Castor

the conventional sense of a king’s wife, but in the unprecedented form of a female king” (Castor, 2010). However, Matilda lost the crown of England to King Henry I’s nephew Stephen because he was crowned King (Castor, 2010). During this time, it was not considered the norm for females to be able to lead an army into conflict, and thus the society did not know how females would be able to rule a nation (Castor, 2010). Once again, this was just…

Wound is a case of injury that is often experienced by humans due to trauma with the occurrence of tissue damage. One type of injury is an injury caused by a sharp object such as a knife or a scalpel. Injuries can occur in diabetics. The Chinese castor plant (Jatropha multifida L.) has long been used to treat wounds. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of gel preparation and transdermal patch of ethyl acetate extract of J. multifida L. sticks to the length of wound closure, the…

Hip-hop is by far the utmost popular music genre of today’s generation. Artists such as Post Malone, Drake, and 21 Savage dominate the Billboard Hot 100. Hip-hop, as a music genre, is at its peak. One of the special aspects of Hip-hop is how true the music genre has stayed with its roots. Using a series of techniques and tools, Hip-hop has always been rooted in black culture, this is true even as Hip-hop evolved over time. One additional, powerful tool that retained that black identity…

Have you ever wondered why the night sky in the winter may look different to you than the night sky in the summer or fall? This is because we see the constellations at different times of the year for the different seasons- spring, summer, fall, and winter. Since the Earth orbits the Sun we do not get one constant area of constellations. The constellations we see in the summer are not the same ones we see in the winter. We never see the same constellation all year long. Unless the constellation…

Prevent Wrongful Convictions in the United States Imagine spending 30 years in jail for doing nothing. It seems impossible, surely the justice system of the United States is better than that. For Lawrence McKinney, it is very possible. McKinney spend 31 years in jail, only receiving a 75 dollar check when he was released, after being proved innocent (Powell). Many more cases just like McKinney’s happen all the time. Court systems have many layers, each one of them trying to filter out the…

realization of murder becomes more apparent in her mind, but she could not overcome the idea of her beloved father being murdered in cold blood even if it was by her own mother. Soon after the siblings actions they are confronted by Polydeuces and Castor who give them both punishments for committing murder. Elektra was forced to marry a man named Pylades, which in turn made a queen, while Orestes was forced into twenty years of wandering and be hounded by Furies. The reason for the contrasting…

It was in 1922 that the modern-day constellations were recognized by the International Astronomical Union(IAU), and in 1930, Belgian astronomer Eugene Delporte defined the borders of the 88 official constellations, a leap from a simple informal representation and interpretation of the heavens based on the shapes made by their star patterns. Constellations are much more than exquisite astronomical images in the sky. They have different meaning in different cultures, tell amazing stories, and…

Television as almost everything in life has had an evolution. The way we think of television is very different than the way our ancestors did. Television has been around since the late 1920’s. However, back in the day it was a very expensive luxury that only the elite could afford. With the passage of years television became more accessible and as a consequence more popular. In the 1950’s television was considered to be the primary medium in which many families gathered their information.…

of horse, sheep, and cattle fat, mixed with ammonium. With that compound, it coats fabric and makes the fabric softer. Another example is perfume. Scents like vanilla have castoreum as an ingredient. If don't know, castoreum comes from a beaver’s castor sac, which is a gland located between the beaver’s pelvis and at the base of the tail. While on the topic of scents, candles contain a hidden ingredient also. Candles contain spermaceti, which is sperm oil. Sperm oil comes from the fat of sperm…

paul’s mom made up is, that Paul stared at a solar eclipse for an hour. However, Paul finds that story fishy and throughout the book, he tries to find the answer to the mystery of his eyesight (Bloor 34). But to no avail, until Erik said: “Shut up, Castor!” (Bloor 262). Paul then realized the terrible truth and was infuriated that his parents would lie to him. Lastly, Paul’s mother made Paul hate himself. The worst thing any parent can do is make their child have a feeling of self- hatred.…