Mammoth

When the unrivaled American author John Steinbeck took home the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962, he had concluded his writing career with one final major work he had published a few months earlier: Travels with Charley: In Search of America, a log of his 1960 tour of the continent in an attempt to rediscover America. At age fifty-eight, he was nearing the end of his writing career and, ultimately, his life as well. As a piece of nonfiction, Travels with Charley serves as a love letter to…

Na tha kuch to Khuda tha, kuch na hota to Khuda hota Duboya mujh ko hone ne, na hota main to kya hota - Mirza Ghalib Baba Ramdev once emphatically put down his ideas against homosexuality in words, ‘had God been in favour of homosexuality, he would not have created two sexes’. He also equates homosexuality as mental illness, which he proposes to cure through yoga. However, Ramdev is just one among many faces in our society who argue vehemently…

of taking himself. The difference here being that Grendel fled, yet I am fearless. I do not fly away even when my skin breaks, my blood flows, and my veins weaken. I have been pierced by weapons that men had forged, I have wrestled with giants and mammoths. I have the scars, I have tasted the blood of the strong and the week, and I had felt the harshness of the strongest blow. Beowulf would not present a problem, so until he arrives I shall rest. Prepare for the sight of his armor, his sword,…

McCay enlisted the help of a young neighbour, John A. Fitzsimmons to help trace the backgrounds while McCay devoted his efforts to animating Gertie himself, ten thousand drawings in total. Upon release Gertie the Dinosaur in 1914 McCay and his animated creation were a hit. The film was a landmark title not only for having the first animated star, but for being the first with a proper storyline as well (Goldman, 2005). Up until this point animation had been mostly the work of individual artists…

named Johann Gutenberg, came up with a novel way to print material much more efficiently and quickly than the scribes who were common at the time. His new method, called the printing press, featured movable type and served as the precursor to the mammoth presses used to print millions of newspapers, magazines, and books. His new methods made books more widely available throughout Europe, and they began to be published in the vernacular. This also contributed to the rapid spread of standardized,…

Transitions to a New World Cherokee ceremonial and burial rites are held very sacred and with highest of respects. The Cherokee Indians who are descendants of their sister tribe the Iroquois, lived in the southeastern parts of the United States until forced off their land and onto reservations during the mid-1800s. The Cherokees were forced to sacrifice many of their customs and rites, by the White European settlers which considered it Paganistic according to their Christian religion. Surviving…

"Give me liberty, or give me death", the famous concluding words of Patrick Henry 's proposal to collect a militia for Virginia 's defense on March 23, 1775, to the Second Virginia Convention held at Richmond, has rung through the ears of the American people for centuries. As a strong supporter of the freedom attained by the colonial people of the Revolutionary City of Williamsburg, Virginia, Henry was one amongst many our nation 's forefathers to spark the efforts to commence a new nation based…

conservation has gained much impact. It’s terrifying to know that humankind has played a significant role in the destruction of marvellous species such as the dodo (Raphus cucillatus), the passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) and the woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) (Silvert 2008). We are physically unable to conserve all species so it is our responsibility to acknowledge the risk that we may lose some vital species without realisation. We also don’t know the biological cost of…

I had a bright path ahead of me in high school and beyond. The reality of the situation was that high school was a bigger change for me than anyone had anticipated. My previous routine with my father had been rocked by the introduction to friends and a social life. Instead of my father picking me straight up from school and tutoring, however, I was beginning to hang out with friends and do things after school more frequently. This soon had adverse effects on my grades and my father took notice.…

business segments, which together earned $446.98 billion in revenue in 2012, a 6% increase from sales in 2011 according to Wal-Mart financial statement (2009~2013). Wal-Mart's largest business segment is its namesake Wal-Mart stores. Because of its mammoth size and buying power, Wal-Mart can buy its products at rock-bottom prices, exchanging high purchase volumes for low cost while passing the savings onto its customers. Many suppliers give in to Wal-Mart's pressure because they depend on the…