Finances and Expertise Hindering Progress in Climate-Smart Cocoa Production

 A major roadblock that is currently hampering the shift towards more advanced technologies and agricultural practices is the lack of expertise and finance that are necessary for climate-smart cocoa production (Kroeger et al., 2017). Despite the fact that the absolute costs of renovation and rehabilitation in Ivory Coast's cocoa plantations are difficult to estimate, … Read more

Discussing Félix Bracquemond’s Iconic Art as a Father of Etching Revival

    French artist Félix Bracquemond (1833-1914) was associated with many movements throughout his career such as impressionism, realism and Japonism, yet was not officially a member of any one movement. Most notably, however, he was regarded as one of the fathers of the etching and printmaking revival in France during the 1850’s and 1860’s. … Read more

Maximise CSE’s Business Potential: Tap Larger Consumer Market and Boost Sales

 Project Work: Maximising CSE’s business potential Abstract This Written Report aims to maximise Chinatown Social Enterprise’s (CSE) business potential to generate greater profit, hence granting it the financial capacity to better help its elderly beneficiaries while pre-empting the possibility of a crisis should CSE close down due to its unsustainable manner of operation. We … Read more

Can Materialistic Things Buy Us Happiness?

 Material Goods and Happiness—Can “Things” Buy Us Happiness? Materialistic things which may or may not hold significant value has seemingly taken over the human race. Most feel as though they have to possess materialistic items to feel happiness or even a sense of worth. Typically, as we have seen over the course of years, … Read more

Pediatric Obesity in Underprivileged Communities: A Lit Review of Prevention Strategies

 Pediatric Obesity in Underprivileged Communities Literature Review During my year of service with City Year Chicago, I worked alongside with students in North Lawndale, an underprivileged community, where I mentored and tutored students that were at high risk of dropping out from school. Many of the students were overweight and an alarming number suffered … Read more

Exploring the Media Failure of the War in Iraq – The Reasons Why Major News Organizations Enabled the Bush Admin.

 MEDIA FAIL: THE WAR IN IRAQ Ryan C. Cooper Gonzaga University   This year marked the 15th anniversary of the United States-led invasion of Iraq to overthrow Saddam Hussein. That protracted conflict claimed more than 194,000 casualties, killed 4,489 U.S. service members, and cost the U.S. more than $2.2 trillion, according to estimates by … Read more

Richard Rodriguez’s Cultural Politics in the Contradictory Criticisms of “Aria Delgado,” “Fernando Pedro,” and “Jeehyun Lim.

 Rosa Cruz KT Shafer CHLS 370 2/ October/ 2018 Ligature Review: Aria Delgado, Fernando Pedro. “Richard Rodriguez and the Culture Wars: The Politics of (Mis)Representation.” Howard Journal of Communications, vol. 5, no. 1–2, 1993, pp. 1–17.EBSCOhost,csulb.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mzh&AN=2003900074&site=ehost-live In “Richard Rodriguez and the culture wars: The Politics of (mis)representation” by Fernando Pedro Delgado defends Rodriguez from … Read more

Engage and Educate Consumers on Fairtrade: Promote Puro Coffee’s Goal with HPB’s Practices

 Section 1.1: Problem Introduction to Fairtrade Fairtrade is a social movement that combats poverty and inequality in trade and humanitarian problems which the global community, including Singapore, is responsible for. Products certified with a Fairtrade logo (Fig. 1) are produced without exploitation of workers and is a more morally desirable form of consumption. (45 … Read more

Understand Deviant Behavior with Background and Historical Context | 60 Chars

 Written Observational Assignment The mutual understanding of people in society is maintained by living within acceptable norms of behavior. However, some individuals have shown contradicting traits that have in most cases resulted in crimes, wars, and misunderstandings. Deviant behavior is any trait that tends to oppose the acceptable norms. This paper will evaluate deviant … Read more