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on out my family, they are leaving,” he helped Mother out. We ran out of the house and looked around. The raiders had destroyed the village. We went to the beach and looked over the blue waters. Their ships were nearly gone. We started to haul buckets to put out the fire in our neighbor's house. All of them were gone. “Hello, hello?” I called. I could hear someone crying. I lifted a blanket. There was a little boy. “What happened here?” I asked him. “They took my parents,” he sniffled.…

My favorite constellation is Scorpius ("The Scorpion") due to the fact that I am a Scorpio (my birthday is November 15th). Scorpius is the southernmost constellation out of all the Zodiac constellations and is near the center of the Milky Way. Also, the red star, Antares, is located where the Scorpion's heart is supposed to be. The star is red because it should be going out soon. The Scorpion's heart may either turn into a black hole (which many describe our hearts to be like) or a new star.…

With results day looming around the corner the excitement of finishing your A Level or BTEC studies and the chance to go to university is at an all-time high. However, getting ready for university is important, and there are many things that this preparation can help your first few months at higher education past more smoothly. Textbooks and reading lists Once you have been accepted onto your course and enrolled, you’ll receive, usually via email, information about your course and a reading…

The Quest to Find the Sand Dollar Screech, slam, ploof! The young twelve year old girl pulls her chair up to the ridge and drops her stuff in the soft, warm sand while the sun was shining bright and gleaming down on her. She was very excited because today her mother had taken her down to the turquoise ocean water from their rental beach house. Summer break had just started that week and the young girl was eager to relax and enjoy the beach. She loved shells and collecting them as far…

March 25, 1911 was another Saturday for the men and women of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. The women work their long hours in the horrible conditions that were provided for them. The men hovered over them and analyzed the women's every move. At the end of the shift the women were to stand in a single file line to have their purses checked, to ensure that they were not stealing from the factory. Little did the people know that on this Saturday something would happen that would not only change…

explore. Life is constantly happening all around, why not go out and be a part of it? My favorite poet, Walt Whitman, wrote a beautiful poem about how dire travel is for the soul. (http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/178711 ) I’m sure you have a bucket list full of places to go and things to see when you do. I know I do. I have a whole Pinterest board dedicated to the magical places I’ll someday go, not just in the United States, but the entire world. The places I have at the top of my list…

Likewise Ola, Uber’s app also has lot of features which provides ease to the customers in booking the cab. The app shows the closest Uber driver and the car with an ETA by when the driver would reach you. If you enter your destination, the app also gives an estimate of the fare. Having said that, it is just an estimate and the actual fare could vary depending on the traffic conditions, among other things. Some important features of the app are: a. Different Cabs for different purposes: Like Ola…

the HMS Beagle. His investigations of examples around the world drove him to plan his hypothesis of advancement and his perspectives on the procedure of characteristic determination. In 1859, he distributed On the Origin of Species. He kicked the bucket on April 19, 1882, in London.Darwin was much more slanted to study regular history. Darwin exhibited that the contrast in the middle of people and different creatures is one of degree not kind. In geography, zoology, scientific categorization,…

Can one imagine food lasting for weeks? Can one imagine not having to share the same bucket for bodily excretions? How about staying cool at the touch of a switch? Before the Rural Electrification Act was enforced, people endured austere conditions, such as poor heating in houses and unsanitary environments. Because of electricity, things such as refrigeration, air conditioning, and indoor plumbing are now able to function. Due to electricity, people no longer have to make tiresome trips to…

of garbage were strewn about, buckets were misplaced, and the building was never cleaned. Owners of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company, Isaac Harris and Max Blanck, subcontracted their company and on the day of the fire chained the doors to prevent employee theft. Harris and Blanck’s inexcusable behavior and negligence of the…