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raindrops as they hit the ground before your feet with wind dancing a warning of storm around your arms. I ignored winds warnings, for bearing witness to cold rain upon hot summers shoulders seemed rewarding enough. My hair would tangle and knot. It took days for my hair to go back to smooth. My aunt would struggle to get the comb through. "Must you always do this?" she'd question, "I reckon you'll become a cloud one of these days, and you'll then be able to watch the rain from the sky." I…

Siguanaba (also known as La Siguanaba) is a well-known figure from both Salvadoran and Guatemalan legends. She was originally called Sihuehuet, which means beautiful woman, she had an affair with the son of God, Tlaloc and became pregnant. She was an irresponsible mother and left her young son alone while she satisfied her sexual desires with other men/gods. When Tlaloc discovered this, he was furious. So he changed her name to Siguanaba, or horrible/ugly woman, and placed a curse on her.…

Africa, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean. The Egyptians were polytheistic, and believed that the Nile was a gift from the gods. In the Nile Valley River Civilization the geography was extremely convenient to its people. The hot desert surrounding the Nile was hot, and it protected Egypt from various trespassers. The Nile River Valley Civilization was split into three main eras that were: The Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, and the New Kingdom. There rulers were call pharaohs. They…

various harsh chemicals such as ammonia and have the potential to leave the recipient with scabbing chemical burns. This permanent change in a persons’ hair texture wasn’t the only method to aid African Americans in looking more White. The use of hot combs, now virtually obsolete due to the emergence of flat and curling irons, was regarded as a safer alternative to perms due to this process only requiring heat and no chemicals. Despite this method appearing as safer, it did not last indefinitely…

hair had become the preferred texture to signal middle class. It was as if straight hair had signaled respect and acceptance not from White Americans but to other African Americans as well. Rooks speaks on how Madame C.J. Walker’s invention of the hot comb was more than a tool to straighten hair but it helped problematize class-based assumptions about the meaning of hair. Madame C.J. Walker recreated an “acceptable” representation for Black Woman that challenged patriarchal ideologies of class…

 The contents are mixed well and pipetted into the sample wells formed by the combs.  The lid on the gel box was placed and the power leads on the electrophoresis apparatus were connected and an electric current of 60 volts is applied for a maximum of 2 hours or till a visible movement of the dye front was seen migrating at least…

Albert Einstein once said: “The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil but because of those who look on and do nothing.” The Civil War started because of differences between the free and slave states over the power of the national government to prohibit slavery in the territories that had not yet become states. The war was fought from 1861-1865, and it was the bloodiest 4 years in U.S. history. It started when the Confederates bombarded the Union soldiers at Fort Sumter.…

Unit 5 Emerging Technology - "The Airless Tire" Emerging technology and explain how it is used Find a YouTube clip with the tech explained Look at the impact on society, how it impacts lives Ethical implications, how does this technology impact ethically in our lives? What does this technology replace (if anything) Where does this technology evolve from? Wiki Emerging technology Status Potentially marginalized technologies Potential applications Related articles Airless tire Research,…

How does one with higher knowledge look upon lesser intelligence? More often than not, people in society rank themselves above those who cannot do, nor begin to do, the things that they can do. It’s the simple things; being able to work, remember names, make friends etc… that one takes for granted. One does not know what it’s like for people that can’t do these simple things, and one can only imagine. Imagine; not remembering, struggling to fit in society, and always getting in trouble- but…

She grabbed a comb, and immediately got to work yanking the gnarled knots, along with some innocent strands, out of my hair. My sister gathered a clump of hair, wrapped it around the hot curling iron, and after thirty seconds created a perfect curl. She sprayed each curl as if trying to mask the smell of burnt, dead hair, but the pungent odor was still…