Blizzard

“A mammoth is a type of elephant which is now extinct but widespread throughout the middle and high latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere during the Pleistocene and early Holocene .It was distinguished by its long hair, thick woolly under fur and long tusks which curved upward and outwards .The woolly mammoths became extinct in 10000BC.” - According to the oxford dictionary The riddle of the frozen mammoths has puzzled scientists for many years. They have been wandering if these animals existed…

More specifically, the Santa Fe traders, including Gregg himself, used horse, mules and oxen to draw wagons, with a change from horses to oxen coming in 1829 when Major Bennet Riley introduced the armed guard alongside the traders in order to protect the supply wagons. The military escorts slowed the progress of the wagon train as they had to wait for the escorts at the Council Grove (Figure 2). Although it seemed to help to psychologically to give a sense of security, it was the offices in…

One agency that interacts with the community is the local police station and crew. These men and women are tasked with the mission of protecting and serving the community. The do this by policing crime, solving cases, directing traffic, enforcing laws, and at time educating individuals in the community to protect themselves. By actively trying to complete their mission every day police officers provide a level of protection and security that keeps the community as a whole running smoothly most…

The day was my fourteenth birthday when nothing was supposed to go wrong. The idea of going on a nature walk was on my mind because we usually don’t do a family event on birthdays; it ends up being a casual day with the event of people buying items you requested which is not fun for everyone else but you. I said no! That day, June 21, 2015, was going to be different and what we would do would be enjoyable for the entire family. This single event has scarred me and my family for our entire lives;…

Courage can be defined in a variety of ways; it all depends on what an individual perceives as courageous, and the different aspects of courage they find most important. In the short story “On the Rainy River” Tim O’Brien focuses on the action side of courage. Action meaning the big and small tasks in a person’s life that determine their courageousness. The actions an individual takes when caught in a difficult situation is what defines them as brave. For example, when presenting the Medal of…

More soil was lost due to wind erosion in the 1930’s than was carried to sea by the Mississippi river (Cook). Starting with what happened in the 1930’s, and going into the effects and restoration of this disaster, we can tell it had a major effect on many people’s lives. A. previous techniques (erosion) Prairie grasses used to cover the land of the great plains, but when farmers arrived in the 1890’s, they plowed under the grass (“ Dust Bowl, 1934-1938"). Grass keeps soil from drying out…

Many Mandan and Hidatsa people had their interactions with mortality at birth. Infant and maternal mortality were high as disease and post-natal care fluctuated with the seasonal movement during hunts and village relocations. Gilbert Wilson, an anthropologist who interviewed indigenous individuals at the Fort Berthold Reservation recorded, “women often died in childbirth when overtaken in labor while on a deer hut or where assistance was not readily available.” Even when women were home in…

During the Civil War, competition within opponents greatly increased the demand for better, sturdier weapons, and newer, more innovative ideas that helped them secure an advantage over each other. New ideas cultivated the birth of industrial America such as railroads, light bulbs, and telegrams emerged to help improve citizen’s lives. As a result, after the Civil War, American economy had feverishly boomed. As more immigrants flood into the U.S, the U.S becomes more populated with a greater…

The Sweetheart Concert performed by The Virginia Ballet Theatre under the direction of Ricardo Mendelez was on the 26th and 27th of February 2016 at The Roper Theatre. The intent of this performance and the name of it clearly influenced one another because of the attempts at courting in the Pas de Fiancée and the “lovey-doveyness” of Vivaldera. There were stunning scores written by Tchaikovsky and Vivaldi along with breathtaking costumes from the Royal Ballet designed by Jean Percival and by the…

helped him through his pain and they happily listened to him reminisce about his own patients, you see, he was a respected and beloved 80-year-old neurologist. I spent that summer playing my viola for him and graciously sharing his daily Banana Pie Blizzard. I watched my mom and dad shared their gifts of compassion and companionship with him until his last day and I tried to do the same. It was only at his funeral, did I witness just how many lives he had profoundly touched with his own…