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Canis lupus arctos is the scientific name for an arctic wolf. Although many people believe an arctic wolf can only be purely white, this is not true; an arctic wolf may have spots of black, yellow, or gray on its white fur. Due to the location of an arctic wolf, which many experts believe the Ice Age was what made them end up here, they have adapted to this weather. According to A-Z Animals, “ Arctic wolves are incredibly versatile and adaptive animals, able to withstand year round sub-zero…

THE CULTURAL SHOCK OF NATIVE AMERICAN BOARDING SCHOOLS Native American Boarding Schools in the United States was an American effort to assimilate the Indian children, ages three through the teen years, into becoming Americans. In these schools, they would strip the children of their Native culture and introduce American culture. The American government would take the children from their parents to schools that were not located on reservation property, but rather on United States property. The…

once, we were actually not greeted with a one-eyed cyclops or a terrifying storm!Not that either of those things scared me, of course. After all, I am Odysseus, son of Laertes. Anyways, while we visited aeolus home for a month, he gave me a gift: An ox-skin pouch. In it were all the winds that could possibly blow our ship off course, but one only one would help us get back to ithaca. So my men and I began a trip that lasted ten days of straight sailing. After this allotted time, we almost…

In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (1884/1994), the author shows people allow superstition to rule their lives. An example is when Huck is trying to fall asleep in his room at the Widow Douglass’s and he flicks a spider into the candle, and goes through rituals to rid himself of the bad luck that he believes he has brought upon himself (Twain. 1884/1994, p. 4). Because Huck believes that flicking the spider into the flame will bring him bad luck, he does the rituals that he has…

Over the past few centuries of mistreatment and oppression on African-Americans, labor such as the treatment of Black slaves and laws pertaining slaves have evolved and have significantly impacted the social organization of Black communities. Social organization regards to the composition of a community- politically, socially and economically in regard to the greater scope of society. Labor impacts the social organization of Black communities by oppressing African-Americans, dehumanizing slaves…

Pasteur has been involved in personal experiments and discoveries for months prior to his public display of discovery. As part of his demonstration, he asked for a donation of 60 sheep, 2 goats, 1 ox, and 9 cattle, from the Agricultural Society of Melun, France, to be his test subjects. His plan involved offering the Anthrax vaccination to one half of his subjects. Two weeks later, he would inject a heavy dose of the bacteria into each subject.…

The Bible contain instances of gambling: Samson’s wager in Judges 14:12 and the soldiers’ that were gambling over Jesus’ garments in Mark 15:24. In neither case is gambling presented in a good light. The Bible also mentions the casting of lots for the purpose of decision making (Joshua 18:10; Nehemiah 10:34). And Proverbs 16:33 emphasizes the sovereignty of God: “The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.” But the biblical purpose of casting lots was not to test one’s…

made in germany in 1916. It was designed to be better medication than heroin, cocaine, and even morphine. It first came to america in 1939 in 1996 people were using it in world war one. Some street names are hillbilly heroin, blues, kickers, oc, oxy, ox, and oxycontin. And it sells as much as $5 to $10 for 10 mg 10 to $20 for a 20 mg pill and 25 to $40 dollars for 40 and 80 mg pills. Some short term effects are it will change a person's perceived pain. They accomplish this by acting on the…

Henry Augustus Squires, a merchant in Salt Lake City, had a complicated departure from the Church. In the spring of 1866, Henry returned to England. Sarah soon followed with their younger children. His plural wife, Emma Caroline Slade Squires, refused to go and stayed in Salt Lake City with their three sons. Emma gave birth to a daughter six months after Henry left. According to one of Henry’s granddaughters, Brigham Young advised the move because of Henry’s health problems. Other accounts…

THE VALUE OF GODLY PARENTS Of all the possessions you own, what is the most valuable thing you hope to pass down to your children? Family heirlooms are special, but how many individuals would be willing to trade all they ever inherited from their parents for the chance to speak to them just one more time? Patrick Henry is famous for his statement, “give me liberty me death,” in response to British tyranny that sparked the Revolutionary War. What many do not know is that near the end…