Essays on Corn

Theater is thought to have started in the 6th century BC in Athens, as a form of classical entertainment (Goldhill 54). At this time, it was predominantly for entertainment, and also to create a catalogue of historical events, or depiction of mythology. This evolved into plays that were categorized as tragedy, comedy and drama, each in forms that we would readily recognize today, were all born out of that early tradition. However, over time, different countries adapted the western art form, to create formulas that more directly address their social concerns, or meet the social need for expression. In ...

Introduction

For understanding how the corn industry and the industry of water, I have interviewed with the marketing professionals from these two industries. Considering that marketing departments monitor the demand conditions, they can give us adequate information about their market.

Interviewer: What type of industry are you operating in? Marketing Professional 1: Producing corn requires using large lands, machinery, and knowledge of cultivating corn. Therefore, a company needs to have a high amount of financial resources to enter this market. Also, producing corn requires having the scientific knowledge for agricultural production. Changing climate and worse environmental conditions force us to ...

<< Name>> <<School>> <<Date>> Part 1: Based on the reports given for June to January quarters of 2016 and 2015, here are a few insights and recommendations on marketing inputs and strategy.

Global Breakout

In the overall context, the revenue per day has grown 9.066% from $96,976 to $105,768. The contribution of revenue from Domestic segment has increased by 9.98% while the International segment grew by only 2.4%. On a quarter to quarter growth basis, the JFM quarter revenue for 2016 is $66,119,977 and the April to June quarter ...

Introduction

Pre-Spanish Era Religious Practices Political Structure Material Culture Spanish Occupation Material Culture

The Culture after the Spanish Conquest

Religious Influence of the Catholic Spanish and the Remaining Ethnic Groups Influences of the Protestant Church Religious Fighting between the Roman Catholic and Protestant Church Current Economic and Cultural Development Cultural Development Introduction Argentina is considered by Calvert, Donghi and Eidt (2016) as the eighth largest country in the world but is considered to be only third within Latin America (Buenos, 2014). The reason for this is that the land area of Argentina with 2.78 million square kilometers is larger than Mexico and the Texas state combined ( ...

Introduction

Mexico is one the richest regions in the world in animal and plant diversity. It is divided into three regions: Southern, Northern and Central Mexico. Each region has unique geographical regions with different climate ranging from tropical jungles and forests to mountains and deserts. Many biological inventories refer this country to the category of mega-diverse country that means that a region is a home to about 60-70% of entire biological diversity of the world. Such natural diversity of flora and fauna allows for people living in Mexico to have a rich and varied diet. (De la Borbolla 42) The ...

Introduction

The nature of "The Cherry Orchard", in terms of the genre has always been controversial. Often the play is defined as a "tragicomedy", or an "an ironic tragicomedy." However, it is vital to understand what genre the play is as it defines the code of reading the play and the characters. What does it mean to see elements of tragedy in the play? This would mean to a certain extent agree with the characters’ originality, their sincere and true suffering. However, it is impossible to see any strong trait in characters that are "weak-willed", "aching", "whining", and have "lost ...

It is one of the ironies of history that the “old west” was actually the last area of the north American continent to be settled. By 1860, for example, San Francisco, California was a booming city of 56,802 persons making it the 15th largest city in the nation (San Francisco Population). Kansas City, meanwhile, had a population of 4,418 (U.S. Census Bureau). Denver, Colorado was already the “Queen City of the Plains” with a population of 4,749 (Population of Denver, CO). These three communities are important since Denver and Kansas City represent the western and eastern ...

Latent prints can be defined as the pretense of individual’s ridged skin. They are generally known as friction ridges or fingerprints. These impressions are regularly imperceptible to the exposed eye despite the fact that they are surrounding us and each one of us accidently leaves them everywhere. At the point when an investigator is dealing with a crime, other than taking a gander at the physical proof, one of the main things they do is check for fingerprints. This is an exceptionally sensitive process on the grounds that relying upon the surface a latent print can without much ...

Role of community citizen in palm oil producing nation

The role of a community citizen in a palm oil producing country is very important. A community citizen will have two main roles. The first is to ensure that the people benefit from the output of palm oil and the second is to ensure that there are no adverse effects on the environment during palm oil production. This role requires the citizen to work together with palm oil producers to ensure that the population is educated about the best ways to protect the environment while producing palm. The community citizen is also tasked with working with government to ensure ...

Q1 For the purpose of the paper five additive found in food were chosen. The chosen food additives belong to different types of additives. First picked was corn syrup, which was chosen since it is usually the additive added in soft drinks, which are being consumed in large quantities especially in the United States. The additive belongs to the group of sweeteners. It can be found in processed food, sweets, non-diet drinks, cereals, breads, pastries, candies, cookies, cakes, syrups, crackers, fruits, vegetables, ice creams, meat, salad dressings, sauces, snacks, and soups. The high-fructose corn syrup has been correlated with ...

Analysis of GMOs Effects on Human Health

Introduction The study of genetically modified organisms has grown to be a topic of concern in the contemporary world. In particular, there exist regulatory procedures that guide the process of approval of the genetically modified crops and foodstuffs (DeFrancesco 796). The only technique that enables the assessment of such issues is the introduction of the mechanisms like the toxicological tests, for example, in mammals, through the performance of such a process over longer time intervals incorporating detailed blood as well as organ system analysis (Séralini et al. 1). However, it has been challenging to carry out such initiatives ...

The current Russian-Ukrainian war is the largest armed conflict in Europe since World War II. The front line where active fighting is taking place is over 1000 miles, and general losses amount to hundreds of thousands. No wonder the war between one of the world’s largest fossil fuel providers (Russia) and one of the world’s leading agriculture countries (Ukraine) has had global impacts in multiple economic areas. If you need to develop a Ukraine vs Russia war essay regarding this topic, the example paper below will make a great starting point for your research. In case you, for some ...

California’s “third city” San Diego is oftentimes forgotten between San Francisco’s foggy weather, Golden Gate Bridge and tech industry connections; and Los Angeles’ sports teams, movie stars, and of course, Hollywood. To be sure, what San Diego is popularly known for, namely its beaches, its great weather, and its zoo, are hardly the attractions that provoke excitement and “must go” desire. Rather, the city’s attractions they seem to focus on rest and relaxation. Indeed, that is probably why San Diego is one of the top cities in the nation for conferences and conventions. Indeed, one of ...

Natural disasters are common throughout the world, and they occur when they are least expected and in places that no one can think about. In most cases, natural disaster lead to loss of properties and damage to the environment, and most importantly, leads to health hazards. In this discussion, the natural disaster of focus will be heat wave which was experienced in Europe in 2003 (Poumadere, Mays, Le Mer & Blong, 2005). In 2003, European nations were affected by heat wave whose primary cause was anticyclone over Western Europe that forfeited precipitation leading to extreme temperatures for about three months, ...

Introduction

Businesses have a common goal of achieving success and uniqueness that helps them to stand a mile ahead of their competitors (Chattopadhyay et al., 2012). However, over the recent years, many companies have embraced the concepts of merger and acquisition in efforts to exploit their business potential fully. Mergers and acquisitions are important drivers of growth for a particular organization. Companies have come up with business and international level strategies that will help them to yield high profits. The Kellogg Company has acquired companies and the Publix Supermarkets, Inc. have not acquired mergers and solely operates within the U.S. ...

Wheat, genetically a hybrid of various grasses, was one was one of the original grains . In fact, wheat is so important that it warrants its own web page - “Wheat: A Plant That Changed the World.” Although wheat has less direct food value in terms of calories produced per acre (Ma. n.d.) it has advantages over corn (maize) and rice, the grains that outproduce it in this key metric. Corn is more generally used as animal feed, although it can be easy converted to a very high value low bulk commodity, alcohol (Steinson, 1994). Rice has a longer growing ...

Introduction, Background, and Purpose

Power is more relational than absolute. Power relates to the degree of control that one exercises over outcomes, resources, actions, and process. The power can either be formal or informal. The formal power is the leeway that one is given through the rules of the organization in which he works to influence the course of certain elements in that organization. This is legitimate power afforded to a worker to enable them to deliver their mandate. Illegitimate power is different from the legitimate authority because unlike in the former case, the illegitimate power lacks authority. Nonetheless, it can be significantly ...

There are several differences between probation and parole and this paper goes into detail to discuss the differences between these two and to give examples of each. According to Latessa and Smith (2015, p. 42), “probation represents one of the unique developments within the criminal justice system” and goes on to define probation as “a conditional sentence that avoids an offender being incarcerated; in other words, it is an alternative disposition available to the court.” Similarly, Petersilia (1997, p. 149) notes that The American Correctional Association defines parole as “a court-ordered dispositional alternative through which an adjudicated offender is ...

Food.inc is a movie produced by Jeff Skoll and Diane Weyemann in 2008. It's a documentary move. The purpose of this movie is to make people aware of what they eat and to expose the dark side of food industry. It shows how the food industry changed and how it changed farmers two. The movie also shows us the animal mistreatment. A chicken in 2008 is twice bigger than a chicken in 1950. It’s growing bigger and faster than a chicken in 1950. In 48 days the chicken will be bigger than a 70 days chicken in 1950. ...

"I'm glad there's some folks gettin' interested in the old ways. This new generation don't know such things, but when they find the old songs and the tales, they'll delight in them." --Granny in Grandfather Tales (Chase & Williams, 1948) The Southern Appalachian region has a rich heritage of folklore and songs passed down orally from European immigrants settling in the mountain range situated from New York to Georgia (Abramson & Haskell, 2006) from the 18th to the 20th centuries (Hanlon, 2000). Since the middle of the 20th century, variations of the folktales have been compared to publications such as Grandfather ...

Recorded Intake of Protein, Carbohydrates, and Lipids

When recording my food intake within the spreadsheet, one element that was evident during the recording process was that some of the foods overlapped with regard to the macronutrients that they offer. Thus, this means that some of the foods had the capacity of offering all the macronutrients, as per the expectations in reaching my Daily Recommended Intake (DRI). From the records, the foods that provided proteins included Wendy's Go Wrap, caramel corn, hamburger, Large double patty, with condiments and vegetables, eggs, Quaker rice cakes, Bob Evans chicken tender, and Taco Bell Chalupa Supreme Chicken. The foods that provided ...

Abstract

Pinto bean is a popular plant in the United States and Mexico, so knowing how it grows is an important topic in the field of botany. One of the factors that influence plant growth is the soil condition in which the seeds are planted on. Based from the many studies conducted on pinto bean, as well as soil condition and plant growth, the amount of water in the soil is an important factor in the quality and production rate of the plant. Lack of water can negatively impact the growth of pinto bean, but some varieties of the plant ...

Legitimate power, otherwise dubbed positional power, is a form of power granted to an individual based on their relative duties and position within the organization. As seen in the discussion, legitimate power has historical roots in nursing. The concept serves to protect the recruitment and retention interests of registered nurses in practice. The legitimacy arises from both formal credentials upon certification and organizational structure. In essence, the DNP-prepared nurse’s legitimate power comes from their legal authorization to coordinate care given the licensure of their specialty. This paper compares the influence of legitimate power on micro-, meso, and macro-levels ...

Introduction

Gun control legislation is a very controversial topic and one that has taken a lot of attention in both academic and public policy circles here in the United States for the past 20 or 30 years. One of the most powerful tools which people have discovered to dealing with the issue of controlling who should or shouldn’t have access to guns is through the creation of background checks. The purpose of background checks in a general sense is to allow for gun sellers and overseeing authorities to make sure that they are selling weapons to only those individuals ...

Abstract

This paper discusses and explores the Coca-Cola Company. In particular, this paper examines the strengths, which include its many different and distinct beverage products such as Coke Life, Diet Coke and Fanta; and weaknesses, which include the usage of high fructose corn syrup and lack of diversification outside of beverages, related to the giant. The paper looks at the internal and external dynamics of the company with a specific emphasis on its 2020 vision as well as its marketing. The paper also analyzes its fiscal position as of the end of 2015 in order to better comprehend why it ...

Describe how Spain, England, France and Dutch’s different economies-along with their justification for expansion-shape their settlements in North America –

The colonization of North America revolves around the need for Spain, England, and Spain to conquer and control the continent. The French and the Spaniards governed through autocratic sovereigns while the English were free to govern themselves as much as they followed the English law. The biggest advantage, therefore, for the English to expand into North America was that they allowed immigration which enabled them to boost their colonial population that helped them to participate more actively and on a wide scale in agricultural activities. The English colonies were established by a royal charter and settled first in Massachusetts ...

Prediction of Maize (Zea Mays L.) Population with Normalized-Difference Vegetative Index (NDVI) and Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Prediction of Maize (Zea Mays L.) Population with Normalized-Difference Vegetative Index (NDVI) and Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Introduction

With the escalation in cost production and environmental concerns, researchers have in the recent past focused in investigating resourceful means of increasing yields while reducing fertilizer use. Arnall & Godsey assert that the seeding rate and hybrids that promise the highest crop populations is continuously sort by corn cost cultivators worldwide (2013). Nielsen et al. notes that the crop populations are tied to the end yields. Corn populations have greatly increased in Indiana over the past thirty years to make about 340 plants ...

Should Junk Food Be Sold In Public Schools

Issue: Some public schools say that sugar and salt have no significant effect to our health, and keep selling junk food. Research institutes say that sugar and salt lead to higher chances of obesity and other health problems. Thesis: We will argue that public schools should stop selling junk food; the results will be serious health problems for students in these schools. If junk food keeps being sold in public schools (s), then serious health problems are bound to arise. (o). s → o

If serious health problems arise (o), then fewer children will come to school (m).

If junk food is still sold in public schools (s), then fewer children will come to ...

The general assembly of UN approved an arrangement for dividing Palestine in 1947, which offered a chance for the establishment of Jewish State, as well as Arab State and Jerusalem, left under worldwide status. The Jewish and the Arab States rejected such an arrangement. The United Kingdom dropped its mandate or control on Palestine, which led to the proclamation of Israel state. As a result, the Palestinians with the help of Arab States declared war on Israel (Koops et al., 2015). Israel also fought many wars with other states; however, this paper focuses on factors causing internal conflicts within ...

The Corn Laws were laws passed by the British Parliament in 1815 to keep the prices of grain high so that British grain farmers would be favored in the market. England had different laws that affected the importation of grains dating back to the 12th century (The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica), but it became a serious issue in the 1800s because of the costs of war; England had a rapidly expanding population and had a naval blockade imposed during the Napoleonic era that caused the price of grain to rise. The laws became a big issue between the ...

The number of people on the planet continues to increase and with them, the need for more and more nutritious food grows. For that reason, scientists seek research to genetically change plants and animals to provide medicine, good, and organisms not for consumption. As the public is exposed to information on genetically modified organisms (GMOs), strong opinions are forged concerning the safety of eating them. Questions arise over the risks presented to human beings and the environment, if GMOs are really necessary to supply the world with adequate amounts of food, if there are alternatives, and what surrounding ethical ...

Analysis of the Documentary Food, Inc. through the Lens of Ethical Theories and Ideas

Some may wonder whether the food choice is an ethical issue. After all, we make these choices at least three times a day and our individual decisions influence the global industry of food growth, production and processing. As Jones, Cardinal and Hayward remind us, we exist in society and are connected to other people. This is why our choices, in our case, the food choices, affect other people, and their decisions influence us as well (2006, p. 3). Various theories of ethics propose different ways of viewing the problems of food production and consumption and seek solutions in distinct ...

Business

Five Forces Analysis of the U.S. Brewery Industry The beer industry can be considered from Section 312 in accordance with the North American Industry Classification system, which indicates that the brewery or the beer industry comprises of manufacturing of tobacco product and beverage (Tremblay and Tremblay). In the brewery industry, there are three types of firms or establishments. First type includes the firms that are involved in manufacturing of non-alcoholic beverages, second type consists of firms that focus on manufacturing of alcoholic beverages via the process of fermentation, and third type includes the firms that are considering production of ...

How Biofuels Affect Our Society

Health Impacts of Biofuel The term biofuels is no more used in simple term, as it has become a matter of government policy and business. Earlier, it was due to government initiatives and policy matters that the support to the growth of biofuels was provided by the governments worldwide, but things have become complicated with biofuels affecting populations on the health, social, and environmental aspects, which need urgent attention. It requires good policy-making with a clear goal. According to Lawrence (2010), the present U.S. biofuels authorizations are not loaded with exact and efficient tools to fulfil a policy-specific aim. ...

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All people watch media and nowadays people with nonconventional sexual orientation are shown more and more. In various communities of the world the attitude towards homosexuality is differently. Society can accept or not accept it, condemn or endorse. This research was done to obtain the information about the influence of gay, lesbian and bisexual people in the media on society and their thoughts and attitude towards sexual orientation. Research was done by direct observation and comparison. Homosexuality, bisexuality and heterosexuality are words that denote sexual orientation, that is, indicate to which sex a person experiences a sexual attraction. The ...

Human development patterns allow us in making generalizations concerning various stages as the infancy phase, childhood phase, adolescence, and finally the adulthood stage. For the first year following the birth, a baby is referred to as an infant. The childhood stage begins in the second year after birth and stretches until adolescence. Childhood stage is often divided into early childhood and middle childhood. Early childhood includes the pre-school years whereas middle childhood stage includes elementary school years, through the fifth or sixth grade. The adolescence stage is the second last stage of human development before adulthood. This stage is ...

In generic sense of the term, a "genetically modified organism" is a living organism whose genome has been altered artificially. This understanding includes all the possible ways of modifying the genetic information, from crosses method for genetic engineering tools. From a legislative point of view, a large number of countries and organizations use a more restrictive definition in reference to that specified in the Cartagena Protocol, which means "living modified organism" "any organization living with a novel combination of genetic material. " However, this definition is not universally recognized. Some countries, including the United States, do not make this use ...

Our health is paramount throughout our lives. One key factor that affects our health is the food that we consume every day. Thus, for one to live a healthy lifestyle, he or she has to keep an eye on the diet. For an effective diet, one should be aware of the recommended values and intakes to remain fit. Many pieces of research on dietary concludes that diet has a bigger influence on one’s health than anything else. Poor dietary is likely to cause disease like stroke, cancer, diabetes and many others (Green and Emily 6). In this respect, ...

I think that my colleagues are giving me good advice by telling me that the idea to leave New York City and settle in the Farmlands of Illinois. I think it is a good idea based on analyzing the pros and cons of the idea. There are two major decision-making techniques that can be used to analyze managerial decisions. These two methods include the cost-benefit analysis; and the pros-and-cons method. As the name suggests, the cost-benefit analysis involves evaluating each alternative by looking at the costs and benefits of that decision (Thomas & Maurice, 2015). The pros-and-cons method involves looking ...

Summary of the teaching plan

Health promotion is a vital activity across the lifespan of an individual. Thus, older people are not too old to start exercising, change their diets or stop smoking, etc. This teaching plan is aiming to teach older adults about the prevalence of diabetes, the risk factors, and the available prevention measures. It will focus on the teaching strategies to be adopted by the older adults so as to accommodate for the typical aging changes. This is because chronic illnesses tend to increase after 50 to 60 years old and hence, there is a need for seniors to focus on ...

We see these days restaurants like Chipotle and grocery stores claiming to serve non-genetically modified foods. Are we eating artificial food? Is that good for our bodies? Is that good for the food that is being modified? These questions raise awareness for people who are oblivious of what GMOs are and how they are affecting our daily lives. GMOs may be more common in our diets than we know. GMO stands for Genetically modified organism and is a term that stems from biotechnology. It is the alteration of the genetic code of an organism to either enhance its properties, ...

America exists as a highly ethnically diverse democratic country. In the mid-twentieth century, Edward Murrow voiced a budding hope about the improving standards of equality across races and genders (NPR, 2005). Equality within the American society describes the equitable sharing of all national resources across diverse social groups such as race, gender, and sexual orientation. Since the eradication of segregation in America, numerous strategies aimed at standardizing healthcare across races have been put in place. However, despite these efforts, there still exist persisting and puzzling health disadvantages to African Americans (Mays, Cochran, & Barnes, 2007).

Principles of Public Health Ethical Statement

In an ideal situation, ethics ...

Food and Agriculture

The use of modern technology in food production in the United States has led to mechanization and the production of agrochemicals that kill weeds and pests and act as crop fertilizers. This has resulted in farms shifting to monoculture as a preferred method of crop production. This method involves the use of large tracts of land to produce the same species of crops every year. Modern Biotechnology has also enabled the creation of Genetically Modified Organism that are crops whose genetic structure have been artificially modified to give them some desired characteristics. The use of monoculture as a method ...

Inflation in USA

Inflation in US Introduction Inflation refers to the rate at which the country is experiencing the general increase in prices of goods and services. When the rate of inflation is high, the purchasing power of the country’s currency will be low at the same time. This will comparably imply that higher amount of money is needed to purchase items that had been previously purchased at lower amounts of the same currency. The country’s currency would have lost the real value as a unit of account and as a medium of exchange of the economy. The chief measure ...

Jesus in Film

Portraying of Jesus in media sources mainly forms peoples’ attitude towards him. Evidently, film industry is the source that influences on peoples’ mind most effectively. Moreover, people conceive messages about religious issues easier by means of films. It occurs due to bright illustrations and filmic elements. This paper is directed to distinguish Jesus appearance in films. In this paper two films The Passion of the Christ and Life of Brian are reviewed. In order to detect essence of the topic three objectives are set. Firstly, it is necessary to indicate characteristics of Jesus in mentioned films. The second objective ...

It was one hundred years before the arrival of Columbus when the Great Temple of Mound was started in the southern part of U.S. It is believed that the people that settled at Chucalissa were people from Mississippi. The settlement is believed to have been established in 900 A.D. Following that suspicion, the region of the Mississippi has been under the archeological excavation for a very long time. The Native Americans are believed to have arrived along the Mississippi River in the 10,000-12000 years ago. The first group to arrive in Chucalissa hunted ice age animals for food. ...

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GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) are used for a wide range of different purposes: production of pharmaceutical drugs, experimental biology and medicine, and, of course, agriculture. The latter is the most controversial because it is directly connected to consumption. The most popular GM foods in US are corn and soybeans (Johnson & O’Connor, 2015). Corn is the most widespread GMO product in the world, but a very little part of it is sold on the cob. Large amounts of it are used to produce ingredients for different processed foods and drinks, especially corn syrup, rich in fructose, and corn starch. ...

Obesity is one of the leading problems in the society today and many persons believe that this stems from the unhealthy eating practices that are present in the schools’ cafeterias. More often than not, students will gravitate towards eating junk foods as this practice is less time consuming and is more fascinating for children who want foods that are appealing to their sight and tastes. But, recent studies have shown that junk food can cause serious risks to the health and lifestyle of children. The problem intensifies as students are able to access junk foods in the school canteens. ...

The depiction of a setting as the main hindrance or destructive force behind the fall of a protagonist is evident in William Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily, Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper, and D. H. Lawrence’s The Rocking-Horse Winner. As the authors develop the settings around the main characters’ homes, the mentioned texts go on to give the otherwise lifeless structures roles of their own as they affect the inhabitants in one way or another. To that end, Emily’s house symbolizes her gradual deterioration while the unknown narrator regards her house as one would ...

Imagine living on earth during a time when there was no electricity. A time with absolutely the bare minimum of any type of light pollution and just pure night time darkness. A time that when the sun set, a celestial showcase revealed a blanket of studded diamonds, twinkling in the night with splendor beyond belief. The wild, the magic, the miracles of survival; all captured in the cycle of day and night. The closet star to Earth, our Sun, feeds the planet with energy and warmth and the night sky illuminates the senses with creativity, wonder and storytelling. A ...

My two-year crop rotation plan will include seed corn and soybeans. Soybeans will be planted in the first year on a virgin land followed by seed corn in the second year. The inclusion of a leguminous crop, like soybeans, in crop rotation, improves the soil fertility as well as the structure (Mohler and Johnson, 2009). Legumes releases nitrogen to the soil, which will reduce the amount of nitrogen fertilizer needed for the sweet corn in the following year (Griffin, Liebman, and Jemison, 2000). These crops will be planted in North Carolina.

Soybeans

The soybean cultivar to be planted is Envy, ...

This paper critiques the film King Corn based on specified prompts

Overview King Corn is a very insightful movie, which focuses on the crop species, corn. The makers of the film, two university students, embark on a journey to ascertain what they had discovered from a laboratory test. The filmmakers, while at the university had a test of the human hair to find out its composition. To their surprise, they found out that the main component of the human hair was corn. This was something that bewildered most other students at the university. Consequently, they embarked on a journey to their ancestral land in the state of Iowa. While at ...

Humankind considers religious studies to be the most disputable field of science and / or view of life. Such approach based on division of people into those who perceive religious corns of world construction, and those who do not believe in God, known also as “atheists”. An issue under discussion is the problem of evil or so-called theodicy problem in the world. The main idea of above-mentioned problem is that if God is perfectly good and all-knowing Creator then why there are so many troubles all over the world. This is the way why existence of God called into ...

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Islamic Fasting

Introduction Fasting is a term used to denote the age old practice of abstaining from food. In general, it is defined as the conscious or willing abstention from all or some foods for a certain period of time. Scholars believe that fasting is an ancient practice that has been observed in the earliest history of human civilization and is universal in scope. Fasting, for instance, has been observed in the culture of Native Americans as well as in the natives of New Guinea and in almost every culture and civilizations around the globe (Piper 31). Fasting has ...

Obesity is alarming problem in all parts of the globe. Not being a disease itself, it does pave way for many illnesses and ill health for the obese individuals. There is no single factor identified for obesity and weight gain but many contribute to increase the weight. The fats contribute maximum towards the weight gain and the added sugars like sucrose, fructose present in diet have been explored for their role in obesity. Focusing on high fruit corn syrup being a contributor towards obesity, let’s consider the current opinions. Being an artificial sweetener that was introduced in 1960’ ...

In the USA, one can easily observe and comprehend the extremely pervasive racial/ethnic discrimination in the healthcare system. However, the apparent disparities in the deliverance of health care are not new. The minorities in the USA are being challenged with this issue for about two centuries. Therefore, it is not surprising that the death rates for African Americans are higher as compared to their white countrymen whereby cancer, hypertension, diabetes, stroke and homicide are the principal mortality causes (Williams & Mohammed, 2008). According to statistics, approximately a million people of color die a premature death annually due to the unequal ...

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Cultural leveling describes how people from different cultures approach each other and try to reach common grounds regarding communication and interaction. This process is evident in Lee’s ethnographic fieldwork. Coming from white society, the researcher exhibited arrogance and considered himself superior, both intellectually and culturally, to the !Kung bushmen. He did this by extending to or cutting off the supply of tobacco from the Bushmen since he was the only source of the commodity in 1000 square miles (Lee). Besides, he neither shared his food with the Bushmen nor participated in their food-gathering activities. For this reason, the ...

The issues of increased weight, obesity and other medical related problems have surfaced over the years and have become a serious topic for many health organizations and researchers. There are many factors that contribute to this increase in weight, but the intake of high-fructose corn syrup provides one of the greatest concerns for persons. The paper will address whether high-fructose corn syrup contributes to rapid weight increase even if persons take similar caloric intake as table sugar. Extensive or long term consumption of high fructose sugar and its by-products can lead to excessive increases in the fat in the ...

1. Biofuels are fuels in the gaseous or liquid form and can be rapidly regenerated from sources like crops, plants and municipal waste. Existing biofuels are generated from carbohydrates such as sugar and starch (wheat and sugarcane crops). Existing biofuels, such as ethanol, have a lesser energy content (volumetric energy density) relative to conventional hydrocarbon fuels natural gas and petroleum . Furfural and Levulinic acid are molecules that can be obtained from biomass and converted into biofuels. Levulinic acid can be synthesized in greater amounts (>70%) from inedible hexose bio-polymers such as cellulose, which is a polymer of glucose ...

Introduction

Ernest Hemingway is one of the most popular writers of all times. He works continue to special values to the readers and to scholars alike. Hemmingway was born on the 21st July 1899 in Illinois. He was the second child of six children (Rivers 2013). Oddly, Ernest’s mother preferred to dress him in a manner that was similar to his sisters (Rivers 2013), but this did not impact his life as an adult. As a young man, he was one of those honorable men who served his country in World War 1. Later Hemmingway worked as a journalist ...