...One sunny morning, my family and I decided to take a trip up to Lake Mille Lacs. All along the way, we noticed what an incredible ride our Ford Expedition ’05 provided us. Its independent shocks and air suspension made our journey very comfortable and smooth on the bumpy, rugged road. When we arrived at the lake, we noticed that a car had gotten stuck in a snow bank which was incredibly deep. We went over to approach them and asked if perhaps they needed some help from us. They replied yes, so we took out the tow rope and attached it to both their hitch and ours. As soon as the rope was secure, we then went back to our vehicle and shifted the gears to “4 × 4 low” in order to pull them out of the snow. This event really showed me that the Expedition was not just attractive-looking, but also truly powerful. After that, we continued on our way and went fishing on the lake. When the sun began to set across the horizon, we decided to go back to the cabin and fry up our catches of the day. The next morning, we rose at 7:00 a.m. with plans to hit the lake again and placed all of the gear back into the SUV. While we were doing so, we witnessed the sun shining on the Expedition in the most perfectly, exquisite way. We couldn’t help but smile at each other while admiring its brilliant design. After we finished up loading the equipment, we then headed back inside to eat a warm, filling breakfast. After the hearty meal, we all hopped back into the car and drove to the lake again. When...
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...To study and see if an Ice/Water Dispenser would be Ideal at NDSU, we followed a four-part research plan: Phase 1: Develop evaluation criteria Phase 2: Gather Information Phase 3: Interview head department chair of the Construction Management department Phase 4: Decision on why we chose to do a trial Phase 5: Conduct a Survey Our five phases will explain our plan and purpose to installing an Ice/Water Dispenser in the Construction Management and Engineering building. Phase 1: Develop Evaluation Criteria Our first main task was to develop criteria of what we wanted our Ice/Water Dispenser to meet. These expectations are what will ensure safety among students and staff as well as anyone that walks by. The Ice/Water Dispenser would need to meet three criteria’s:...
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...Joey Amici Science Fair Project Notes (4 Pages) Science Fair Project Notes (4 Pages) Ice hockey is a contact team sport played on ice, usually in a rink, in which two teams of player use their sticks to shoot a frozen rubber puck into their opponent's goal to score. The sport is known to be physical and fast-paced. The teams usually consist of six players that skate up and down the hockey rink that try to pass the frozen rubber puck back and forth trying to score it into their opponent’s goal and the team who has scored the most amount of goals win the game. Three of the six players skate up and down the rink, they are the ones that try to scores the goals. The two out of the six players stay back and are the defenders. They stay back...
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...Hockey has become a more expensive sport to play over the last years, and families can barely afford to keep their children in hockey anymore. People wonder why this is but there is a logical reason behind it. New technologies to improve the equipment have been invented, inflation on other things such as utilities, gas, food and salaries is the main reason for this problem. It has come to the point that families discourage their children to play ice hockey in favor of other, cheaper, sports. To buy new skates, a family is looking to invest between $500.00-$950.00 dollars, depending on the quality. Other popular sports that competes with hockey for practitioners have an massive advantage by being so much cheaper. This is a massive problem, and it has led to talented youngsters having to quit the sport they love because of their family’s financial situation. By doing research and comparing different options there might be a solution to...
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...Ice Skating adventure: By Cassidy Morgan Don’t miss out on an exciting adventure.You’ll have an amazing experience. My favorite Winter activity is ice skating.This exciting endeavor includes skating with friends and family, playing on ice, and relaxing and having a bite to eat when you’re home. Any exciting challenge you couldn’t do without your family. You and your friend are skating as fast as they can because you’re playing tag, then you’re slowing down because you’re tired and somebody sneaks behind and tags you. You’re it. You’re getting ready for a race GO and you’re not ready just go along with it don’t whine race like you started at the same time get that nerve that you need to win so go. Sometimes when it’s your first time skating...
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...Although an ice storm may not seem to have the same type of effects as some other crises may have on the hospitality industry, there are many negative outcomes from them. Ice storms are very dangerous in the fact that you never know when it could turn into one. Weather may be getting weather, even warmer, but if you’ve got rain, especially at the end of the winter season, it could easily turn to ice in a second. All types of storms can have some effect on any type of operation but in particular, those that are non-essential. As stated by the Government of Canada, “freezing rain is tough, clings to everything it touches and is more slippery than snow. A little freezing rain is dangerous, a lot can be catastrophic” (http://www.getprepared.gc.ca/knw/ris/str-eng.aspx#c4). Things such as electrical, heating, plumbing, gas, and any other type of power outlet can be effected by ice storms, especially with them being outside. The next few paragraphs are an explanation into how ice storms can affect a hospitality operation from the greenhouse, up to the actual restaurant itself. As well we personally interviewed Sarah Scott about her experience with an ice storm at Inn On The Twenty. There are several different areas that can be affected by the severe effects of an ice storm. As the rest of this report will show, the effects can spread right from the farmers to the restaurant/hotel and even directly to the guest at such locations. The primary focus of the interview that will assist...
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...Sea Ice Explain the trends and why they occur The overall concept of global warming has rapidly influenced the world’s awareness of how our uses of fossil fuels are destroying the natural world. From 1979 to 2000, the sea ice conditions were generally stable. Since then, year by year there has slowly been a decline in Arctic sea ice, most obviously seen from 2008 to present. Year after year scientists are seeing a lower starting measurement of sea ice coverage, though the pattern remains relatively similar, it’s obvious that the amount of sea ice is declining at a rapid rate, nearly half a million square kilometers within just two years. Scientists have also noticed a drastic drop in the thickness of the ice. Since 1972 there has been a consistent decline of about 3% every decade, but a steak of low ice years from 2002 – 2004 brought the decline average to 7.7% per decade. Based on the patterns that we’ve been seeing, it can only be expected that this will continue to decline rapidly as long as the Earth’s temperature continues to rise. So why is this happening? There is still plenty of cold weather that we all have to bare, but if there is so much cold and snow that we experience, why is the Arctic sea ice melting? The answer unfortunately lies in the hands of humanity. Although the current loss of ice seems small, it’s going to make a very quick decline due to something referred to as “albedo”. Albedo is the polar reflectivity, so when the ice melts, we lose this and leave...
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...Sample Narrative Essay: Group Ice Bucket Challenge Thesis: event + meaning Part 1: Receive challenge; learn more about ALS; buy supplies – Allison, Breanne, and I were eating lunch in the cafeteria when Simon walked up with his phone. Hey!” Simon said, pulling out his smart phone. It was obvious he wanted to show us something. We said hi back, waiting for him to pull up what he wanted us to see. “You’ve been challenged on Facebook! Are you going to do it?” Breanne looked puzzled. “Do what?” she asked. “The ice bucket challenge!” Simon replied. People sitting at tables surrounding us all looked up and at us. One shouted, “Do it!” Allison said, “Well, we’ve been challenged, so we might as well.” She and I shrugged. Simon raised his arms in victory and walked away. Part 2: Drive home; conversation – We all struggled to pay attention during class that day. All we could think about was the ice bucket challenge. How cold would the water be? Would it hurt? Who would record us taking the challenge? Whom would we nominate to take the challenge after us? We talked about all this after school, driving in Breanne’s car to Allison’s house, a cozy ranch house off Keebler Street. Along the way, Breanne surprised us by suddenly swerving into the parking lot of our local Food Lion. Allison said, “Why are we st…” but trailed off, figuring out mid-question that Breanne was buying the ice we needed. We only bought ice. “Ice bucket challenge?” the cashier said, ringing us up. We all nodded. “We...
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...is going on today. Even you can be a part of the problem! Today, car companies came up with and started working on Hybrid cars which reduce common emissions caused by normal cars by a whopping 27 percent, as stated by the EPA! Though that is helping the greenhouse gas boost in our atmosphere. Currently it is slowing it down; things as simply leaving your iPhone plugged in adds up to damaging the environment. During 2013, the amounts of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have increased by 34 percent since the 1990’s. It doesn’t seem like a lot, but if we were to continue at this rate, we would be in a world with no ice caps by the 2050’s, this is demonstrated by N.A.S.A., with a chart showing every decade starting at 1979 going to 2014, 13 percent disappears, it also shows in 2012 it was at it’s all time low, and because of the increasing speed . Luckily the Ice caps have increased by 60 percent since the 2000’s. This goes to show that our community is paying attention to the environment now. The current leader of the most C02 emissions, as stated by the UCSUSA (Union of Concerned Scientists, USA), is China, with a large 27% as of 2011, followed by the U.S., then Russia and India are tied at third with 5%....
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...In the argument and analysis writing we have concluded clear thesis statement were made at the last sentence of the intro paragraph every time. When creating my product review under the category of argument writing, a straightforward claim was made after explaining the product that I chose to review. I wrote about Carmen’s Italian ice, a local custard and Italian ice café in Rockville, Maryland and I stated “Carmen’s Italian ice is the best Italian ice café because they have many flavors of ice and custard and the price you pay is very good and the result is amazing ice and custard.” This compelling thesis statement sets up the body paragraphs to write about. As well in analysis writing I was able to institute a clear start with a thesis statement in the introductory paragraph. In the meaningful word essay created this eighth grade year my thesis communicated what I would write about. “The word “dream” in the novella The Pearl, connects to the development of characters and the theme of the story.” This clearly shows what I will be writing about for the rest of the essay. Clearly over the course of all eighth grade year it has not been difficult to write a thesis statement to begin my argument and analysis writing...
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...“My Little Bit of Country”. The Authors name is Susan Cheever, she was an American writer who was born in 1943, who wrote the essay. She is the daughter of the famous novelist and short story writer John Cheever. The essay is from the selection called “Central Park”, which was released in 2012. The writer has written as a first person narrator through out the text. We met our main character Susan Cheever when she was very young. Her father has just returned home from the WW2. We are told by Susan that her family’s almost commonplace visits to Central Park Zoo and Central Park. Susan’s father started writing and because of the big success he had and the fact that they as parents wanted one more child, the family moved to the one of the suburbs of New York City. Susan was not very enamored of it, she loved to be in the enormous city, to skate on the ice rink and to visit the yak in Central Park Zoo. After they had moved, she eventually moved back the New York City and became an adult who raised her own kids, in the way that she wanted to be raised. In this analysis, we will focus on the writer’s use of contrast. We will also analyze the central- themes, which are explored in the text, and we will in the end put some comments on the title of the essay. In this paragraph, we will comment on the title. “My Little Bit of Country” was the title of the essay. The title was inspired by Andy Warhol, who Susan heard saying, that it was better to live in the city than in the country. On...
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...winter months, we were in for a big change. We moved to Anchorage Alaska in January, right in the middle of the winter. I had never seen so much snow in my life. Because of so much snow accumulation, businesses would constantly have to use giant snowplows to remove all of the snow from the parking lots. After the plows had scraped all the snow off the top of the surface, it was not out of the ordinary for there to be a solid sheet of ice covering the parking lots. Being a new resident of the state, I underestimated at how much ice would actually be throughout the parking lot. When the parking lots were full of ice I always thought that it was the most fun thing in the world to slide across the ice on my feet. I found this fun and all, until one day it took a turn for the worst. We were at the local Wal-Mart and we had just got dumped on with four feet of snow. The snowplows were right in the middle of clearing out the parking lot so they were leaving paths of solid ice, perfect for sliding on. My mom never fancied me sliding across the ice. She would always say...
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...and how people are treating our planet. One of the facts that really caught my attention was that the water cycle is never broken – there is always the same amount of water on Earth. I never really thought about it that way, but as soon as I heard the narrator say that, I thought about all the cycles in life that happen every single day. The narrator then goes to mention that every species on Earth has a role to play. This also caught my attention Overall I found the film to be very factual as well. I thought about the facts of how our Earth is going downhill over time and it really makes me want to do something about it. I learned that global warming is really taking a large toll on our precious Earth. One example of this is the arctic ice cap is melting. It has lost 40% of its mass in the last 30 years. Another example of how the Earth is at risk is how by 2050, a quarter of the Earth’s species are going to be threatened with extinction. This frightens me and really makes me wonder what we as humans are doing wrong to affect our Earth this way. It frightens me that 70% of the Earth’s population lives in poverty. It frightens me that since 1950, the Earth’s population has nearly tripled. What are we going to do when those who lack basic necessities run out? Are those who live in poverty going to die off? When is this destruction of our Home going to...
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...How and why do Glaciers move? Glaciers are large masses of ice that are continuously changing and may be perceived as an open system with inputs and outputs. They take up 10% of the world’s total land area and are usually found in Polar Regions like Antarctica and Greenland and places where there are high altitudes and low latitudes. Fresh falling snow is made up of tiny ice crystals and after it lands it changes into solid ice. Newly fallen snow is light and porous, but as the snow becomes buried by more snow, the snowflakes change into granular ice called firn. As time passes the firn gets buried further causing the weight above it to compress it into solid ice. The force of gravity and the pressure of the ice cause the glacier to move downhill. The ice mass will stay stationary until it reaches a certain amount of thickness and when the ice reaches this amount of thickness, the pressure becomes great enough to cause the glacier to deform and move. The ice will move away from where there is the most pressure (thickest part of the glacier). Glaciers can retreat or advance depending on the amount of snow accumulation and ablation that occurs from year to year. If accumulation exceeds ablation, then the mass of the glacier will increase which causes the glacier to advance. If the snout moves to an area of lower latitude ablation will increase and eventually equilibrium will be re-established. Retreating and advancing of glaciers are very slow processes and takes hundreds...
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...Introduction Ice cream's origins are known to reach back as far as the second century B.C., although no specific date of origin or inventor has been undisputedly credited with its discovery. We know that Alexander the Great enjoyed snow and ice flavoured with honey and nectar. Biblical references also show that King Solomon was fond of iced drinks during harvesting. During the Roman Empire, Nero Claudius Caesar (A.D. 54-86) frequently sent runners into the mountains for snow, which was then flavoured with fruits and juices. Vegetables play an important role in human nutrition. Most are low in fat and calories but are bulky and filling. They supply dietary fibre and are important sources of essential vitamins, minerals and trace elements. Particularly important are the antioxidant vitamins A, C and E. When vegetables are included in the diet, there is found to be a reduction in the incidence of cancer, stroke, cardiovascular disease and other chronic ailments. Vegetable and Ice cream are now combined and offered by Sherbet Snow Company a newly established Ice cream brand that will satisfy the taste and preferences of every individual. Sherbet Snow Company will offer customers in Tacurong City and nearest town a variety of vegetable flavoured ice creams, frozen yogurt, and drinks. It is an ice cream store designed to stand out as a healthy lifestyle brand with homemade ice cream using vitamins and minerals sourced ingredients, as well as establishing itself as a comfortable environment...
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