Strange Fruit

and Cookies – If they are fairly soft, they are a safe bet for your braces. • Chocolate – chocolate in all shapes and sizes is fine. Make sure to enjoy chocolate in all of its forms this holiday season from ice cream to pudding to chocolate covered fruit. • Holiday Dinner – yes-holiday dinner can still be eaten, even with braces. Enjoy this year’s turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy and all of the other…

Abstract: In this project I used different food wrappings to determine which wrapping will keep refrigerated apple slices the freshest. I cut 15 apple slices, and I had four different food wrappings. I wrapped three apple slices in each wrapping. I made sure each apple slice was separate from the other. I left three apple slices unwrapped to see how they reacted to not being covered. I predicted that the aluminum foil would protect and keep the apple slices the freshest. Introduction…

Sunlight. The sole item that is vital for life all around the world. Here at Berry Patch Farms sunlight is the one thing that is constantly being fought over. Every strawberry here is trying to take in more than the next, hoping that they will be chosen first at the next strawberry picking and going on to greater and grander things. I've seen strawberries thrive under the sun creating large and curvy strawberries, those are the ones usually picked first. I’ve also seen strawberries that have…

Introduction Calliandra haematocephala is a plant can be usually found in wet and dry tropical regions of the world (Koenen et al. 2013). The plant usually grows 12 to 15 feet in height (Gilman and Watson 1993). In addition, the species has tiny flowers that are clustered into showy heads which contain white, red, or sometimes pink stamens (Renvoize 1981). Plants found in tropical regions of the world, like C. haematocephala, are usually pollinated with the help of animals such as birds, moths,…

Weed Warfare – Conquering the Weeds in Your Lawn It takes time and effort to force the weeds out of your lawn, but it is possible. Pulling, digging, chopping and cutting weeds will succeed slowly, but it is far easier to zap on a layer of herbicides. Both methods are successful, but each has its own advantages and drawbacks. Ultimately, it comes down to your goals for your lawn and your family. Weeds are the Symptoms of the Problems Weeds are a sure sign of problems in your lawn. They grow in…

Bath Salts and Spice (K2) The drug Bath Salts are also known to the world as Synthetic Cathinones. First recognized in France, originally made for medical use but quickly banned for their vicious side effects. Bath Salts are made by humans from a plant known as Khat. Khat comes from East Africa and Southern Arabia(NIDA). This is a very strong and overwhelming drug that can be deadly. It has the look of sugar or brown sugar and is packaged with the labels saying, “Not for Humans” (NIDA). Just by…

typical, at least in the Bay Area, despite the fact that it can be expensive, which is why I am glad I only have time to buy lunch out twice a week. At Whole Foods I got some fruit, made a salad at the salad bar, and some spring rolls from the sushi bar that I decided to save for later in the afternoon. I enjoyed my fruit but was a little disappointed with the salad as it was pretty bland without any dressing, so I poured some of the peanut sauce that comes with the spring rolls on it and it…

Two different types of seeds, Radish and Cactus, were grown using different concentrations of Gibberellic acid, to see how it would affect their germination time. The amount of germinated seeds were counted each day, and then compared with the combined data from the rest of the class. Gibberellic acid is a metabolic byproduct of the “Gibberella Fujikuroi” fungus. It caused the stems of rice to grow more rapidly than usual, so rapidly that the plant would collapse (Riley 1987) (Gupta, Chakrabarty…

much meaning to you; they are just a fruit that tastes good. In “Ode to an Orange” Larry Woiwode describes how an orange brings him to a warm and sunny world when he is stuck in the frozen winters of North Dakota. In life things may seem simple but there is usually more to them. In “Ode to an Orange” it is shown that an orange is more than a fruit; it can make you lie, it is a celebration to open it and it is pure bliss consuming it. An orange is not just a fruit; it has the ability to make…

rapidly helping create new orchards Westward across America. Pollan goes into depth about his character, highlighting his unconventional attitude and actions. He goes on to state that the real reason for this rapid expanse was not due to need for fresh fruit, but rather for the huge demand for the hard alcoholic cider the apples could produce once fermented. Once the idea that alcohol could be made with such ease on the frontier, and sweet apple flavored alcohol at that, it really resonated with…