and enjoyable place, with having benches to relax surrounded by bamboo. This place, as shown in figure 3, also links between the historic building and new building while it is being openness.2 In addition, there…

I. Question: Do polyphenols prevent dementia? II. Introduction: As the elderly population continues to grow, dementia is becoming more prevalent around the world today.1-3 According to Alzheimer’s Disease International, the number of dementia cases is expected to increase from 47 million in 2015 to 135 million by 2050.1 Currently, there is no cure or effective therapies available for dementia. However, vast scientific literature provides significant evidence that addressing modifiable risk…

“So no one told you life was gonna be this way. Your jobs a joke, you’re broke, your love life’s DOA (lil rambents).” “I’ll Be There For You” was the catchy song that would play from enlarged, home televisions on Thursday nights as millions of Americans would join together and spend the next thirty minutes laughing along with the characters from Friends. Friends was a huge hit in 1990s. It piloted it 1994 and ran for ten seasons. The end of this beloved series was like the end of an era, yet it…

Final Exam: Biodiversity Loss, Habitat Destruction, and Habitat Loss (5) The obstacles of biodiversity loss, habitat destruction, and habitat loss are relatively new issues that stem from the expansion of human population and development. Before the expansion of the human population, humans did not have a large impact on their environment. However, as the current population pushes 7.6 billion individuals, humans are occupying a large percentage of the Earth, as well as consuming the majority of…

Sensitive America The Article, “Green Guilt” proposed that the guilt formerly derived from religious belief is being replaced by social movements such as environmentalism. The author, Steven Asma, relates the almost obsessive green habits to the high moral standards set by various religions, namely Christianity. He goes even further to proclaim that environmentalism is a substitute for religion. You can argue that there are some similarities between the two, but it is misleading to compare the…

The leaders of the American Revolution did not like the idea of parties and political battles between parties” (Flanders). Washington, Madison, Hamilton, and Jefferson all disapproved of parties, but would be the ones who founded the first two great American political parties. In 1789 Jefferson even went as far to say, "If I could not go to heaven but with a party, I would not go there at all” (Flanders). As time goes on, our political parties and how they function are always evolving.…

Situation comedies, better known as sitcoms, have been around for many years and are usually well liked by a broad spectrum of people. Sitcoms involve a group of characters for multiple episodes and/or series depending on the quality of the certain show. While they are not like reality television of today, they are different than shows that used to come on television such as Bonanza and the Dukes of Hazard. Sitcoms are extremely comedy based which is very different than the western actions that…

everyone loves a good hero. In an unpredictable world where so many people often feel powerless, companies such as Marvel and DC comics provide a much needed escape from reality through the use of extraordinary fictional characters, such as the Green Arrow and the Flash. These two DC characters differ greatly from each other, and in their own way they each represent opposite sides of the superhuman realm. The Flash (A.K.A Barry Allen) represents a more familiar part of what has become…

According the University of Alabama: School of Medicine, approximately 65 percent of the general population are visual learners. It is clear that the current generation has a greater interest in looking at images rather than reading some form of text. Looking at images allows the audience to comprehend what the underlying meaning of it is in a faster way. In recent years, there has been a spike in sales of comic books due to the vast amount of superhero films and television series being produced…

We all know comics are unrealistic and contain many hurtful stereotypes for women, it’s time we bring some of those problems for light. The comic book industry’s approach to women really has not changed over the years, from selling sex, to being female counterparts of the other male superheroes, companies seem to believe that kick-butt female characters are all we need, but there are still many stereotypes that need to be addressed. Take a simple yet powerful, comic book trope…