As California scrambles for ways to cope with its crippling drought and the mandatory water restrictions imposed last month by Gov. Jerry Brown, an array of ideas that were long dismissed as too controversial, expensive or unpleasant are getting a second look. One is to conserve more water; another is to turn nearby and abundant sources of water, like the Pacific Ocean, into drinking water through desalination.

Yet another is to recycle the water Californians have already used. And therein lies a marketing challenge that can be even greater than the technological one

–"Water Flowing from Toilet to Tap
May Be Hard to Swallow,”
John Schwartz

Which statement best summarizes the claim the author makes in the excerpt?

People actually love drinking recycled wastewater.
Wastewater is not easy to purify, but it is necessary for survival.
California is facing a drought that has greatly affected the water supply.
Convincing people to drink recycled water is a more difficult task than producing it.

How many stanzas does this poem have, shall i compare thee to a summer day?

What were the prisoners rations at each meal

Which themes are portrayed in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich? praskovya fedorovna came of a good family, was not bad looking, and had some little property. ivan ilyich might have aspired to a more brilliant match, but even this was good. he had his salary, and she, he hoped, would have an equal income. she was well connected, and was a sweet, pretty, and thoroughly correct young woman. to say that ivan ilyich married because he fell in love with praskovya fedorovna and found that she sympathized with his views of life would be as incorrect as to say that he married because his social circle approved of the match. he was swayed by both these considerations: the marriage gave him personal satisfaction, and at the same time it was considered the right thing by the most highly placed of his associates. so ivan ilyich got married. conforming to social conventions criticism of a middle class lifestyle the destructive impact of loneliness struggling to face reality the necessity of companionship