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Flowering Regrets The sun beats down on her. Sweat trickling down her face, soaking her black garments. The flowers in her hands were starting to dry up. Their leaves were becoming fragile, brittle to the touch. As she walks forward petals fall. Behind her, there was a procession of people following her. They are all wearing black, some holding candles, others were hold gifts like food or flowers. Dull stones bulged from the vibrant grass, flower petals caressing the cold stone as they flew by…

As a family grows in size from one child to two or four children. The child or children will begin to see the how the attention of the parents have to shift from one child to making room and adjustments for another child. If that is because a new baby is arriving soon or having to get a sport gifted child to an event. This will cause the sibling to become jealous of their brother or sister that is receiving majority of the attention at that moment. From these, feeling sibling rivalry is…

A ball, and a feather dropped at the same height will hit the ground at the same time when placed in a vacuum space. This is because acceleration of motion is the same for both object, and in this experiment, we are going to calculate accelerated motion using inclined planes. In this experiment, we will see whether “distance traveled is directly proportional to the square of the time”, and “if speed of a falling object depend only on the height from which it falls”. This experiment will give us…

The Smell of Warm Cookies The smell of grandma’s fresh cookies warms my heart as I walk to her front door. I love coming here to escape from my other problems. I’m so happy to be away from my mom’s house. I can’t deal with her while she’s intoxicated. “Well Shelby, since you have a problem with me drinking, you can just get your ass right out my house!” She yelled at me while my siblings just stood around and watched. “I don’t want to be here. You act like you don’t love me anyways, so why…

Birth order refers to the order a child is born within a family, which is always ranked by a person’s age from oldest to youngest. Although, birth order is out of our control many people believe that ordinal positions within family can affect everything including careers choice and determines your success. Many people have a conception that first-borns are high achievers and more motivated than later borns because first-borns are thought to be academically oriented in many instances. Boden,…

Recruitment of Organisms in the Galveston Ship Channel Abstract A study was done in the Galveston Ship Channel to see the recruitment of sessile or fouling organisms to a substrate. A total of six organisms were found. They were Barnacles, Serpulid Worms, Bryozoan, Limpets, Tunicates, and Amphipods. Recruitment structures were created by the students and were put into the Galveston Ship Channel and left for five weeks to allow adequate time for organisms to adhere to it. A full mesh cage was…

Alberto Beltran English 101A Amble Hollenhorst 15 November 2016 The Sibling Effect There are a lot of activities that we can do alone, but with a brother or a sister around the same age there are more activities to do. Having a brother or a sister with the same age is beautiful and have consequences and advantages, one advantage is that you can share your toys, your cloth, or whatever you want. Also, having a brother or sister you can play with him or her all the day and it more fun for you.…

The grandiose course of human history has bared witness to many great wonders of the world. Whether it be the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, or the ancient pyramids of Egypt and Mesoamerica, human ingenuity has truly shown its ability to stand the test of time through its many architectural accomplishments. This essay will discuss the architectural accomplishments of two particular monuments of human history – the Greek Parthenon, and the Roman Pantheon. The Parthenon and the Pantheon equally…

Dayana Acevedo is a small town girl from Lahaina, Maui and a graduate of Lahainaluna High School. Born in the state of California, and moved to Hawaii at the age of three. Her life was not just sunshine and rainbows. She is a daughter of two immigrants from Mexico. To get to college it took hard work, determination and independence. She was extremely fierce and committed to prove people wrong. She did not self pity herself, instead she found ways to get out of tough situations. Her…

Columns (or posts) are large, cylindrical pillars of stone mainly created to support beams or arches. Ancient Egyptian architecture made use of stone columns whose surface was carved to reflect the organic form of bundled reeds; in later Egyptian architecture faceted cylinders were also common. Columns in the ancient Mesopotamian region were in turn inspired by their palm trees, as it was a very fertile land. The columns were created for structural support. Columns are frequently used to support…