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The History of the “FUR MUFFS” What are muffs? Well, before plunging into the details of fur muffs it becomes rather important to understand the meaning of the term muffs in general. Muffs are nothing but hand warmers which is a fashion accessory popularized for use outdoors. The muffs are made of a cylinder of fur or any other related fabric which are open on both the ends and are helpful in keeping the hands warm from the cold chills of the winter season. Fur muffs were mostly introduced early…

When you start your own family you want everything to happen perfectly and go along smoothly. You want to buy the perfect house, have perfect children, and have the best dog on the block. Choosing a family pet can be difficult at times. There is researching for different pets, the different breeds , health problems toward the pet you are choosing, finding affordable one’s, and finding ones you will love for a lifetime. America has ranked many sets of dogs and cats based on characteristics, for…

Wheatley, in her poem On Being Brought from Africa to America, uses her piety to help relate white Christian Americans to African Americans, but shows a distaste for her own culture. She demonstrates no pride for her roots, but instead shows only thankfulness for her introduction to Christianity in the United States. She disregards the atrocities imposed upon her race, which could be because she had the privilege of being manumitted at a young age and given access to education. In this poem,…

Blight’s study is particularly of note because, more than showing the persistent religious preoccupations of Douglass, he theologically identified internal tensions to Douglass’s thought, namely, the tension between a providentialist and an apocalyptic view of history. The former providentialist position emerges in writings such as “The Suffrage Question,” where Douglass, reflecting in 1856 on a the failure of the New York legislature to overturn the “property clause” for voting rights, writes…

Those beautiful fur coats that you see hanging up in the windows of many stores were created by the fur of killed animals. “To make a 40-inch fur coat it takes between 30 and 200 chinchilla or 60 mink, 50 sables, 50 muskrats, 45 opossums, 40 raccoons, 35 rabbits, 20 foxes, 20 otters, 18 lynx, 16 coyotes, 15 beavers, or 8 seals” (98 Important facts about…animal Cruelty,1). If you stop and think about how many fur coats are sold every day then you can just…

In order for a seed to grow into a thriving plant, it must receive the proper amount of nutrients, water, and sunlight. If a seed does not receive these necessities, it completely stops growing and dies. This is akin to the pursuit of the American Dream. Individuals argue whether this dream includes economic opportunity, personal liberty, civil rights, or even two and a half children, but these are merely tools for achieving the true definition of the American Dream: happiness. While it may seem…

There was always a simple dream, and hope that made twinges of excitement flow through my veins, the dream was to own my first car. The waiting was unbelievable, I could not imagine the day my dreams would come to pass, yet I think of it daily. Nothing would have convinced me to go apart from acquiring my first car. once I had it, I could have an opportunity to do what I love most, especially going on sightseeing at my own convenient time, and many exciting places I have heard and read from…

Throughout time, people would argue that a story could be a picture into the past. During the eighteenth century, the ideas both for and against Enlightenment influence a number of writers and their stories. Displaying his use of imagery, Washington Irving, an American short story writer composes “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” to convey his views and ideas regarding Puritanical life. Another profound contributor to American literature is Phillis Wheatley, an African American woman who shares her…

Nearly half a century ago sixteen men came together and formed an organization based on a love of trout fishing and discontentment towards statewide trout stocking standards. In July 1959, along the banks of Michigan’s Au Sable River, George Griffith and fellow trout enthusiasts established ‘Trout, Unlimited’ (now known as Trout Unlimited) as a non-government organization with a vision to help trout populations thrive and prosper to their full potential (Trout Unlimited 11/11/2015). The founders…

n 1534, Francis I of France sent Jacques Cartier on the first voyage to explore the coast of Newfoundland and the St. Lawrence River. He found New France by putting a cross on a shore. The French tried to establish several colonies throughout North America that failed, due to weather, disease, or conflict with other European powers. Cartier attempted to create the first European settlement in North America at Cap-Rouge in 1541 with 400 settlers but the settlement was abandoned the next year…