Sunflower

The defining moments of our lives are remembered by specific details. The memories of these moments can easily be triggered when least expected. Good or bad, a particular sight, a distinct scent, a familiar noise, or a sweet taste can bring back a moment as if it was being relieved. Esmeralda Santiago faced an experience that took her back to the days of her childhood in the short story “Guavas”. Santiago passed through a fruit display in the local grocery store when she was caught off guard.…

Known by his nick name Fibonacci, Leonardo of Pisa, was born in Italy during the 13th Century. The name Fibonacci came about due to someone misreading “filius Bonacci” on a manuscript which was son of Bonaccio. His passion for numbers were developed while he was a child and was probably due to his father’s career as a Pisan merchant (Hom, 2013). His travels were extensive to his father’s trade and during his life time mathematics was extremely important (Hom, 203). Fibonacci introduced the…

They say necessity is the mother of invention, and that's certainly true of 'Yes Bar' creator, Abigail Wald. Frustrated with always having to say “no” to her child with food allergies, she rolled up her sleeves, got into the kitchen, and created a yummy treat she could proudly say “yes” to. I had the pleasure of interviewing Abigail a few months ago. (http://itoldyouiwassick.info/2015/11/23/when-food-allergies-said-no-one-mom-said-yes-an-interview-with-yes-bar-creator-abigail-wald/). During…

In Taiwan, protesting on the streets and in front of the Legislative Yuan are both legitimate, and therefore, the Sunflower Movement was just a simple protest initially. As time passed by, the government still ignored the appeals of the students. The discontent of the protesters raised and then the whole movement converted into illegal group action to convey their opposition…

Melon likes to run on her spin wheel, It is green with little three-d lines on it. She is very active most of the time either running on her wheel or eating. Melon's favorite things to eat is corn and sunflower seeds every morning when I feed her mix of food I alway give her extra corn and sunflower seeds. Every Sunday I give Melon either cheese or lettuce because those are her favorite vegetable's. Melon has a teal cage with wire bars all around, she lives outside in my rabbit barn because my…

The Doritos sunflower edition ad was amazing and funny and very different from every other ad i’ve seen for a long time. The main characters include 1 funny guy, 1 emotional guy and 1 not so very hungry girl. The most interesting part of the commercial to me was when I appeared out of nowhere from inside the dumpster, that took a lot of planning ahead before doing that. The ad seems to keep saying that the Doritos sunflower edition is better than any other chip. But the actors and directors…

to make art of his own (van Gogh’s p.11). However, the years he spent working with and on his art were in the latter ten years of his life (Living with Art p.10). While working through his troubles, he went on to create The Potato Eaters, Irises, Sunflowers, mostly widely known The Starry Night, and a multitude of self-portraits (vangoghgallery). Van Gogh is widely known today for being insane and having poor mental health, and cutting his ear off due…

During the farming of sunflowers, DJ Coleman’s principal, Clark Coleman mixed pre-emergent Mad Dog, a generic glyphosate broad-spectrum herbicide, and Spartan, a herbicide, prior to planting the sunflowers and then another tank mix that hot got from the Nufarm manufacturer. The tank mix didn’t get the approval from Nufarm to be mixed in the first place. DJ Coleman then implicated that one of the chemicals caused deformities in his 2007 sunflowers with other claims of liability, negligence…

Let the People Decide Let the People Decide is a novel written by J. Todd Moye that discusses the black freedom and white resistance movements in Sunflower County, Mississippi, from 1945 to 1986. The novel tracks what it was like for African Americans in Sunflower County during the Civil Rights movement (1954-1968), and also notes the struggles that still remained for African Americans during the 1980s. Moye also notes the white resistance movements towards the Civil Rights movements, and also…

1.6. Studying the different factors affecting RL production by P. aeruginosa 15GR using SSF 1.6.1. Studying the time course of RL production using the selected substrate (sugarcane bagasse and sunflower meal) Six Erlenmeyer flasks containing sugarcane bagasse and sunflower meal (total mass 10 g) were prepared. Twenty milliliters impregnating solution (GMSM) was inoculated with 0.4 ml of seed culture (2% v/v), and this was mixed into the solid substrate. The inoculated flasks were…