...Growing up in Moose Knuckle, Minnesota was absolutely thrilling. Some of my earliest memories of ole Moose Knuckle are with my Uncle Olaf and Ice fishing on Lake Winnibigosh. In the middle of winter Uncle Olaf and I would drag his fish house onto lake “Winni” behind his old 61 Ford Pickup that he referred to as “Stinky Larry”, Stinky because it smelled like dead fish, Larry after his little brother Laurenz who died at an early age. We would ride out at 4:30 in the morning with the cold air nipping at our frosted lips. It would take about 20 minutes to get out to the middle of the frozen lake. When we arrive at the predetermined spot, Uncle Olaf would yell, “Time to drop the house on the witch!” At that point we both would get out of “Stinky Larry” and begin setting up our fish house on the frozen lake. Once the fish house was secured to the ice, Olaf and I would begin to drill our ice hole. I remember Olaf drilling the ice hole and the smell of apple cider and Jack Daniels. To this day, when I smell or see Jack Daniels, I remember my dear Uncle Olaf. These are some of my fondest memories of my childhood in Minnesota. Emphasis As a child, one of the most painful memories I recall was in 1973 when my Dad’s brother Olaf lost his arm in a tragic farming accident. The amount of blood and carnage gave me nightmares for days. That is a lot to go through for anybody much less a seven year old. As a result of the accident Uncle Olaf had lost his left arm from the elbow down. I did...
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...Ice break - English essay Ice Break is a short story written by Astrid Blodgett. The story is told in a first person narrator and is from the main character Dawn's perspective. Dawn are at a ice fishing trip with her dad and her younger sister when the car falls into the water and her dad tries to safe them. The story is about a girl named Dawn and her family. Dawn, her father and her younger sister are going to ice fish with their uncle Rick as a family tradition. Her mother doesn't want go and her older sister is babysitting a kid down the street. The mother warned the father about going because it was late season and the ice wasn't good, and that's the reason she doesn't want to go, but in reality its because the parents have a lot of problems. They drive off to the frozen lake, looking for uncle rick. Suddenly the ice breaks and the car fall through. The father tries to help Dawn out of the sinking truck by pushing her out of the car window. Afterwards he tries to help the younger sister out but it's too late. The father and younger sister drowns in the car. In the end we hear about the younger sister Janie and their dad's funeral. The story ends very tragic. Dawn is a regular girl, she lives with her father, mother and her two sisters. Dawn doesn't want to go ice fishing with her father just the two of them. She doesn't like to spend time with her dad alone because she got uncomfortable when it's just the two of them, so she pays her little sister to go with...
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...for the changing climate. Scientists have determined human activity as being a significant cause of global climate change. According to Module 7, humans are responsible for 93% of the total change in climate. The source of human causation can be through an impacted on the greenhouse gas effect and land-type conversions (Module 7). As the world becomes continually warmer, the effect of climate change in the arctic regions becomes more intense. Within the past 50 years, arctic regions in Canada have experienced warming of 2 to 3 degrees Celsius (Fergal & Prowse, 2007). One of the most important areas in the Canadian arctic is the Cryosphere (Appendix A), which is the area consisting of season snow cover, permafrost glaciers, and sea ice (Fergal & Prowse, 2007). This area is significant because it has provided a stabilized surface for building pipelines, as well as provides access to northern communities (Fergal & Prowse, 2007). The change in climate has already been apart of consideration for major developmental projects (Fergal & Prowse). Not only are companies preparing for climate change but also the...
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...Essay on: ”Ice Break” by Astrid Blodgett Most kids love to spend time with their fathers. Spending time with dad, means going to a restaurant, going out fishing or walking in the woods. For most kids with siblings, it means getting dad’s attention all to themselves for once – no siblings to steal it now, because it’s just them and daddy. But there are those few kids, where spending time with dad, means no other adult to make him seem like a normal dad. To those few, unlucky kids, spending time alone with dad means new bruises on their body and shouting and angry faces – those kids that never wants to be alone with dad. In most of those cases, kids even beg their moms to do something – to never leave them alone with dad, because he is always so mad… but it never seem to make any difference, and ever too often, spending time with dad, ends up in a battered and bruised kid, that’s scarred for life, both mentally and physically. Those kids are going to grow up, never knowing what it’s like to have a loving and caring father, because all they’ve experienced in their life, is one that uses violence to get his way when he gets angry, or one that shouts at them over absolutely nothing. Of course, violence from parents aren’t always coming from the father’s side – we’ve heard of mom’s being just as bad, if not worse, on the news, but violence coming from a father is what’s relevant to us. Because an angry father is what changed the tragedy in “Ice Break” by Astrid Blodgett from everyone...
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...Essay about Ice Break The story is about a girl who lives with her siblings and parents. Her name is Dawn. Her father wants to go ice fishing. Her mother do not want to come, she never does. She says it is to late in the season now, and she has some financial work to catch up with. Uncle Rick and the father thinks the ice will hold, and still wants to go out. Dawn has to go with her father, because they do these things sometimes, where one kid, goes with one parent, some quality time together. Dawn does not want to go with her father, she talks her sister, Janie, into coming with them. An older sister, Marla, is going to be babysitting in another family this day, so she can not come, but while they are still at home she tells Dawn that she knows something that Dawn does not. She wont tell Dawn and Janie what it is, but tells them that it is about Mr. and Mrs. Pichowsky, then she leaves out the door. Dawn knows that Mr. and Mrs. Pichowsky got a divorce a year before, but does not want to tell Janie, because their mother had come into the kitchen again. Janie already knows that Mr. Pichowsky went one way and Mrs. Pichowsky another with the kids. So the kids are separated from their father. They drive out to the lake and see lots of others sitting on the ice. They drive along the lake for a while, then turn and drive out on the ice, the same place as all the others. They have driven a long way onto the ice, when it breaks under them. The father tries to get Dawns seatbelt...
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...Walden Summary In his first chapter, "Economy," Thoreau introduces his purpose in writing the book, saying he intends to answer questions people have asked about his reasons for living alone in a cabin in the woods near Walden Pond for two years. He explains that most people live their lives as if sleeping, blindly following the ways of their parents, and become trapped into these lives by owning property and slaving in jobs to maintain their way of life. In contrast, he sought to discover the true necessities of life and built a cabin, for the cost of $28. 12 _ near Walden Pond, where he lived for two years, beginning in the summer of 1845. Making a profit of $8.71 _ by selling the beans he grew and working occasionally at odd jobs, he found he was able to support himself with very little work and much time for contemplation of himself and nature. Thoreau, in the second chapter, "Where I Lived, and What I Lived For," talks about how he once considered buying the Hollowell farm for himself but the purchase fell through. Instead, he created a new existence for himself at Walden, where he found joy and fulfillment in nature, truly awakening in his mornings there, while most of society remains perpetually asleep, living mean lives when the possibility of a much better life is possible. The key to achieving such a life, he says, is simplicity. In the third chapter, "Reading," Thoreau describes how he derives enlightenment from reading Homer and other great writers, men who spoke...
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...Mark Pfetzer Essay In the book Within Reach: My Everest Story, the main character, Mark Pfetzer, a 13 year old boy decides he wants to be the youngest adolescent to climb Mt. Everest. Failing to pursue his dream, Mark Pfetzer spent too much money on trying to climb Mt. Everest three times. With the help of many adults, Mark summits many mountains but not Everest at a young age. Mark portrays many different types of traits throughout the book. But the ones that stood out the most were lonely, determined, and brave. First, one trait about Mark was lonely.Mark Pfetzer was never known to hangout with the minors at his school. Instead he enjoyed fishing with his grandfather and his friends. When at age 13 he should be interacting with 13 year olds. As stated on page 10, “I even spent a lot of time with my grandfather and his friends, fishing. Some kids my age like to fool around a lot, but I never liked that.” This justifies that Mark got along with older people. He also stated on page 10, “ So I hung out with older people from their thirties to seventies.” In the reader’s mind...
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...Final Essay California, and Florida are similar in some ways but difference in others, per example The beauty of California if I compared to Florida it is the Mediterranean, tropical weather, its vast ocean front waters, the beauty of its coastlines, the Agricultural land, and the reaches of the Employment opportunities, all in contrast makes California more desirable place to live than Florida. Introduction California is one of the best and desirable places to live in the world. In the winter of 1987, I was living in Florida city, one morning I got up to go to work, the day was very nice from one minute to the next the sky started to get dark, darker clouds cover the sky. People at the trailer park was so fearful, they started to run to shelter places, they were right that day, it rained so hard, and it was lightning and thundering, the winds were so strong that, it could take a tree up from his roots. The people who did not have enough time to run to the shelter place, suffer very big loss, the next day I went to the town to look around, the little city was devastating, windows from business broken, trees were laid on the streets, cars were upside down, and broken homes all destroyed, it was a disaster that I will never like to re-live again, and it was a big experience in my life. I. First main point. California’s tropical weather makes life enjoyable, when the rain is falling it rains so smoothly that it is hardly any lighting...
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...Michael Lichtenwalner Father Samway Texts and Contexts 11 April 2012 In What Ways Does Thoreau's Walden Embody the Concept of Transcendentalism? Social networking, a craze sweeping across America, allows people to become connected with their friends, family, coworkers, and acquaintances 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Users of social networking websites such as Facebook and Twitter are periodically updated with happenings and insight into the lives of others. This would likely seem meaningless and idiotic to Henry David Thoreau, a prominent transcendentalist American author. He encourages his readers to live lives “simple and well as Nature”, independent from those of others and society (Thoreau 53). He therefore moved to Walden Pond on July 4, 1845 for two years and two months in order to live a simple and independent life. Thoreau claims that “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I have not lived” (61). In Walden, Thoreau upholds beliefs that he shares with transcendental authors such as Ralph Waldo Emerson. These beliefs include solitude, self-reliance, immersion in nature, and spiritual rebirth. Transcendentalism, a philosophical movement in the 19th century, stood against the individual’s conformity to societies and institutions. Instead, transcendentalism encouraged individuals to rise above society and...
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...The essay will elaborate more on Sea level rise that occurred due to climate change. Sea level rise is a serious global threat that continued to grow due to greenhouse gas emissions and associated with the global warming. In context, Solomon Islands like most of the South Pacific countries had been ignorant about the issue of the increased concentration of greenhouse gases and its effects until recently. And as such, comprehensive understanding of sea level rise and climate change it real associated with increasing green house gases. There is still no local study carried out in the Solomon Islands yet on the local impacts of climate change and sea level rise. Despite these limitations, it is still possible to make general projections based...
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...OCEAN ACIDIFICATION- ESSAY THURSDAY, JANUARY 24TH, 2012 Covering more than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, the ocean is one of planet Earth’s most distinguishing characteristics. Over recent years, human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels have increased the amount of carbon dioxide gas emitted to the atmosphere and the amount that dissolves into the ocean. Now, so much carbon dioxide has been absorbed by the ocean that the chemistry of seawater is changing, causing the ocean to become more acidic. THE CARBON CYCLE Carbon dioxide is a critical part of Earth’s atmosphere; it traps heat and prevents the Earth from being covered in ice. Normally, the Earth’s carbon cycle maintains a natural balance of carbon in the atmosphere, land, and ocean through the “breathing of the planet”. However, since the beginning of the industrial era, emissions of carbon dioxide have climbed, and now are exceeding the capacity of the carbon cycle to maintain equilibrium between the atmosphere and ocean. Excess carbon dioxide traps more heat in the atmosphere, which changes the Earth’s climate. Not all of the excess carbon dioxide stays in the atmosphere. Scientists estimate that one-third of all the carbon dioxide produced by human activities has been absorbed by the ocean. The ocean’s removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere has undoubtedly helped curb the extent of climate change—but this benefit has come at a cost. The absorption of carbon dioxide is fundamentally changing...
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...considered by many, an essential part of life, which it can be in many senses. One’s thought process or knowledge may grow and evolve through the journey taken by reading literature. Literature is a major part of education. It may seem trivial, but in reality it helps build new perspective and introduce one to new world experiences. Literature is a prominent part of any race, religion, language or people and it represents culture and tradition. Prejudice and discrimination are not new subjects, but nevertheless it does not mean it should not be discussed. This has been an issue for as far back as history has documented between different races or ethnicities. Though racism has mostly ceased, it still reigns around the world. The theme in this essay is friendship, regardless of race or rumors that have been told about Boo Radley in “To Kill A Mockingbird” and Shmuel in “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” friendship overcomes prejudice by the innocence of a child. Mallea 2 Writing about this topic sensitive, because there have been many gruesome issues with prejudice and discrimination through the years, but it is one’s personal duty to voice her/his perspective and thoughts. “To Kill A Mockingbird”, by Harper Lee expounds a message of prejudice between African Americans and Caucasians living in the south in the 1930’s when a black man is sentenced...
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...The Wonders of MANHATTAN By Luke Lindgren Manhattan is one of the five boroughs of New York City, which are Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Staton Island, and the Bronx. Manhattan is the largest and most-visited borough, largely because it has very famous attractions like Times Square, Broadway, The Empire State Building, and Central Park, just to name a few. The Population of Manhattan, based off the 2012 Census, is 1,619,090. I am now going to tell you about a few things you can do at some of the attractions. Go to Times Square! Times Square is one of the largest attractions of the world, has some of the tallest buildings in America, and many amazing celebrations and stores. Firstly, it has the Mega Toys R Us store with an indoor ferris wheel, 4 floors of endless fun, and huge lego statues like a 7-foot tall Empire State Building and a 6-foot tall Lego model of Lady Liberty. Times Sqaure also has the M&M’s store, with over a hundred different colors and flavors for you to mix, and a ton more. It has Godiva, Hershey’s, and a Disney store too! Times Square has the biggest New Year’s Eve ball drops in the country with famous performers and thousands of people in the crowd. It also holds the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, and has an awesome 4th of July with the Statue of Liberty. Another Amazing place you should visit in Manhattan is Wall Street. It is a historic, large street with many amazing things you can do and places you can see. Wall Street is the “financial district”...
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...Colonizers: Great Britain in Jamestown “Life and Death at Jamestwon” INTRODUCTION “There it comes!” In May of 1607, there was the arrival of the first white settlers in Jamestown, Virginia. Virginia Company, a group of entrepreneurs from London, funded the explorers. Three ships namely Susan Constant, Godspeed, and the Discovery were used to transport the 104 men and women who left England to look for greener pastures in North America. Half of the settlers aboard the three ships were mostly “gentlemen” and some others from upper classes who do not know how to find a way to save their own lives. As soon as the colonists arrived at Jamestown On May 13, 1607, their expectations were immediately cut short since this group was met by rampant diseases, internal political struggle, as well as attacks from the native Indians. The initial instruction for the colonialist was to ensure that they have located a site that was not near the coasts to ensure an avoidance of Spanish warships, Virginia Council's primary concern. The relationship with Powhatan Indians were a major worry of the England Settlers. Because of the environmental issues at Jamestown, the English settlers had to establish their relations with native Powhatan Indians. Moreover, there were also some Indians who were hospitable to the first settlers, others were very hostile and would discharge them with arrows. After constructing rudimentary fort as well as witnessing Indian attacks, the white settlers realized that they...
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...Can endangered species of the world rely on the international law for their safety? Discuss This essay will attempt to discuss how the international law protects endangered species of the world. Using academic commentary and legislation it will also review the ethical, philosophical, economical and moral aspects of this area of law. The essay will also draw attention to the current issue, which has been a controversy in the preservation of endangered species of the world, but will particularly pay more attention to the protection of whales. Ever since the days of illustrious philosophers such Plato, Aristotle, Descartes to the modern scientists there has been a lengthy wait in fighting for laws and acts to protect animals in keeping them in good health and their populations high in numbers. Long ago, most animals became extinct because of natural events, like earthquakes or volcano eruptions. Climatic changes were also a threat i.e. like the ‘beginning of the Ice Age which also led to the disappearance of certain species’ . Today, animals are in danger mostly because of human beings. In the 17th century Descartes and Plato both portraying animals as mere objects, held that ‘animals have no conscience and humans should have no moral obligation’ towards them. However, through the advancement of technology and science Charles Darwin came up with his theory of evolution, bringing new developments and protection to endangered species, with his effort in his work there...
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