Cedar

“ Ultima comes to stay with us the summer I am almost seven”. “When she comes the beauty of the llano unfolds before my eyes, and the gurgling waters of the river sang the hum of the turning earth”. Ultima brings her owl along with her, they are a package deal. Ultima slips easily into the Marez family’s daily life. Ultima and her owl gradually change the community’s lives one incident at a time. In Chapter 10, Antonio’s uncle, Lucas gets sick. Lucus is bewitched, a bruja has put a curse on…

Sarah "Annie" Turner was born August 26, 1827 in Sandy Springs, Ohio. Annie married William Wittenmyer in 1847. The two had a happy marriage. Annie had four children and three of the four died before she. Annie succeeded in many accomplishments throughout her life. Many of them took place in the state of Iowa. Iowa had only recently become a state, and some things that were taken for granted in the east, such as public schools, weren't always available to all children, especially low income…

When you compare the key geographical features of Ancient China and Ancient Egypt, many similarities as well as differences can be observed. Similarities of early Egypt and China civilizations include that they were both founded around rivers. Both locations provided fertile soil that birthed a basis for agriculture. Differences include the temperament of those rivers and the surrounding geography that affected the development of these civilizations. Early civilizations commonly developed…

director, and my Scouting troop by navigating the bureaucratic obstacles, raising necessary funds, and coordinating with local student artists. After planning all aspects of the project, I utilized my fellow scouts in early May 2017 to sand and prime the cedar lumber in order to prepare it for construction of the bench. After using drills and screws to attach the lumber to the bench supports, the benches were lightly varnished and transported to West Orange High School. AP Art students worked…

Rush Juncus effusus Native Range and Habitat An extremely common plant, Rush is located in much of the United States, with the exception of a few dry, arid Great Plains states. It inhabits fresh and brackish marshes, swamps, ditches, moist wetlands and meadows. It is tolerant of diverse site conditions, but thrives in direct sun, finely textured soils, and shallow fresh water. Wildlife Uses Stands of Rush form deep, fibrous root systems. These provide shoreline protection, filter pollutants,…

“The Epic Gilgamesh” is piece of writing written of Babylonian literature. It focuses on a male figure that seeks immortality. The connection Gilgamesh and Enkidu have, two companions, is particularly important. The relationship between Gilgamesh and Enkidu is an exact replica of human brotherhood. From the beginning, Gilgamesh and Enkidu are seen as enemies, lovers, and friends, as the feelings they have for one another are rebust and passionate. The connection they have is particularly…

Raven always seeks to undermine monologism by adding another qualifying voice, whether it is by directly projecting her voice into a character, as when she encourages Stacey’s identification with Polly: “Wander around Polly’s insides, feel your way through decades, generations of lostness. ... Discover her spirit, bent, then broken. Re-invent Polly, reimagine her” (39), or by offering commentary on a character, as when she qualifies Momma’s resentment of the Depression-era transients that…

Born near Hillsboro, Maryland was one of the most famous abolitionists in our country’s history. I am speaking of Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, better known as Frederick Douglass. Mr. Douglass was born in February in 1817 or 1818. He was born into slavery and very soon afterward was taken from his mother and sent to another plantation. Frederick never knew his father, but historians believe that his father was the family’s first slave owner. He was moved from plantation to plantation in…

coriander, pithoi and pomegranates from Cyprus, Canaanite, glass and quartz beads, bronze knives, gold items and jewelry, a bronze cloak pin and olive oil from Greece, Baltic amber from the Baltic region, ebony and gold artifacts from Egypt, clay, ivory, cedar, copper molds, tin ingots, ostrich eggshells, faience, 1 ton of tin oxhide ingots, murex shells, terebinth resin and other resources. The Uluburun carried a massive amount of cargo. From the archaeological evidence found in the Uluburun,…

Gilgamesh, the one who is two thirds god and one third man, is king of the ancient Sumerian city-state of Uruk. The gods made him perfect. They gave him a perfect body, beauty, courage, and strong. Creating such a creature does have negative side effects. Gilgamesh became extremely cocky, he’d spend all his time wearing out the young men of the city with endless athletic contests and sexually exploiting the young women. The people became scared of him and eventually started crying out to the…