Motorboat

Holes, by Louis Sachar is a story chronicling the experiences of a young boy in the wrong place at the wrong time. Upon being unjustly sentenced, he decides to spend 18 months at “Camp Green Lake” instead of prison. Unfortunately, all does not go to plan for Stanley as it turns out he must dig a hole a day for 18 months in the desert. One question lingers in Stanley’s head. What are they looking for? In the search for a hundred year old treasure, the main character Stanley will make friendships,…

to be suspended by the PGA Tour for testing positive for an unnamed performance-enhancing drug. 11. A June 2011 peer-reviewed study categorized 159 sports as one of three types: combat, independent, or object. Golf is one of 74 independent sports, along with others such as gymnastics, track and field, swimming, speed skating, and surfing. Not all sports have to be object (like football and baseball), or combat (like boxing and karate). 12. Golf has many things in common with other sports,…

The Historical Predation of the West Indian Manatee The West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus), also known as the sea cow; was listed as an endangered species by U.S Fish and Wildlife Services in 1972. However, since then it has been downgraded from an endangered species to a threatened species (Heavy Poaching in Prime Habitat: The Conservation Status of the West Indian Manatee). The main reasons behind their decline; are pollution in the water, powerboats, and slow reproduction. As a result,…

Heroes are made everyday, this is especially true in the case of Ryan White, a young teenager from Indiana who contradicted HIV from a blood transfusion. He was subject to terrible reticule from his peers and suffered the effects of his disease. In the events leading up to his death, he became the face of the HIV awareness movement before finally passing away at the young age of 18 in 1990. His ascendance to becoming a hero was made possible by his martyrdom for those affected by HIV, and those…

thunderous clouds swirl above our heads with anxiety swimming in his eyes, which were the shade of the metallic gray of our little fishing boat. The sharp taste of the salty sea air was heavy on my tongue and in my lungs. Underneath us, our plain gray motorboat rocked like a bucking bull. I clutched to the co-pilot’s seat like a child to its mother, watching the dark waters churn beneath us menacingly. “I’m sorry, Remi,” my father muttered in his strong yet raspy voice that reminded me of a…

The Evacuation from Dunkirk was the largest, and most successful military evacuation in world history. Over 330,000 soldiers were evacuated from the beaches of France after a failed attempt at defending it from the Nazi occupation. When the Germans invaded France in 1940, the British sent soldiers to help in the defence of the country. German tactics and technology allowed the Nazis to beat back the French and the British to the coast line. Not being able to counter-attack, the British…

Scream Factory is once again dipping into the Empire Pictures / Charles Band line of films, this time with a double feature of The Dungeonmaster and Eliminators. Two films that looked like they would be a drag to get through, but ended up being a hoot and a half instead. I know, I was as suprirsed as you are right now. Anyway, let's hop in our mobile unit (you need to read on to see what the heck I'm talking about) and get on with this review of both movies... PRODUCT INFORMATION PLOT SUMMARY…

PROTAGONIST “Kathy had been right. He should not have stayed in the city, and he certainly should not have stayed when she asked him, every day after the storm, to get out... Oh Kathy, he thought, I am so sorry. Zachary, Nademah, Aisha, Safiya, I am so very sorry tonight that I was not and am not with you…” (235-236). When he decides to stay in New Orleans while others are evacuating, Zeitoun is confident with his choice. As he saves multiple people from their homes, he feels as though he…

In The Great Gatsby, author F. Scott Fitzgerald shows the change in America’s morals during the Jazz Age in the 1920s by using characters like Jay Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan, Tom Buchanan, and Myrtle Wilson, who all have experienced a large shift in mortality compared to just the generation before them. The novel shows the social change in American society after World War I, which was a time of conservatism, compared to the risqué twenties. Throughout the novel, Fitzgerald continuously brings up…

A. Language enculturation At a very young age children start to learn our cultures language, this happens from observation. A child may unintentionally point to something like a tree and their parents will say that’s a tree, after doing that a few times they child learns. They also learn their language from listening to other member of the culture communicating to each other. It is rare for a member of our culture to learn a second language because we hardly come in contact with the outside…