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the main colors in the holiday celebrations, and that they eat sweets and candy during this holiday. The Day of the Dead and Halloween are similar in the fact that in both holidays people dress up in costumes. In Day or the Dead they dress up in skeletons and sugar skulls to support and recognize their ancestors that passed away. And in Halloween people dress up in whatever they want to be and go around and knock on people’s door and say “Trick or Treat,” and people give them candy. This…

Well-discussed Marissa. You are correct that the ocean acidification implies to the fundamental changes in the chemical balance or chemistry of the Earth’s oceans due to the increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere caused by burning of fossil fuels (e.g. coal, fuel oil, and natural gas). Ocean acidification is distinct from global climate change; however, the global threats to ecosystems resulting from ocean acidification are theoretically similar as global warming and also, both are…

Halloween and Day of the Dead are thought to be similar because they’re around the same time of year, but when you look closer, the two holidays are very different. The Day of the Dead celebrates dead relatives while Halloween celebrates the end of summer. The first difference is that the Day of the Dead celebrates dead relatives; anyone who celebrates Day of the Dead sets up a shrine for their dead relative (or relatives) so that their spirit can find it’s way back to their family.…

Steroids, the popular name for synthetic substances related to the male hormones, promote muscle growth and the development of male characteristics. Steroid is a terpenoid lipid characterized by a carbon skeleton with four fused rings, generally arranged in a 6-6-6-5 fashion. Anabolic steroids also have androgenic and virilizing properties, including the development and maintenance of masculine characteristics such as the growth of the vocal cords and body hair.Anabolic steroids were developed…

Do you think The Nightmare Before Christmas is a Halloween or Christmas movie? I think this movie is a Halloween movie. This essay with persuade the reader that The Nightmare Before Christmas is a Halloween movie because most characters are Halloween based, the main setting is in Halloweentown, and Christmas gets ruined. First, I will discuss how majority of the characters are Halloween. The main characters are Halloween based, along with the protagonist, and the antagonist. They are all like…

The Saber-toothed Tiger, or the “Smilodon”, was a prehistoric predator, that lived in the southern part of the Americas. (California, Texas, Florida, etc) The Saber-toothed Tiger is named after their long, canine like teeth, that extend from their upper jaw. Existing during the Pleistocene Epoch (about 56 million - 12,000 years ago), Saber-toothed tigers were elongated, stocky animals, that were ferocious, meat eating hunters. The Smilodon populator, or the Saber-tooth Tiger hunted in packs,…

CALCIUM Calcium is a mineral found in many foods. The body needs calcium to maintain strong bones and to carry out many important functions. Not having enough calcium can cause many health problems. Calcium insufficiency also causes weak bones and tooth decay. This is because almost all calcium is stored in bones and teeth. This program will help you better understand the importance of calcium in the body and how you can make sure you are getting the right amount. Calcium is the chemical…

Week One I will be completing my observation at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, we are an inner city school that falls under title1 accommodations; meaning more that 90% of our students go for title 1 services. We also provide free lunch program for the entire school body. The majority of the students come from low income homes. The population of the school is of Hispanic descent, a big portion of the students being first generation Dominican. O.L.Q.M is an extremely warm environment for the…

Rwanda; a place that is often not spoken about or heard of. Rwanda is a place located in Eastern Africa. It is a place full of hatred, torture, and cruel punishments. The things that happen in Rwanda are rarely ever talked about to the world and most of the time no action is taken to help the struggling people in this horrible country. The things that happen in Rwanda should be talked about more so more people are informed about what is happening and more action can be taken to help the people…

Jet Jet, written by Tony Hoagland, uses imagery, diction, and allusion to convey his joyance in being young. By using these literary devices he is able to describe his craving for being young again. In Hoagland's first stanza it says “Sometimes i wish i were still out on the back porch, drinking jet fuel…” which automatically shows that he misses his youth. That also sets up a care free tone with a hint of regret. Hoagland also has a lot of parts in the poem where he was enjoying living in…