The Day After

A contractor was hired by the city to trim some pine trees outside city council to touch up the area. However there were bald eagle nests up in the tree and when he trimmed it those nests they fell to the ground and the chicks died upon hitting the ground. In the nests there were a number of feathers and those were suppose to be taken by the government to be given to native americans for their headpieces. The problem was that some bystanders knew that bald eagle feathers are worth a pretty penny…

could have a Nothing Day, he suggested. I don’t think you are, he said. They told me that those days are canceled… He thought again. You know what? I’m going to come up with our own day. My daughter and I used to have these days when we had nothing to do, and they are not called Nothing Days. Let’s call them… Let’s call them lazy days. Yes. We’re not having a Nothing Day. We’re having a Lazy Day. What are Lazy Days? Well… That’ s a good question. You get to be lazy all day. You can’t go to…

children Day-care plays a key role in the upbringing of a child. Disabled children should have their own specialized day-cares in order to get the full care needed. Many parents of disabled children face several challenges with finding a safe and welcoming day-care for their child. Quite a few day-cares and child services have difficulties dealing with a child with a disability due to the extra care and attention needed for the child. A child should never be neglected at a children’s day-care…

After 39 years since the U.S officially pulled out of Vietnam, most of the Vietnamese still talked about the United States as the dreamland of freedom and opportunities. ¬Not to mention how much I had been wishing to be in this dreamland. Surely, when I had been waiting long enough, a new chapter of my life was coming. It was 2014 when I was unbelievably at the U.S Embassy of Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam to participate the applicant interview to settle my new life in the United States. On the night…

Green Day is an American punk rock band made in 1986 by Billie Joe Armstrong and bassist Mike Dirnt. The band has been a trio with the drummer Tré Cool, who replaced former drummer John Kiffmeyer in 1990 prior to the recording of the band's second studio album, Kerplunk, in 1992. In 2012, guitarist Jason White became a full-time member after performing with the band and touring member since 1999. Green Day was originally part of the punk scene at the DIY 924 Gilman Street club in Berkeley,…

Halloween is celebrated in many ways and for many reasons all around the world. Halloween is also addressed in many different ways, such as All Saints Day, All Hallows Eve, and even the Day of the Dead. One of Halloween’s origins dates back to the Celtic Festival of Samhain. Two-thousand years ago the Celts celebrated their new year on November 1st, which was the end of summer, but the beginning of winter. The Celts believed that on New Year’s Eve, the separation between the worlds of the living…

The topic for this synthesis will be about on-site daycare. On-site daycare is when the employer provides the employee with daycare, either attached, or in the same vicinity of the employee. On-site day care is becoming more common as employers are attracting high quality employees by providing this simple luxury. Employers should consider offering on-site daycare, as it improves morale by saving the employee’s time, and lets the employee feel more safe knowing that their child is nearby in the…

Halloween focuses on accepting death for a day and shifting the norm upside down. However El Dias de los Muertos is a holiday that uses various forms of festivities to celebrate death accept it and one could argue actually cherish it. The notion that death is cherish in Los Dias de los Muertos, which is Spanish for the day of the dead, can be seen through the practices of festivities that are done. One portion of the festivities that are done within the day of the dead is the fact that many…

Iconic Ms. Dorothy Day: Preface” There are fewer people that could recognize a problem or issue that plagues our society; contained by reason, internalize the situation without benefiting personally, answering and muster up the fortitude to attempt a solution. This notion was embodied by Ms. Dorothy Day. All around us are passionate, loving and concerned human beings, but almost never to a fault. Some people’s sacrifices are pretentious and selfish due to the fact that the person(s) sacrifice…

so did he, but then we readjusted our sights and got back to kill walloping chipmunks. Jonas - That was the tenth one in an hour. After about an Hour and a half we had 14 chipmunks and 1 squirrel. The squirrel took five shots to kill. That is one gargantuan chipmunk. I hollered as loud as I could because I felt pumped, and then I thought about how good we did that day. Drake - Wow, That is a lot of chipmunks. Jonas - you’re right, we killed a plethora of chipmunks. We got so pumped we had my…