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We all must die. There is no avoiding this. One day, like a sun setting into nighttime, we will all pass on. Olive Ann Burns teaches us through her book that this is not necessarily a sad event, no matter how it may seem. Her characters deliver the beautiful message that death is more than simply the end of life – it is the beginning of something new. The end is not always the end, but rather the beginning of new life, love, or a bright future. One such example is the death of Campbell…

Bottoms Up is an insightful and entertaining article that presents the advantages of drinking filtered sewage water. Written by Olive Heffernan, Bottoms Up focuses on the City of San Diego Public Utilities Department and its battle for public and governmental approval on reusing sewage water. In the article, Heffernan interviews many officials and experts on the subject to assess the risk of using sewage water. She also expresses the concerns of those who oppose it. But, with the collected data…

with the warmth, joy, and nostalgia of pleasant memories and cursed with regret and shame from the upsetting ones. Humans’ inability to cope with the ramifications of these memories often lead them down a destructive path of correcting past wrongs. Olive Senior’s “The Pain Tree” handles the theme of coping with the past through the protagonist, Lorraine, who in a building fit of rage tries to rewrite history. In “The Pain Tree,” Senior uses the destruction scene of Larissa’s room to show that…

Chicken Parmigiano in Olive Oil and Garlic Ingredients: • ¾ cup almond flour • ½ cup grated parmesan • ½ tsp. sea salt • 1 beaten egg • 4 pieces halved chicken breasts (½ inches thick) Sauce and Toppings: • 24 oz. tomato sauce • 1 tbsp. sea salt • ¼ tsp. oregano • 1 tbsp. olive oil • 10 julienned basil leaves • 2 minced cloves garlic • 6 slices Fresh mozzarella Directions: 1. In a saucepan, sauté garlic, oregano, tomato sauce, salt and olive oil. 2. Simmer for 15 minutes and set aside to…

Activity Response 2 On Wednesday, October 7, 2015, I went to the Mount Olive vs. Pfeiffer soccer game that started at 4:00 pm. This was a big game for the soccer team because Pfeiffer is ranked #2 in the nation and to beat them would be a big accomplishment. So as the game came more near to start more and more people were starting to come. The countdown was finally over and here it was the start of the big game. As the game started, I could already see this was going to be a physical and…

The Horrible Trip to Olive Garden “Happy Birthday, Mommy!” screamed my son into my ear, while jumping on my bed and waking me up. “Can you give me at least this day to sleep in?” I asked, while being a little annoyed as I opened my eyes looking around the room, with my gaze ended up looking straight into Tommy’s green eyes. “But it’s already 10 a.m., how long do you want to sleep? I cannot wait to eat our birthday breakfast that you promised yesterday” he asked as he turned around and left…

I. Olive Ann Burnswas born in Banks County, Georgia in 1924. She attended Mercer University, subsequently transferring to University of North Carolina. Ms. Burns graduated, and with the knowledge ascertained while in attendance, she was very easily able to launch her career in journalism. Tragically, in 1975 Olive Ann was diagnosed with cancer, news that upon hearing she decided to go through with her plans of writing her own novel. II. During the time that Olive Ann was writing Cold Sassy,…

Discussion This section will address three points related to the data presented in the aforementioned figures: (1) critically evaluate the data, (2) interpret the data, and (3) show how they correlate with the current state of knowledge. A systematic analysis of Figures 2 and 3 reveals that much urban sprawl has occurred in the D’Olive Creek Watershed from 1989 to 2016. As stated previously, impervious surfaces reroute runoff, which can impact sedimentation, erosion, and pollution processes in…

Make some hot chocolate, turn on the Christmas lights and curl up with your young child to enjoy some wonderful winter and Christmas books this holiday season. Reading Olive the Other Reindeer, by Vivian Walsh and J. Otto Seibold, could become a Christmas tradition for parents with young children. Olive is a dog who suddenly thinks she might really be a reindeer after misunderstanding the lyrics of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer." She travels to the North Pole to help Santa and even "flies"…

Together, they allow the eyes to form a complete image in the brain. Art is not only limited to paintings on canvas, they can also be three dimensional. While Jean Marende’s carving- “Initial F”- and Paul Gauguin’s painting- “Christ in the Garden of Olives”- both have mastered the skills of texture and compositions, Jean Marende’s moral value adheres more closely to the Neoclassical period by recapturing Greco-Roman grace. In Gauguin’s painting, by contrast, no connections have been made with…