Yucca

Loving Pedro Infante written by Denise Chavez, is an eye-opening novel that follows the life of Tere Avila. Tere is someone extremely relatable because she is a flawed heroine. She perfectly exemplifies a misguided, misunderstood protagonist that one eagerly awaits to be triumphant at the end. Growing up in a border town of Mexico and The United States, Tere is engulfed in both American and Mexican culture but only thinks she relates to her Mexican roots. Tere doesn't quite understand her…

The Jivaro people also known as the Shuar people are one of the indigenous people that habitat parts of eastern Ecuador, and northern Peru. They live in small, spread out villages of approximately 22,000 square miles throughout the Amazon forest and foothills of the Andes mountains. The Jivaro people consist of different smaller groups of people such as Achuar, Humabisa, Aguaruan, Antipas, Mayna. The people can also speak over six languages: Jivoran, Quechua, Shiwar, Achuar, Awajun, and Huambisa…

Hashimoto’s Disease is a disease where the thyroid is damaged by the person’s immune system. To define it, Hashimoto’s Disease is an “autoimmune lymphocytic infiltration of the thyroid gland closely associated with the presence of antithyroid autoantibodies and often resulting in chronic hypothyroidism.”(Brier, 2009) Due to the damages that occur, the thyroid is unable to function properly. My dad was recently diagnosed with this disease. Coping with Hashimoto’s Disease brings many lifestyle…

For many years the argument of nuclear energy’s positive and negative effects have been fought between scientists and politicians a like. Is it truly cost effective? Is it more harmful than burning natural gases? Is it a more dangerous process to create it? These and many other questions have gone back and forth for those who support nuclear energy and those who are opposed to it. When deciding on the future of our sustainable energy sources it is best to weigh the pros and the cons of nuclear…

Musical Showcase WHAT: Unwind from the work week with an incredible musical showcase this Friday night. A classically trained musician, Tom Sharpe 's music is a percussive symphony-a-sonic and visual feast for the senses. Tom has dramatically blended his orchestral background with the world music instrumentation and cinematic imagery to create an experience that invites you into the heart of the musical moment. This wildly emotional and technically precise performance will have you mesmerized…

In rural markets, one can find cured meats and sausage. Trout from rivers and streams is also used in some dishes. The Amazon region is especially different from the rest of Venezuela; the main ingredients of many dishes are corn, beans, bananas, yucca. Some people eat turtles, monkeys, deep fried ants, birds, tapirs. Others mainly live on bread of yacca, called casabe. In all of these regions, food is offered in a wide variety of dishes and desserts. Some dishes you may be familiar with…

create nuclear energy. Also, there 's really not much waste: the US disposes of 1000 times more EPA-registered hazardous waste materials (e.g., mercury, benzene, coal ash, etc.), than radioactive waste. Waste can be safely stored in rock tunnels like Yucca, salt caverns like New Mexico, or deep boreholes, and new reactor designs can reduce the amount of waste that is produced. Lastly, nuclear weapons are derived from purpose-built reactors or centrifuges, not power plants, which is a common…

Virginia Beach Emergency Operation Plan ESF 10 Analysis Hazardous materials (HAZMAT) incidents are dangerous types of emergencies that can turn into a major disaster. Despite, many cities that run along the Atlantic Ocean become divested by tropical storms and flooding, HAZMAT related emergencies are a close second. In Virginia Beach, VA hazard risk are delineated into four categories: Critical Hazard – High Risk, Critical Hazard – Moderate Risk, Noncritical Hazard – Low Risk, and Negligible.…