Night of the Long Knives

What First Timers Need to Know about Hog Hunting with Dogs Before dogs were considered pets, they were working animals first. They helped the early settlers hunt for food and protect livestock. Hog hunting with dogs, in particular, is quite common to this day across many parts of the country. If you wish to learn more about this practice or want to train your canines how to hunt wild boars, then you’ve come to the right place. History and How Hog Hunting Works Using dogs to hunt hogs in the…

I can still remember the naiveté, and resplendence of my youth. In my memories, colours are vibrant, sounds are sharp, and smells are unmistakable. In particular, I recall the striking green hue of the grass and leaves on my grandparents’ farm, and the smell of dirt and flowers entwined in the sweet summer air. My childhood memories of the farm focus on the joys of crafts and gardening, but most of all, the warmth of family. I reminisce about days replete with the warmth of my grandma’s love,…

I am a sister. The day I became one was the first day I left the house without a doll in tow. When we arrived at the NICU, I immediately pressed my little nose and palms against the window and peered in with a bit of confusion. Three years old and a couple feet tall, I expected her to resemble one of my dolls, but that wasn’t the case. My doll wore dresses, not cords on her body and face. Mommy and Daddy gently rested their hands on my shoulders; exhaustion hung from their eyes. “Meagan is…

silver. So I didn’t make up the blizzard, though it sounds made up, the grimmest of Grimms, windchill forty below, three feet of snow and snow still falling. You had to shovel your drive daily. Later, a neighbor would tell of coming home after two nights away and having to dig down a foot to reach his own keyhole. My dad had a snow blower,…

Maybe she could stay, just a while longer. And by the time the shadows of the night were inching closer she'd had plenty of time to think. He'd been gone for almost a week. So maybe, just maybe, he wasn't coming back at all. And if he did, she would have her phaser ready. At first, it was difficult to find anything meaningful to…

Have you Suffered with anxiety or depression ? Have you ever suffered with both ? I have … I do everyday … and I can tell you its not nice. I was diagnosed with anxiety a long time ago when i started getting panic attacks and hurting my self. Nothing major or serious, Just so I noticed and no one else did (I will take about that another time). I was diagnosed with depression last year (just before i reached 32) around February and i started on medication straight away. Although i was only…

the mental illness, however the results have not been favorable. The results have been mixed often causing the same evils that stem from PTSD (Mcnaught). PTSD is not something that can be cured overnight like the common cold. The healing process is long and strenuous. It also does not help when people are oblivious to those with the illness. People need to understand how the illness affects the user and how to combat them. Education is the key to solving any…

Intro- 9/11 was a terrible day in American history. On this day, terrorists hijacked four planes, departing from the East coast. Two of these airplanes .America Hate-Around the time of 9/11, there was a lot of American hate. In 1998 Osama bin Laden made a fatwa which is a ruling on a point of Islamic law given by a recognized authority. In it he talks about the responsibility of all Muslim people, “The ruling to kill the Americans and their allies—civilians and military—is an individual duty…

The Scottsboro trials were one of the most blatantly obvious examples of racially corrupted systems in the 1930’s. Nine boys were convicted, not on evidence, but on the color of their skin. There were many appeals and retrials, but for these boys, honest justice was served too little too late. The boys faced a corrupt system made up of unfair trials, several appeals, two completely different judges, and they were not pardoned until eight of the nine were dead forty-six years later. The stories…

Hitler's Rise to Power There are many reasons why Hitler came to power in 1933. These reasons can be categorised in a variety of ways. One of the most important categories is the political. Lots of the other reasons stem from Hitler joining the Nazi Party on 14th…