Tropics

The globalized nature of contemporary society resulted in the widespread proliferation of cultural commodities. This is present in the entertainment world, multinational corporations, and even food culture. In developed countries, the cultural palate expanded to include international delicacies. One of these delicacies is modern sushi. This industry began in Japan, but over time it became a global phenomenon in restaurants everywhere. The explosion of this industry placed additional demands on…

Introduction The purpose of this paper is to inform the reader about the evolution of the first hominids and to look at some of the reasons that they became bipedal. From there, expand on what evidence has been found to support these hypothesis, and finally look at how these changes created both biological and geographical difference in the sub-species of hominids. This paper will detail each species in a high level overview so that the reader may gain a better perspective of what each species…

The parents of Simon Birch were told he would only live a few hours, a couple of days, maybe a few months, certainly not 12 years! In the movie Simon Birch, Simon was born very small and weak. He proved the doctors and a lot of other people in town wrong. In the short story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, Doodle was also born with a weak heart and was very small. It was a miracle that he lived. He would prove the doctors wrong when he learned how to crawl, walk, and eventually do sports.…

become extremely dry. In drier regions, evapotranspiration may produce periods of drought—defined as below-normal levels of rivers, lakes, and groundwater, and lack of enough soil moisture in agricultural areas. Precipitation has declined in the tropics and subtropics since 1970. Southern Africa, the Sahel region of Africa, southern Asia, the Mediterranean, and the U.S. Southwest, for example, are getting drier. Even areas that remain relatively wet can experience long, dry conditions between…

“This shit is bananas, b-a-n-a-n-a-s!” I will always remember how Gwen Stephani’s catchy tune “Hollaback Girl” finally taught me how to spell bananas. To this day I still have to sing the song to get it right, but hey, at least I learned. Learning is an essential part of life; an unknown source said it best, “if we cease to learn, we die.” This quote holds true, in that learning is imperative, as it presents us with information that can be useful when making difficult decisions. Yet, I have…

When I was a baby, we moved from St. Louis, Missouri to Mt. Juliet, Tennessee and we have lived there ever since. I do not know what it is like to live anywhere else but in the small town that is about thirty minutes east of Nashville. It is difficult for me to imagine myself growing up somewhere that is not good ole Mt. Juliet where everyone knows everyone and our most exciting event of the year is the Wilson County Fair that is held in August. I tried to imagine myself living in Australia…

walk. The second conflict, when once the Scarlet ibis (a kind of protagonist) a big red bird with long graceful neck , brought in the family’s yard by a storm and it died because it was not used to the environment(antagonist),because it lives in the tropics. Similar to this conflict another instance is that when Doodle and narrator hurried off to Horse landing where climax begun. Narrator left doodle alone in the storm and the doodle’s weak body could not take the strain perhaps his heart burst…

Part I – Skin Cancer 1. The causes of skin cancer (aka non-melanoma) is the exposure to the sun. Moles are another cause of skin cancer too. For example, people who live in higher altitude or live in areas with bright-sunlight year-round have a higher risk of developing skin cancer. Also, previous skin cancer, history of sunburns or fragile skin, as well as radiation therapy are other causes of skin cancer. 2. Caucasians are more at risk of skin cancer than other populations because…

Nicolas Berdiaeff, a 20th century Russian philosopher, once wrote: Utopias appear to be much more achievable than was previously thought. But now we are now faced with a question far more distressing: how to avoid actually creating one? …Utopias are achievable. Life marches towards utopias. And perhaps a new century begins there, a century where an intellectual and cultured class will dream of ways to avoid utopias and return to a non-utopian society, less ‘perfect’ more free. (Huxley V) A…

She-Zi Island (Taiwan) 4.1 Contexts Located on the confluence of Keelung River and Tamsui River, connecting with Monga Port and Dadaocheng Wharf which was largest and second-largest import and export nodes in the north of Taiwan respectively (from 1720 to 1920), She-Zi Island is the biggest sandbank in Taipei. Due to a heavy flood caused by a typhoon, Cody, in 1953, development of this area was compelled by regional policy (about 40-year developing stagnation); thus, it also has the last…