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While many great men are remembered throughout history, very seldom do we encounter an animal worthy of remembrance. Of the few mentioned, Pegasus and Bucephalus are prominent figures of ideal steeds claimed only by those worthy enough, such as Bellerophon and Alexander the Great. What makes them and their riders distinguishing? How did they become known throughout the world? What makes their legacy endure? And what do they have in common? The myth of Bellerophon, and the legend of Alexander the…

The story behind the murder of Stefanie Rengel swept through Canadian society as astonished consumers read articles that addressed the case as a “jealousy-driven” act of murder (Chimera, 2015). 17 year old David Bagshaw was manipulated to murder Stephanie Rengel, a former crush, by his new girlfriend Melissa Todorovic. Todorovic and Bagshaw had previously discussed committing a criminal act against Rengel, Bagshaw had even “bolted” from their first attempt (DiManno, 2013). After the murder, many…

Baby D’s Bee Sting Hot Sauce Company is a fairly new business owned by Dillon and Ashley Hargrave. The sauce is a blend of various chili peppers, apple cider vinegar, onions, garlic, and salt. While this new business was looking for any opportunity to get started into the hot sauce industry they came in contact with Kitchen 66, (a commercial kitchen of the Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation). This program is used to help many Tulsa entrepreneurs advance in finding success in the food industry.…

The belief that extends from Descartes and the film Inception, is that it suggests that people think they may be in control of what they know and their ideas when it’s possible they can not be. I do not think that people can trust themselves to believe that all their ideas and thoughts our their own. I believe that all the experiences that people have had, influence how they create ideas and how they think in life. Things that a person goes through in life influences their mind, how they make…

Anxiety became the most common psychiatric illness in the early 1900s. Not much has changed since physicians have found treatments to cure and prevent anxiety from becoming worse. It is believed that this disorder is caused by economy issues, natural catastrophes, personal problems, etc (Dowbiggin 431). Anxiety has an endless amount of definitions, interpretations, and symptoms. Symptoms are different with each sufferer (Farrell 32). Physicians have done research to help define and cure this…

The Other Side of the Coin When someone hears the word gender, it tends to spark stereotypical thoughts, ones similar to girls playing with dolls and boys playing sports, or other similar variations. However, imagine someone that feels different from that, maybe they identify with the gender opposite to the one that they were assigned at birth. In recent scientific research, the questionability of other genders has popped up. As science is trying to decode the human brain, and are…

Haraway’s “A Cyborg Manifesto,” he is actually more “human” than the non-specials. This organism/machine binary is the relationship that humans and other living beings have with technology. In A Cyborg Manifesto by Donna Haraway, she claims, “ we are all chimeras, theorized and fabricated hybrids of machine and organism; in short, we are cyborgs. The cyborg is our ontology…”(Haraway 457). Dick proves that this binary is indeed breaking down through the character J.R. Isidore. J.R. in a sense…

Title: Fantastic creature in Chinese art Introduction Fantastic creatures can be easily found in Chinese art. Those decorative motifs do not only content aesthetic value they also carry particular meanings. The origin of fantasies can be traced to traditional Chinese literature and tales. Fantasy becomes an important element in Chinese art that is with two main functions: one is they reflect human emotions, and they are symbols that carry the social values. After classified different…

“Being a hero doesn’t mean you’re invincible. It just means that you’re brave enough to stand up and do what’s needed” (Riordan, ) We all know what life is like today and how our beliefs impact us, but in order to fully understand how we have gotten to here, we need to understand our origins and how we got here. In turn, we need to examine the myths and legends of our ancestors. The ancient Greeks are a great example of how we were able to exceed expectations. The Greeks believed in many gods…

Artificial insemination is a cell fusion from outside the body. It requires fertilization but not mating and is when sperm is collected from the male and inserted into the female’s vagina for fertilization to occur. This procedure of Insemination increases the chance that the sperm will fertilize an egg. It is advantageous in situations where it is costly or difficult to bring the male or female together of if natural conception cannot happen. For example, sperm can be collected from a good,…