Grass

Rudy hated to go home with his left ear bleeding and his right eye almost closed. Once again, he had another dreadful day at school. It all started when he walked in to school twenty minutes late, wearing his extra short pants and the ugliest sweater he owns. “Today is going to be a good day, but I hope I don’t get a detention for being late,” he thought as he shuffled inside quickly. Just as Rudy got to his locker, the rude eighth graders shoved him inside. Rudy shrugged it off like usual, but…

“Where the Sidewalk Ends” by Shel Silverstein is a short poem that has several uses of metaphor and symbolic imagery throughout the poem. This poem takes the reader on a journey far away from the real world to one that is full of imagination and wonder. Silverstein has created a bridge between the constant struggle of the real world and a dream world filled with magical wonders and unlimited possibilities. While some themes and metaphors throughout the poem may be difficult to detect there is…

patio eventually will smother your family-room windows if you don’t space them properly and give them room to grow. Your Lawn Isn’t Your Pet’s Toilet Can we be frank? Repeated “watering” from pets will stain, yellow and potentially kill plants and grass. Not to mention the messes you don’t want to step in barefoot. As much as we love our furry best friends, they need toilet training too. At the least, a designated area to do their business. Consider cordoning off — or fencing in — a spot out…

Twenty two million four hundred twenty two thousand six hundred fourteen people claim residency in Southern California. All of these millions of people have to survive off of two vital elements, food and water. Humans are able to survive two weeks without eating, but can only go for two days without water, before they die of dehydration. Southern California primarily receives its water from lakes and rivers from the North and from ground water that is pumped out. Currently, Southern…

In July, 2001, a two year old boy named Kevin Kowalcyk died in Colorado after eating a hamburger contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 from the popular fast food chain, Jack In The Box. Kevin died 12 days after being stuck with the illness, but it took the FDA 16 days after Kevin was diagnosed with E.coli to recall the meat. Just think of how many people ate that contaminated meat within those 16 days. Kevin’s mother, Barbara Kowalcyk has been working for over six years to pass a law that would give…

Both skirt and hanger steaks are often categorized as flat steaks. This category includes other budget cuts like flank and flatiron steaks. Up until fairly recently, both hanger and skirt steaks were among cuts that butchers reserved for themselves rather than sell to the general public. How does hanger steak differ from skirt steak? Are there any differences in preparation methods for the two cuts? We will answer these and other questions below. What is the difference between hanger and…

As the authors point out in the book, The Omnivoreś Dilemma, is the process our food takes before it comes to our table. Also the impact the food has on our environment and on our health. Before people eat, they should really think about the positive and negative impacts it has on the world first. Many people could use other chains, but hunter gathers is unrealistic based on where we live in. I feel local sustainability is a good choice and is less harmful, more natural, less transportation.…

Sometimes music can be very moving. The story A Tree Tell Of Orpheus written by Denise Lovertov is a story about a musician getting trees to follow and dance around to his music. In the story the author uses figurative language to show the tone and setting of the story. The story takes place outdoors in a forest. The story was told from a narrative point of view. The author used personification as figurative language, In the story the author uses figurative language. The type of figurative…

are more than just hot lava. Volcanoes can eventually over time make the soil a lot richer which helps the environment greatly. By the soil becoming healthier it is easier for farmers to grow crops or to have cow fields because so much lush green grass will be able to grow. According…

As we learned in the text this week, no scientific hypothesis, theory or law is valid unless its predictions are in agreement with with experimental results (Shipman, 2016, p. 4). I think Sir Isaac Newton's application of the scientific method made him more successful in his research. Though there were others involved in the "scientific revolution" of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Newton stands out in his work reevaluating concepts of motion, and devising laws of motion that we still…