Fog

head lamps and hop the fence. As we hike through 2 miles of avocado groves the sweet smell of ripe fruit enhances the clean crisp morning air filling us with adrenaline and pure stoke. As we crest the hill we look down on our city covered in thick fog. The sun breaks the horizon filling the world with warm morning light. As we reach the lake the sound of frogs and waterfowl echo through the morning air. We fish for a solid 4 hours catching a total of 20 fish. As we move spots the sound of a…

In the winter, it is very important that you find the best solution for getting rid of the snow from your yard with ease. You must know exactly what tools and devices to use in order to remove the snow with less effort, and without spending lots of time outdoors in the cold either. Here is how to keep snow from taking over your yard. The most important thing you must do is to avoid snow accumulation Avoiding snow accumulation will help you to maintain your yard with ease. You will be able to…

Night and Fog discusses death in a blunt way. This film is focused on showing the atrocities that lead up to and encompassed concentration camps. In this film, they focus on how those who were in the concentration camps dealt with the constant threat of dying, in a situation that was caused by other people as opposed to an accident, or natural causes. (Dauman, Halfon, Lifchitz & Resnais, 1956.) Just as Dr. Crane suggested I had a difficult time watching this film. Frankly I never want to see…

much for me to handle, existentially. I don’t understand sunsets or chloroplasts, but the mystery keeps me interested. Some things I just don’t want to look up. Tell me that the light reflects off of the clouds and that the sun gives plants life. Fog is hovering above the lake on a chilly morning. I haven't learned the science behind that either. I like to think that the air critters are having a dance because…

The House of Sand and Fog: A world view is said to be the framework by which we interpret our present environment, and reality based on our past experiences and knowledge. The movie, “The House of Sand and Fog” takes us to understand a greater meaning of the world views through the explosive collision of three delicate peoples lives. Colonel Bahrani, Kathy Nicolo and Lester Burdon. Colonel Bahrani a once wealthy solider working for the Shah in Iran is now a reduced struggling immigrant,…

The fog of war is a documentary about the life, former experiences and times of Robert S. McNamara, the previous Secretary of Defense under the Kennedy and Johnson organizations. The piece is a blend between authentic footage and a meeting with Robert McNamara by the chief, Errol Morris. While permitting McNamara to recount the story from his point of view, Morris likewise partitions the film into eleven lessons that can be detracted from McNamara's life. What results is an inside take a gander…

sucess of 'Halloween' John Carpenter presented us with a ghoulish tale of a small northern California town named Antonio Bay. Which follows upon the night Antonio Bay turns 100, the night the fog came to kill the entire town. John Carpenter and Debra Hill bring a classic horror that will make you say 'Beware of the Fog' April 30th midnight til one belongs to the dead. Good lord deliever us On a night like tonight cold outside with a fire going telling ghost stories to little kids. The Captain…

Robert McNamara, philosopher and former Secretary of Defense under the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, discusses the political and ethical lessons he learned during his career. Of the eleven lessons he cites in the video, “The Fog of War”, two lessons will be examined as they apply to the war in Afghanistan. Lesson #1: Empathize with the enemy and Lesson #8: Be prepared to re-examine your reasoning, are lessons that if applied, to the war in Afghanistan, would positively influence the…

The Fog of War is an American film that documents the life, as well as times, of Robert. S McNamara, a former United States Secretary of Defense. In the film he illustrates his observations and experience with modern warfare (Errol, 2003). The title “Fog of War” is derived from a military concept that tends to depict difficulty that arises when making decisions especially when faced with conflict. The term Fog of War comes into mind when watching the film. It refers to the uncertainty that…

In the “fog of war”, war is seen through the eyes of McNamara. McNamara explains the tasks taken during war. In lesson 4 McNamara said “Lemay said, ‘If we’d lost the war, we’d all have been prosecuted as war criminals.’ And I think he’s right, He and I’d say I, we're behaving as war criminals.” (Fog of war) Both Lemay and McNamara knew the devastating consequences of firebombing most of Japan. All the innocent civilians killed were just another number in McNamara calculations. McNamara…