Vermont’s Snowflake Bentley was both clever and diligent in photographing a singular snowflake before it faded away. He found that no two were alike, as uniquely individualized as us. As fragile as a single snowflake can be the power of team work is never more evident than when they decide to join forces. And it was all too evident that that was happening now with a Vermont born blizzard and by all accounts my very first one to experience. In fact it was the first for the six of us, my three brothers, two sisters and parents crowded into a well beaten woody station wagon all weary from hours upon hours of difficult driving from the much warmer state of Virginia. It was December 28th 1969, I was fifteen and my Father had just been transferred …show more content…
Since I loved sugar, Maple Syrup was right up my alley. If you think about it, it’s a rare product which you’re able to produce from beginning to end. You can control it all by gathering the raw material of sap, processing it, bottling it and marketing. Vermont Maple syrup defines Vermont not so much by what it is but by those who produce it. One particular sugarhouse in southern Vermont served pancakes and the menu stated “served with real Vt. Maple syrup, Log Cabin $1.00 extra”. Another sugarhouse would gather the busloads of tourists in the gift area and take questions knowing eventually someone would ask “how long have you been doing this”? The response started with, “My father used to milk cows but decided it was far easier to milk tourists”. Sometimes good comedy comes from blunt wording. Vermonters have a lock on that. Their strength in humor is equal to their power of common sense. No better example of that would be when someone decided to use Federal funds to remove the rock ledges in the median area of I89 between Richmond and Montpelier. Whatever the reason, many locals felt differently. Why spend money to chisel perfectly good and admittedly Vermont picturesque rock from medians so it could look like other sterile stretches of pavement? The uproar went beyond letters to the editor or local radio talk shows extending to cars driving by the workers at task honking horns or shouting displeasures. Work ceased and the rocks stand today symbolically representing the strength Vermonters feel they possess when it comes to expressing themselves and getting
[Chorus - French Montana] It’s been a murder, a cold blooded murder, Cold blooded murder, cold bloody murder [Verse 1 - French Montana] da-da-da-da-dahh It 's the motherfucking D-O-double-G (SNOOP DOGG!) Real niggas getting cake, while fake niggas hate da-da-da-da-dahh
Major Works Data Sheet Your Name: Jialin Jin Title: The Road Author: Cormac McCarthy How many times on AP test? Once List four major conflicts (blank vs. blank) in the work and in your own words, provide a brief plot summary of the novel in five sentences or less. Man and Boy
WASHINGTON — Since President Barack Obama decided to rename Mount McKinley, why not also restore the Native American name of Mount Rainier, the iconic Washington state peak named for a British admiral who fought the Americans during the Revolutionary War? That 's what advocates in the long battle to rename Mount Rainier as Mount Tacoma or Tahoma want to know. "It 's a much more compelling argument to rename the mountain here than in Alaska," said Bill Baarsma, former mayor of the city of Tacoma and president of the Tacoma Historical Society.
Numerous tribes, environmental groups, protesters, and even museum directors have come together in a unified stance against the destruction of land, water, burial grounds and subsequent disrespect of the Rock Sioux Tribe. NBC News reported, “On Sept. 9, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington, D.C. denied the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe 's request for a temporary injunction in a one-page ruling.” The article also detailed that the federal government overturned Judge Boasberg’s ruling and temporarily halted construction close to Lake Oahe to conduct a more thorough investigation. However, protesters are unwavering in their mission to suspend construction permanently and the case serves as a reminder that insurgence is sometimes necessary when concerning the preservation of the world and its
“The people kept huzza-ing. Damn’ em. Daring’ em to fire. Threw snowballs. I think they hit ’em.
First Snow The ghastly precipitation fell in the skies as if hell had poured to impose judgment. Snow bleed down with crisp edges that were as sharp as a spinning wheel that landed upon all the living and the dead. A cacophony filled my ears with the sound of nature and fearful humans. Within all the chaos something so ghoulish yet alluring caught my eyes. The figure sat atop the steel edifice observing the night city with an expression filled with disinterested.
Lajeunesse decides to use a quote from North Dakota Highway Patrol Lt. Tom Iverson, quoting that “the protesters taken into custody were among a group of several dozen people who began taunting officers.” This quote gives a very negative perception of the protesters as criminals. Lajeunesse also decides provide information that further skew the perception of the protesters as criminals by going into detail about what items where left behind saying, “Teepees and yurts, thousands of sheets of plywood and tents, kerosene and propane stoves, diesel and gasoline generators, food, clothing, cars and mountains of human waste lie in what was once a pristine floodplain” Berman decides to instead use a quote from the Standing Rock Siuox tribe, quoting that “it was closely monitoring law enforcement activity at the camp and called on ‘everyone to remain peaceful.’” Using the Standing Rock Siuox tribe quote instead gives the reader idea that the arrests were
John Oliver’s video on sugar is an effective form of satire because of its exaggerated proposal of a serious problem and the way he uses Ironies, Hyperboles and a Parody to get his point across. Satire itself is very important in our society today because it helps make light of very serious problems by giving exaggerated proposals while giving real solution as well. His exaggerated proposal is all companies tell how much added sugar is in their product by using Candied Circus Peanuts as their measurements, they have more than 5 grams of sugar ‘per peanut’. The only downside to this is that people might be reluctant to “Show you their peanuts” The real solution he gave is just put the amount of sugar you add in on the
"Then there was nothing but snow; snow on the road, snow kicking up from the chains, snow on the trees, snow in the sky, and our trail in the snow." (Wolff) " Because the freezing point is 32 above zero, it meant that there were 107 degrees of frost. The dog had learned about fire, and it wanted fire." (London)
The pipeline stretches about 1,100 miles and is about 90 percent complete. At the uncompleted part of the pipe, protestors have been persistent in voicing their opinions on the matter. The main subject of the protest is the land itself; the land is a little ways away from the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. Presented in a public meeting about the Dakota Access Pipeline, information about soil contamination specific to the area provides proof of destructive pipelines from the past. The land where the unfinished pipeline is part of their ancestor’s homeland and the construction of the pipeline is controversial not only because of the land’s history but also because of previous pipeline spills that caused contamination in the land and soil in May 2015.
David Laskin’s The Children’s Blizzard explains the devastating force of an intense blizzard, which caught several people unprepared, and it tells the tragic stories of these people. On January 12, 1888 a massive blizzard struck the center of North America, killing between 250 to 500 people and affecting thousands. There were many factors that made this blizzard exceptionally deadly. Many farmers and children who were outside were unprepared to deal with any cold conditions, “a day when children had raced to school with no coats or gloves and farmers were far from home doing chores they had put off during the long siege of cold” (Laskin 2).
he Great Blizzard of 88 Our natural hazard is blizzards. Blizzards are a severe snowstorm with high winds and low visibility. Blizzards can form when warm air must rise over cold air. There are two ways this can occur when winds pulls cold air toward the equator from the poles and it brings warm air toward the poles from the equator. Cold and warm air brought together forms and precipitation occurs.
Rebecca Myers Professor LaKeya Jenkins English 102-80 2 June 2017 Short-Fiction Essay In Julia Alvarez’s “Snow”, an immigrant schoolgirl named Yolanda is experiencing her first time in New York. Her catholic school teacher, Sister Zoe, is a kind woman who is dedicated to teaching Yolanda the English language. As time progresses, Yolanda learns of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
When the wind begins to nip at your face, when the sky becomes a light grey, when all life seems to be hidden away, one knows that there is a high chance of snow. Plants seem to lose their color and become as barren as that of the sky. Animals and humans seem to burrow up from the cold weather outside. But one can only anticipate the white flurry substance coming from the sky. Snow is a magical thing.
Snowfall is a pretty sight, the world is still; no movement, even the air stays still. When you look up at the cloudy gray sky and see the snowflakes fall they float down in a graceful path that would make ballerinas look clumsy. It 's a euphoric moment almost, the kid inside you wakes up and without thinking everyones impulsive habit is to scream “It 's snowing!” and raise their hands to the sky asking for more. In this case, I wanted less snow.