Poles

cut twice sixty poles each five times twelve cubit long.” Gilgamesh uses not only the technology of his sword and axe to cut down the trees, but also to fashion them into poles to be used to navigate the traitorous waters of death. Without being able to cross the waters, Gilgamesh would be unable to continue to pursue his quest for immortality, making the poles, a form of technology, essential to his journey. By using his sword and axe to cut down the trees and craft the poles, Gilgamesh…

something negative comes along with it. Black people were hung on these poles for real, or rumored crimes. For example, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, a black man charged with kicking a white girl was hung on a telephone pole. In Shreveport, Louisiana, a black man charged with attacking a little girl was also hung on a telephone pole. Also in Purcell, Oklahoma, a black man accused of attacking a white woman was tied to a telephone pole and burned. "Men and women…

know one of Bob’s many passions was giving. Many years ago, Bob must have been taking a stroll through his special warehouse and apparently had me and one of my passions in mind when he came across a set of hiking poles. Soon after, I received a set of metallic green, Black Diamond poles with the adjustable thumb clamps for various lengths. Not the kind you have to twist and pull for the right length. These also had threaded points to accommodate interchangeable snow baskets of various sizes and…

lot of bears at the campsite so we had to lock them for our safety. I couldn’t wait to go fishing. We first had to unpack then put my grandpa’s boat in the water and dock it then set the poles up. We used a jig with a leech and let it sink to the bottom the real it up. I used my gold jig and my red…

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North, South, East, and West. Some types of compasses just have degrees such as 90, 180, 270, and 360. A small magnet is inside of a compass and it is attracted to the earth’s magnetism. All magnets have two poles, a north and a south pole. The north pole of one magnet is attracted to the south pole of another magnet. Earth is a magnet and attracts to other things this way. The compass was invented in China in the 13th century. They were originally invented for aligning buildings during…

Indians. The Totonac Indians are from Huehuetla, Puebla, Mexico. What happens in the ritual is usually about five flyers climb to the top of the pole and then, hang down by a rope which is wrapped around the pole. Four of five flyer are hanging upside down and rotate around the pole with the rope until they reach the ground. One person stays on the top of the pole and plays the flower drum and flute. The flyers are also known as voladores which means flyers in Spanish. Usually as seen in the…

"The more relevant the similarities between primary and secondary analogues, the stronger the argument." (pg 527) As with legal reasoning, cases are based upon similarities. Let 's say Pole, a non-organic strawberry company, is being sued for claiming their product is "just as healthy as organic strawberries." Pole 's defense is that their strawberries look the same, smell the same and most importantly are the same species, so they must be just as healthy as any organic brand. Not only for the…

20). This then leads to a different night sky. For example, 4,800 years ago Egyptians recorded that the star Thuban (alpha Draconis) was close to the north celestial pole. Currently, Polaris is the closest star to the pole and by 2100 Polaris will be the closest it has ever been to the pole. It is projected that in 12,000 years the pole will be within 5° of the star Vega (alpha Lyrae) (Seeds 20). Over time, the night sky has…

erase – the signs of western cultural influence upon native lifeways in British Columbia” (Wakeham, 59). With this in mind, it is only natural that there would be evidence towards the westernization within the Nass River. When explaining the totem poles, Barbeau keeps a…