The Hump

Phase 3 part 2 for me went well. That day I was sick, and I thought I was going to do horrible. April and I got there like 20 minutes earlier. We went to get a table and set up our games next to each other. A table was not enough because there was not enough space for both games. We should have putted two tables instead of one. Also, I had a display about adaptation, but it was too small, and visitors were not able to see it. At first, there were not many visitors at the museum, but after half…

There is an old legend about a monster living in the depths of Loch Ness. Some say that it is a dinosaur, others say it's a giant serpent, and others believe it is something else. However, I believe it is one big fat hoax. Many Loch Ness plants and animals are large, large enough to be confused for a monster. One example of something that could be confused as a monster is a sturgeon. Many Loch Ness sightings described Nessie to have bony plates on its back, which matches a sturgeons…

Addison's disease and Cushing's syndrome Addison Disease, arises when there is hyposecretion of adrenocortical hormones, resulting in decreases cortisol and aldosterone levels while Crushing syndrome is when there is hypersecretion of adrenocortical hormones, leading to increased secretion. According to Hunt, other causes for Addison’s disease is commonly caused by an autoimmune response to an infection or cancer, while crushing “can result from long-term use of high-dose glucocorticoid…

stories by a griot and transcribed into the english language. It records the tellings of a great Malian king, Sundiata, and his trials through life. Sundiata’s existence was prophesied to his father Maghan Kon Fatta. Sundiata’s mother was ugly and had a hump, denoting the complete opposite of what is expected of a bride of a king. Sundiata was said to be the lion king borne of the buffalo woman. Sundiata did not walk for many years, and as a result, his mother received constant ridicule and…

One of California’s most recognizable animals is the California grizzly bear, but this animal has been extinct since 1922. This animal has been associated with California since people began moving to the west coast of the United States. As people began to move to California hoping to strike it rich during the gold rush, the bears stood their ground and lived around the advancing civilizations. The bears wreaked havoc for the new settlers, eating their livestock and stopping human expansion.…

In the novel The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien, the author, is sending the reader a message of the power of war. O’Brien is saying that the war leaves a bigger burden than the heavy objects the soldiers had to “hump” during the war. In “Notes,” he shares with the reader the past of one of Tim’s friends from the war, and how his life was disjointed from it. In the chapter, Norman Bowker says in a letter that Tim should write about “a guy who feels like he got zapped over in that shit hole,”…

Today I was able to attend the game between the lady Gladiators vs the Mission Pioneers. It was a great overall experience, because I don’t really go to my home town as much as I want to thanks to my hectic schedule, so it was a good experience. From the beginning of the game the lady gladiators seem to be overmatch real quick as they lost their first set 8 to 25. Coach Angie Garcia, try to motivate her team by giving them encouraging words to spark a fire in them. Me as an observer I can tell…

quilted liner poncho weighed almost 2 pounds, and so on. The men have to carry or “hump” all of these supplies in the ever changing weather of Vietnamese jungle (368). The physical weight is an extended metaphor for the psychological and emotional weight they carry: love, fear, grief, emptiness, and “all the ambiguities of Vietnam, all the mysteries and unknowns” (377). These tangible or intangible objects, which they hump around throughout story, create certain heaviness for each individual…

The Roman roads of the Ancient Roman Empire are very influential and impactful on the European society today and are related to STEM in many different ways. For a refreshment, STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. STEM is an education system in which we are introduced to the combination of all subjects and how they are related and interconnect with each other. STEM can also be related to historical events and various different objects, for it can help us to solve…

Live life to the fullest, for the future is scarce. According to Dorothy Canfield Fisher’s story “The Heyday of the Blood”, an old man takes his great-grandchild to a county fair to show him that having fun is worth the risks. One literary device in the story is a symbol, which is the Merry-Go-Round, which symbolizes life. Another literary device is situational irony, which Gran’ther showed in the story, where he’s expected to act like any other elderly person, but he acts like a reckless,…