The Physics of Fly-fishin’ What does it take to launch an ultra-light fishing line over 200 feet? A little physics and a lot of feel for the fishing rod‚ that’s what. The trick to doing good is to have the thinner‚ end of the line‚ land on the water first then the fly. The end of the line cushions the fly‚ having the effect that a fly is landing on the water‚ not a piece of nylon string. This may sound easy‚ but it’s a lot harder than it seems. Just getting it to go that far
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dreaming about open water and summer fun. Be adventurous‚ bundle up‚ get outside and try fishing in a whole new way through the ice! Ice fishing action can be fast and furious when winter seals the lakes under ice. Best of all‚ there are no mosquitoes or flies to "bug" you. Now winter fishing can be as just as much fun as warmer weather fishing‚ I want to tell you the essentials you are going to need to for Ice Fishing. I want to tell you about Ice Safety‚ Equipment‚ and Shelters. Once you have made
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In the novel Looking for Alaska by John Green the main character‚ Miles‚ believes in a “great perhaps” which he learned from a man named Rabelais in his last words. After going off to a boarding school named Culver Creek and meeting a girl named Alaska whom he tells about his love for last words he learns the last words of Simón Bolívar which were about a labyrinth of suffering. Being someone who faced suffering during moments like when only two people showed up to his going away party‚ he threw
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Looking for Alaska Looking for Alaska is a novel by John Green and is about a young man named Miles Halters. The book is set in Alabama at the boarding school‚ Culver Creek High School. Miles loves memorizing the last words of famous people and is looking to seek his “Great Perhaps” in his life. After moving into his dorm Miles meets Chip‚ or also known as The Colonel. The two moves the Colonels’ furniture into the boys’ dorm. Soon after Miles gets the nickname‚ Pudge‚ just to be ironic since he
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Looking For Alaska Book Report – Eulogy Hello everyone. I would like to thank you all for coming to honor our friend‚ Alaska Young. I am Miles Halter‚ known to most as Pudge. I transferred to Culver Creek Boarding School from Florida to ‘seek a Great Perhaps’‚ to leave behind the insignificant things I was doing‚ to seek something that was perhaps greater. I collect people’s dying words and “I go to seek a Great Perhaps”‚ were the last words of Francois Rabelais‚ but unlike him‚ I did not
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Looking for Alaska The story opens with Miles Halter‚ the protagonist‚ leaving his home in Florida to attend a preparatory high school named Culver Creek in Alabama for his junior year. When he arrives at Culver Creek‚ Miles meets his roommate‚ Chip Martin. Chip introduces Miles to one of his friends‚ Alaska Young. Alaska is attractive but emotionally unstable and can be very bipolar. Other than Alaska‚ Chip introduces him to Takumi. Chip‚ Alaska and Takumi have been friends since freshman year
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The novel “Looking for Alaska” written by John Green is predominately about self discovery. I found this novel was filled with overwhelming emotions that connected and allured me deeper as the novel carried on. I think the theme adolescence this novel portrays is very relevant to todays world because young teenagers are all going through a intimidating and perplexing time and this book relates to the way they feel and see the world in a way they can understand and relate to. Protagonist Miles’
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Risk This assignment will critically evaluate theories of risk‚ and consider the approaches to practice for the role of a local authority social worker in the identification‚ assessment and management of risk of social work with children‚ young people and families. There will be consideration given to the impact of social work practice on service users and carers including my understanding of anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive practice. The idiom ‘damned if you do and damned if you don’t’
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meaning of love‚ friendship‚ disaster and hope. Looking For Alaska by John Green is a heart wrenching tale of two young people’s journey to find their way in the world. After Miles “Pudge” Halter’s search for the great perhaps gets spun around when he is taken to Culver Creek Preparatory School and meets alaska young his search for the great perhaps is transformed into a search for a meaning behind the way he feels. Thou Looking For Alaska is suitable for teens as it includes drug and alcohol use
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PSYCHOANALYTIC ANALYSIS OF LOOKING FOR ALASKA It seems natural to think about novels in terms of dreams or psychoanalytical realities. Like dreams‚ novels are fictions‚ inventions of the mind that‚ though based on reality‚ are by definition not exactly and literally true. Conversely‚ dreams may have some truth to tell but like novels their truth must be interpreted before it can be grasped. Such is the case with John Green’s young adult novel‚ Looking for Alaska. It holds many truths that are relevant
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