companies that produce genetically modified organisms in Hawaii. “For the better part of two decades, BASF Plant Science, Dow AgroSciences, DuPont Pioneer, and Syngenta have been drenching their test crops...with some of the most dangerous synthetic pesticides in use in agriculture today, at an intensity that far surpasses the norm at most other American farms…” (Koberstein). Not only have they been present within Hawaii’s agricultural system for twenty years, but they have been using pesticides at
different civic engagement opportunities. The topic that my group chose is Health Care. We have broken that down into different sections to research, so I picked health insurance. I chose health insurance because it is something that is wildly discussed all over the world, it is a very broad topic, so many people have different opinions, and there is so much to talk about.
not exactly one of a kind, but it is something that can truly be admired. Around approximately 300 AD, Hawaii was discovered by Polynesians who arrived by canoe from Tahiti. These migrants brought their polytheistic spirituality and formed a large intricate society with hierarchies consisting of many chiefs. Alongside the ruling of the chiefs, the newborn Hawaiians followed a strict belief system known as Kapu akua otherwise known as the “law of the gods”. The Kapu was a strict set of rules and
The privatization of prisons in America impacts the treatment of prisoners in a negative way. In 2008, there were 1,610,446 people imprisoned in the United States, Seven percent of those are in private prisons. It may seem like a small number, but inmate numbers are rising along with number of private prisons. Many people, since the early 1990s, when the privatization of prisons became popular, have had concerns that these companies would be more worried about profit than the prisoners human rights
maintaining a species, or cultural services, which would be things such as aesthetic value. This assessment’s goal was to create a foundation of economist and ecologists, in a world where people and institutions appreciate natural resources and systems and recognize
Introduction Before World War II, American interventionism was often overt and direct, simply landing troops on the shores of some prospective banana republic and installing a 'friendly' government there. This is exactly what happened in Hawaii, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic, in some cases more than once. Theodore Roosevelt was hardly shy about admitting that he sent troops to Puerto Rico and the Philippines, taking Panama from Columbia
Gates’s nimble response to the sudden public interest in the Internet. Beginning in 1995 and 1996, Gates feverishly refocused Microsoft on the development of consumer and enterprise software solutions for the Internet, developed the Windows CE operating system platform for networking non computer devices such as home televisions and personal digital assistants, created the Microsoft Network to compete with America Online and other Internet providers, and through Gates’s company Corbis, acquired the huge
The opportunities which are available to every unemployed worker in the United States are training programs, health insurance assistance, and food and emergency aid. With these programs available to the unemployed in the United States, it is helping put America back to work, and giving people the opportunity to go back school to be retrained in a new field of work
Kaiser Foundation Health Plans is a nonprofit, public benefit corporation that contract with individuals and groups for prepaid, comprehensive health care services. The Health Plans contract exclusively with the Permanente Medical Groups and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals for medical and hospital services for members and patients. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals is a nonprofit, public benefit corporation that owns and operates community hospitals in California, Oregon, and Hawaii; owns outpatient facilities
called the The Texas Model where it calls for low taxes and low services (23). It can be said that this would not be deemed helpful for the people, since many require the public services of the government, especially in the fields of education and health care. However, Grieder states that statistics show otherwise, the model is working for Texas. Apparently, Texas is highly averse to taxes, part of the aversion due to the limits in taxing authority of the state itself, which also helps to create a