Kansas, 1877. Texas Ranger JAKE FONTAINE wants revenge for his brother’s murder and trails the man responsible, outlaw GRIZZLY DUVALL, to Kansas. When Jake rides into an ambush and runaway KAT COLLINS saves his life, she bargains to accompany him to Missouri if he’ll let her collect the reward. In St. Joseph, and a case of mistaken identity lands Jake behind bars. The tenacious Kat vouches for him, stirring awkward emotions between the two. Duvall escapes aboard a steamboat and in a cruel…
The Ivy League: a set of the most prestigious universities in the Northeast part of the United States. Known for its competitive academics, Division I sports, and aesthetic appeal, these colleges host only the most eligible and qualified students around the country. When you look at the buildings around these campuses, you often see ivy growing up the rustic brick walls that categorize these specific universities as “Ivy League.” However, this plant species is invasive in the United States and…
The Maze Runner, written by James Dashner is introducing a dystopian society. The individual boys have to find out why they all are in a Glade together and why they are in a horrifying environment that is like a prison. The book is about a group of intelligent teenagers trying to escape a seemingly unsolvable Maze, which is a test to see who can survive. The novel Maze Runner by James Dashner is better in comparison to the movie as the book is more descriptive, the ending is better and the book…
That One Feeling of A Lifetime There I stood fearfully, amongst my peers who were two to four years older than me. I did not know where I sat, and I’m surrounded by strangers. It was the first day of marching band. I man up to the problem, and ask another tuba player where I sat, she pointed with a smile. I put my stuff down, and with the equal beats of a wood block, this senior in the band says let's get set. I have no idea what any of that means. I am feeling self conscious, nervous, and…
“Turn left at the overlook and swim until you encounter a narrow opening in the cliffside. Inside is the legendary Shell of Shifting!” “What does it do?” Blake asked. She was fascinated by the story that her best friend’s grandmother was telling, although Elina herself didn’t look too interested. “It is said to be able to change the color of anything you want!” she replied. “Now, stop listening to my old tales and go play out in the reef!” Elina and Blake hadn’t been swimming for too long before…
around after the invention of the modern gun cartridges and had two barrels. The main reason for this was one barrel would have a smooth bore to fire regular shotgun bullets, but the other barrel had a rifled bore and was used much like today 's modern slug where it shoots like an oversized rifle bullet. The thought for this was that you could have both types of guns in one gun and you could hunt birds and other animals at the same time. The two barrels, at first, were placed side by side and…
improvement. And I 'm not just speaking of Millennials here. I 'm talking about the Great Generation, the Baby Boomers, the Gen-Xers and Millennials. Men from the past to present day boys growing into future men cannot be said to be comprised merely of "slugs and snails and puppy dog tails." Sadly the new poetry of the modern age is dictated to us by social norms, taboos, marking schemes and pointless experimentation. Old men throw up their hands in disapproval while the young men blindly gulp…
Should certain literature works be taught in every American Literature course in representation of importance in historical and social American culture? The first thing to look at in order to answer this question is why literature is taught at all. Literature has its importance in the aspect of teaching students the “other side” of a past we may have never walked. Considering it dates back to well before any of us who walk this earth were thought of, it has played a role in history devised in an…
That man was Eric Kandal, who extracted neuron from the slug. Those two neurons are connected through a synapse. Stimulated a long term memory by stimulating a the sensory neuron. That resulted in new synaptic connections started to grow. Long term memory actually involves an anatomical change in the brain where…
The amazing things about turtles, salamanders, and Toads are that they have their own styles. There are similar species, and subspecies of turtles, salamanders, and toads. Also the habitats of the amphibians and reptiles are very interesting to now. When you see them, you should know them descriptor of the turtles and salamanders and also the toads to. Can’t forget the natural history of these amphibians and reptiles. We can't forget how they reproduce. Amphibians and reptiles of Monroe County…