Owners seek the best care for their pets and want to feed them the best they can offer. The most dedicated pet owners really set aside a budget dedicated entirely for pet essentials. One of the things they should spend money on is quality pet food. One of the best feeding trends right now is the dog food grain free diet. Pet food with grains has taken the place of high quality meats in most pet food nowadays. A dog food grain free diet is also beneficial to your pet's digestion. Our pets'…
This past Tuesday morning, the beautiful campus of Elon gracefully welcomed two noteworthy speechwriters. The first of which is John McConnel, who served as a longtime speechwriter for President George Bush. He was in charge of all the presidents speeches and addresses, most notable being the speech describing the horrid attacks that took place on September 11, 2001. David Halperin, the other guest, used to be a National Security Council speechwriter for President Bill Clinton as well as serving…
celiac sprue, is a auto immune disorder of the small intestine. CD affects genetically predisposed individuals when they ingest the protein gluten. Gluten is a storage protein that is necessary for the germination of grains including; wheat, rye, barley, and to some degree, oats.When a patient with CD ingests gluten the immune system's response damages the intestinal lining mucosa through lymphocytosis, crypt hyperplasia and villous atrophy. These changes are the hallmarks of the disease and…
when gluten is removed from the diet. However, they do not test positive for celiac disease. Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease caused by a reaction to gliadin; a gluten protein found in wheat, barley, rye, and sometimes oats. The history of why and when wheat and thus gluten has changed, affecting our bodies differently, can be traced back to a man by the name of Norman Borlaug. Borlaug had good intentions to help feed the world. He genetically modified the wheat crop to produce high…
The Red Death v. Ebola Poe was not talking about Ebola when he wrote the story “The Masque of the Red Death”. The time is all wrong for when Ebola was even around. The time it takes for the disease to kill them is different from how long it takes you to die form Ebola. Also the transportation was not good back then it would of taken them days to get from where they live to Africa. Just take the story and the article and compare sense the story didn't give that much details on the detail.…
Parvana’s journey The title of the book is Parvana’s journey. The author is Deborah Ellis. It’s held in Afghanistan. So early on the book theirs this girl named Parvana and she’s the oldest child in the family. While her dad dead and her Mom and siblings gone to a faraway wedding and that leaves her all by herself . Moreover, theirs a war happening during Afghanistan, while she trying to leave. The major characters of the major people. Are the ones who have a connection with…
Mesopotamia would not be possible. In order to use the flooding of the Euphrates for agricultural purposes, the fields had to be shielded by dams, dikes, and canals to regulate water flow. The agriculture in Mesopotamia was mostly the cultivation of barley. The “principle of agriculture” however, was not discovered by the sumerians. Agriculture and the economic use of metals existed before the sumerians and evidence showed signs of…
Muslims from fighting say that “ . . . not be coerced into matters of religion ... .as long as he remains sincere and fulfills these conditions . . . He and his men shall pay one dinar every year, together with four measures of wheat, four measures of barley, four liquid measures of concentrated fruit juice, four liquid measures of vinegar, four of honey, and four of olive oil”. With all of that, they gain wealth which means better army which means more power. This source is reliable because it…
Of Mice and Men takes place on a rural farm in California. The book takes place in about 1936 because that was the time when it was written. The story takes place in about a week. The book is written in third person point of view. The author John Steinbeck refers to the book as a playable novel. He wrote the book in such a way that it can either be read as a short novel or read as a play. At the beginning of the book we find our main characters, Lennie and George, on a trail after just…
The beginning of the Ismaili daʿwa in Khurasan In the study of Ismaili history in Khurasan, the name of Yaʿqūb ibn Layth Ṣaffār (hereafter, Yaʿqūb, r. 247-66/861-79) is closely connected with the Ismaili daʿwa. Before analysing Yaʿqūb’s connection with the Ismaili daʿwa network, it is important to briefly describe the political milieu of Sīstān in which Yaʿqūb emerged to power, particularly at a time when the Khārijites were in rebellion against the local governors and the ʿAbbāsid caliphs.…