Cedar

The Everett Massacre has been called the bloodiest labor confrontation in the Northwest’s history. The was an armed confrontation between wobblies and local authorities in Everett, Washington. The date that all of this took place on was November 5, 1916. I believe that the main reason that this happened was because local authorities would not let wobblies land for a speech. There were many things that led up to or caused the Everett Massacre. 300 wobblies boarded two boats called the called…

You jump out of your vehicle, gazing in wonder. Also, being a very descriptive writer, you grab your writing pad and begin writing down what you see. A grand old barn stands in silent repose on a low sloped hill among the ash, hickory, and cedars enclosing the silent glade. It rests as a testament to a farmer long…

judging whether prison regulations infringe on prisoners rights” (Alarid & Reichel, 2018, p. 185). Before discussing the specifics of the impact court case it is important to know what inspired the lawsuit. Missouri's Renz Correctional Institution in Cedar City was a complex prison that housed both male and female inmates. Safley became involved with a female inmate, Watson (Hudson). Safley was transferred due to their relationship and when he sent her letters they were rejected. There was a…

Bodies were scattered throughout the island, they were seen lying on the surface of the harbor or discovered in the salt cedar trees by the shore. (What a horrific sight that may have been.) The loss of life of the 1900 hurricane has never been accurately accounted for, but the numbers range somewhere around 6,000 and 12,000. With regards to the death toll, this has been established…

During the larger part of my childhood, my parents were what was known as “birders” -- amateur yet dedicated ornithologists who, rather than looking at birds, looked for them. They had met in college, both pursuing a degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Management at Frostburg State University. Neither of them ended up in careers related to their major -- my father became a molecular biologist and my mother a school psychologist -- but they did retain their love for the natural world and, more…

thousand laborers and eighty thousand stonecutters, and they “quarried out great, costly stones” to build the foundation of the temple. He traded King Hiram of Tyre twenty thousand cors of wheat and twenty cors of fine oil for cedar and cypress, and then used boards of cedar to line the walls of the temple and overlaid the whole house with gold “in order that the whole house might be perfect” (1 Kings 6:22). He also placed cherubim of olivewood covered by gold in the temple and added exquisite…

“John uses the symbolism of “tree,” probably as a metaphor for the leaders of the people; Matt 3:10. Luke 3:9; cf. Matt 7:16-20, 12:33-35. Trees, oaks, and cedars, were used as metaphors for leaders of the people. In Isa 61:3 “oaks of righteousness” (AB) is interpreted as “princes of righteousness” in the Targum. Isa 2:13, “And upon all the cedars of Lebanaon” (KJ), appears as “upon all the strong and mighty kings of the nations, and upon all the princes…”; cf. 1QH 8, Psalms of Solomon 14:3-4.”…

Most people think of blue walls in a desert with palm trees when they hear the word Babylon. Many stories of the enigmatic city of Babylon have been created and told through the years. In biblical books it talks about different architectures like the Tower of Babel or the Hanging Garden of Babylon that where created in that place. Also there is a myth that says that a curse was thrown upon the city, and the result was its destruction. Myths, legends and tales attract the attention of many…

Over the course of history, a number of items have impacted society. The economical development and growth of society has been influenced by several things. Agriculture and trade has had a tremendous impact on the economic development and growth of society. One such area that has been impacted is that of Mesopotamia, which is Greek for land between rivers. This is now modern day Iraq. The civilizations that make up the Mesopotamia are the Upbraid, Sumerian, Babylonian, and Assyrian and…

Did you know that cervical cells go through 250 stages as they develop from healthy to cancerous cells, or that there are more than 200,000 cases of Parkinson’s disease per year? Elizabeth Stern discovered how many stages cells go through and James Parkinson is the man who discovered ‘shaking palsy’, which is now known as Parkinson’s disease. Elizabeth Stern and James Parkinson are similar in ways, but also very different form one another. Stern made a very huge impact of cancer research and…