Cactus

also a younger child in the back seat, and a woman who appeared to be his mother in the passenger. Me thinking nothing of the sorts, stepped out of my car and popped my head over to give them what assumed to be directions, as it was like eating a cactus to reach over and roll down my window on the far…

Describing the Roles of Sensory Receptors, Sensory Neurons and Specialized Sensory Receptors Sensory neurons are nerve cells within the nervous system that convert external stimuli from an individual’s environment into internal electrical impulses that can be transmitted from one neuron to another. For example, taste buds located in our mouth are sensory neurons that work with olfactory receptors in order to determine the flavour of the food. They are able to do this, in simple terms, because a…

“BREAKING NEWS” seems to be the consistent thing to read nowadays. I stare at the screen with the words in all-caps and red ink and think, Does this truly get people to read? Another life gone from racism and brutality. I begin to cry, remembering a December night two years ago. I was riding the local light rail to Phoenix for a show. There were a handful of people on board. Two police officers were walking around, asking for our tickets. One didn’t obey. One told the cops to mind their own…

Peyote in Law and its role in Native American Society Background Peyote is a small spineless cactus that eventually produces a hallucinogenic compound called Masculine. Masculine is what makes this plant special and is considered as a plant medicine to natives throughout the U.S and Mexico. Peyote has been used for thousands of years. Carbon dating has found used peyote that has dated back to 3780 BC. Even though peyote is only native to Mexico and Southwestern Texas, natives apparently traded…

Uranium and its decay products can be found in the environment through a wide array of anthropogenic activities such as mining, nuclear and power generation industries and the production of phosphate fertilizers .(Sprynskyy et al. 2011) They pose a severe, long term ecological and public health threat (Khani 2011, Landa 2003) and therefore there is a considerable effort in the removal of these pollutants before their final discharge in the environment, as well as their recovery as an energy…

The Hopi’s land was dry, arid rocky and dotted with cactus, the climate was hot and with little rain, crops required irrigation. “Corn was the most common food grown and eaten on the land, with over 24 different varieties, although yellow and blue were the most popular. Squash, beans, pumpkins, and other…

the drive of development in the area in the mid 18th century which left the county growing rapidly ever since. In 1864, Pima County was created, taking over nearly 9,200 square miles. The San Xavier Reservation, Saguaro National Park, and Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument are also scattered around the county (Pima County Arizona, 2017). The Pima County Cultural Resources and Historic Prevention Division was initiated to help protect and preserve the historical and cultural aspects…

The best, most beautiful memories that I have ever experienced were when I lived in Mexico for two years. Those two years were full of joy, love, and adventure. My mom sent me to live with my grandparents while she gathered money. It wasn't easy for my mom, but it needed to be done. I learned so much during the trip, so much that I was a different person when I came back from mexico. The flight to Mexico was long and exhausting. I Remember arriving In the night it was a big airport. My aunts and…

woman.’ ‘That cannot be,’ said my father. “We have one medicine man in the house and it is enough.” So the medicine man said he would take out my crystals. He leaned over me and sucked them out of my breast, one by one...Then he made a hole in a giant cactus and put them inside. Then he looked at me and said, ‘They will grow again, for it is a gift.” (page 52). Despite her great uncle’s encouragement, Chona listened to her father and mother and did not become a medicine woman. Chona stayed…

main temple of the Mexica. The temple was built in AD 1325 when the Mexica arrived to Tenochtitlan. They determined this was the land which indicated Huitzilopochtli’s prophecy by the appearance of an eagle that was held by a snake while perched on a cactus (Moctezuma 37). Upon arriving at the prophesied land, the construction of the impressive city of Tenochtitlan…