Waste Land Assessment

Soil organisms provide ecosystem services such as maintaining soil fertility and preventing soil erosion. Water, wind, ice, and other agents cause soil erosion, the wearing away or removal of soil from the land. Soil erosion reduces fertility because essential minerals and organic matter are removed. Erosion causes sediments and pesticide and fertilizer residues to pollute nearby waterways ( Wiley, 2009).

The beginning of “The Waste Land” is a prophetic Sibyl of Greek mythology that is granted immortality, but does not ask for perpetual youth and becomes old, which diminishes her authority. This reflects the mindset of the piece in a sense, people are not thinking about the past or the future in how events such as WWI will affect them or society. Right off the bat, the poem begins with a rich diversity of cultures from different time periods encapsulating this notion of the presentness of the past. The Epigraph contains Latin and ancient Greek mixed in, with Italian in the next line describing Ezra Pound. The first distinguishable speaker in the poem is Tiresias, who speaks in a rather intelligent and profound way. He is only able to get four lines in before he is interrupted and the narrative voice shifts to Marie. Although even in Marie’s narration there are references to German culture. Voices get interrupted by one another, showing the reflection of high culture v. mass culture. In the poem, there are these prolific and profound thoughts that get interrupted by something trivial like “O O O O that Shakespeherian Rag” (Stallworthy 2534). In some cases, the thoughts are completely cut off and interrupted almost as if one is listening to a bunch of voices in a room and not focusing on one entirely. By incorporating these elements such as the American ragtime song, Eliot acknowledges that popular culture is inescapable to a certain degree. The use of Shakespeare, who is a

To improve the efficiency of waste management, data analysis is used. R tool is used in identifying the efficiency of waste. The critical phase of solid waste management program is the collection of solid waste. Inefficiencies in waste collection are identified. Using the data set, the efficiency in waste collection is known. It also identifies what waste comes from where and how it is collected. The waste is also classified based on the type of waste. This classification of waste helps in knowing the recyclable waste. Finally, it evaluates the success of solid waste collection programs with data analysis. Thus evaluation of solid waste helps in making smarter decisions.

Waste disposal in the United States is a vast and complicated enterprise. From the handling of regular household trash to hazardous, toxic waste materials, a great deal of infrastructure is required in order to best store and transport such materials in a way that does not conflict with communities. However, in point of fact, there is a great deal of trouble with the current waste-management systems of the United States: from destructive ecological effects to humanitarian concerns in low/under-privileged neighborhoods in America, there is a lot to consider when it comes to the topic of waste disposal in cities of the United States. That being the case, the following will proceed to address a myriad of issues affecting waste disposal systems in the United States, starting with general information about American’s usage of waste disposal systems, followed by environmental effects and the role of the Environmental Protection Agency (or EPA) in addressing these issues. ====================

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Testing the calculations used by management to translate the assumptions and key factors into the accounting estimate.

After World War I, a movement known as Modernism changed poetry and literature. T.S. Eliot was one of the most influential Modernist writers in his time. His most famous poem, "The Wasteland," is a great example of this movement. The poem talks about the negative impact of war, especially World War I, on society. It uses many literary techniques that present Eliot's negative message about the decline of Western culture due to war. These literary techniques include metaphor, imagery, and syntax.

History and writing between the Civil War up to the present day has drastically changed. Being in a Modern American Literature class, class readings are over the changes in writings, the way dialect or speaking has modernized, and the author’s thoughts. Many would think coming into a Modern American Literature class would be more modernized stories and poems. In our syllabus, The Waste Land lacks out of showing direct thoughts, being reliable enough to understand and real modern history. Which, is why I believe The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot should be switched out with Recitatif by Toni Morrison. I will be comparing and contrasting The Waste Land with Toni Morrison’s Recitatif on setting, writing skills, and the authors’ themselves.

2011). Because of their trait, they are able to dominate competitive interactions with native species for above and below ground resources (Morris et al. 2011). Furthermore, their traits give them a competitive advantage for resources such as light, nutrients and water (Morris et al. 2011). Increased species biomass can lead to: i) High species seed production, Nitrogen fixation, increased litter layer accumulation, shading, production of allelopathic compounds and increased water uptake (Le Marie et al. 2011). Consequently, cause suppression of some native species and lead to changes in plant community. As a result, change in plant- animal interactions and mutualism. Furthermore, they can result in a change in microclimate below canopy height, thus change in

There is not one person in the world who has never been bored. The state of boredom is experienced by everyone, yet the feeling of it is widely despised. We humans have a natural urge to fight this feeling, because without excitement in our lives, the world would be dull and lack reason to live. This state of mind is difficult to explain, however one poem impressively portrays the feeling of boredom using creative imagery. Although it is initially difficult to evaluate, I claim that T.S. Elliot’s poem The Waste Land perfectly captures the concept of boredom because of the author’s use of colorful imagery, allusions, and metaphors. Comparing boredom to a dry, desolate landscape assists the reader in visualizing a bleak world overrun by

The purpose of this investigation is to thoroughly study an ecosystem, to expand the knowledge of many who wish to further understand the environment and its components. By completing this investigation it allows for people to understand the importance and needs for having and maintaining healthy ecosystems. For example, ‘Ecosystems provide food both in their natural state...in the form of managed landscapes’ (International Water Management Institute 2011, p. 11). The investigations of ecosystems are vital in today’s society because people can learn how to better treat and take care of them so they are more efficient and sustainable.

Ever since human beings left their hunter-gatherer lifestyles and adopted intensive agriculture, their practices in general have not always been kind to the soil and environment. Agricultural practices completely disrupt the natural soil process and, therefore, altering the natural cycle of nutrients. A healthy soil is a fundamental and necessary part of our entire ecosystem. Not only is soil crucial for the functionality of our environment, but so many aspects of daily human life are affected by the soil around us. The healthy soil beneath us assists the process of decomposing biological waste and turning it into nutrients, which then serves as rich organic matter that supports all kinds of plant and animal life in and on the ground. Soil

A soil ecosystem is composed of both living and non-living matter with a diversity of interactions (The Environmental Literacy Council, N.d.). This is a place where energy and matter are transformed and transported. Analyses that can be used to assess the functioning of land ecosystems is abiotic indicators, biological indicators, and atmospheric indicators. Abiotic indicators can include pH, moisture,and temperature. Soil temperature and moisture are important environmental factors that affect the conservation and physiology of earthworms (M.L. Presley et al, 1996). Biological indicators can include earthworms, plants, and leaf litter. Atmospheric indicators include carbon dioxide emissions. Interactions among these three indicators can also help to assess if the ecosystem is functioning. It is hypothesized that a functioning ecosystem is related to many types of interactions, such as earthworms eating leaf litter and leaf litter falling from the plants. It is predicted that IU has good soil quality based on the fact is is near Jordan River, and there is a diversity of plant life growing. What is the ecosystem’s quality based on the interactions between leaf litter, soil, and worms? The ecosystem is claimed to be functioning based on the biomass of the earthworms and leaf litter and the pH, moisture, and temperature of the soil.

Fuel leakages from automobiles, that gets washed away due to rain and seep into the nearby land or soil.

Office waste papers, rest room and cafeteria trash can waste, class room waste and yard trimmings