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One day at school, Miliena vied against another student from a school in Pennsylvania at the national storytelling competition. Their topic was to come up with a story on the spot about scientists trying to come up with a cure for a disease that is spreading through a country. This was Miliena’s story: During the millennium of 1670 B.C. to 670 B.C., there was an irrepressible pestilence that swept through the uncongenial land of Europe, killing people almost every day. After one got caught in…

as it lasted from 1954 to 1975. For America, the Vietnam War was an utter failure because of poor decisions by the American Government, U.S. troops lack of guerrilla warfare training, the amount of loss of American soldiers, and the use of Agent Orange.…

“The dusky rows of tomatoes./As they glowed orange in sunlight/ And rotted in shadow, I too/ Grew orange and softer, swelling out/ Starched cotton slip.” In these lines, the speaker is saying that she was growing up just like the tomatoes were. She grew softer and rounder like the tomatoes too. She was becoming a young woman. I think the author uses this device to help the reader to picture what the speaker is saying. The picture of round and orange tomatoes helps the reader…

Carbonyl compounds are the compounds the contain C=O group which is called carbonyl group (double bond oxygen to a carbon). There are many types of carbonyl compounds such as aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, esters, amides etc. Aldehydes and ketones are the oxidation products of alcohols. Depending on the alcohol’s structure, the product obtained will be different. Primary alcohols have one carbon and two hydrogen atoms attached will produce aldehyde and then to carboxylic acid in two…

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"…

church in the center of the painting, to the altered brush strokes Van Gogh makes. By Doing this, he is illuminating a sorrow feeling. The church's architectural vertical lines guide viewer's eye to the roof. The orange color of the roof…

digestion, boost the immune system, and help even the most finicky eaters obtain their daily portion of vegetables. For a Tropical Smoothie recipe, blend two mangos, ice and water. Then, add ½ cup of chopped baby spinach or romaine lettuce to the mix. Add orange juice or apple juice to sweeten and top with fresh mint or…

The deep hues of the purple sky faded to a blinding orange. Only half of the setting sun could be seen above the dark and seemingly bottomless aphotic ocean. The light from the sun sent a sharp line down the calm ocean waters making the sandy beach gleam with the radiance of its color. The unmoving ocean acquired small ripples that soon turned to folding waves. The white froth washed ashore to the sandy beach, leaving only the foam outline of the waves behind as a remembrance of where the…

suggests eating color-coordinated meals daily, changing food colors daily. The colors that were used to express different foods and feelings are gray, orange, red, white, green, and yellow. The orange scene, Monday, food consists of puree carrots, broiled prawns, cantaloupe melon, orange juice, and orange utensil. She felt grumpy on Monday/orange scene. On Tuesday, the red scene introduces Fanny to steak tartare, tomatoes, pomegranates, roasted red peppers, and red utensil. Fanny was not very…

into the distance. Tall black lamp posts follow the white seats, curious to see where they may be going. At last, the boardwalk decides to merge with the opposite side of the peacefully sitting stores. At the corner to my right, sits another blood orange sign reading, “Candy Kitchen” that opens its arms to the young children that stand with their parents. The front entrance side of the store screams adventure, as the decor features a barrage of “ROY-G-BIV” from top to bottom. The boardwalk…