Ice hockey is one of the most action-paced of sports‚ demanding skillful skating‚ expert stick-handling‚ and masterly puck control. The game developed in the frozen expanses of North America‚ and a hundred years ago became the national winter sport of Canada. It also became very popular in the northern states of the United States‚ and later spread to Europe‚ Japan‚ and even to Australia. The game probably arose from boys playing on the ice. The kids probably fashioned pucks from frozen "horse apples"
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government. These experiences taught me to be calm‚ passionate‚ and gain the respect of others. I have learned how to express these traits through integrity and the desire of becoming a better leader. The sport my passion has always been in is ice hockey. As the assistant captain of my hockey team‚ I help younger players adapt to the style of play that
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Ice Bucket Challenge The bucket challenge is a popular viral craze which started since the summer of 2014 in U.S. The aim of ice bucket challenge is to raise money for the ALS(Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) Association. The people with ALS are frequently overlooked and they may have muscle weakness‚ impairment of the used of hands & legs‚ difficult in projecting the voice and breath difficultly. The procedure of the challenge is the norminated participants to be having a bucket of ice with
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no right or wrong meaning. Poetry speaks to each of its readers differently. In Robert Frost’s poem “Fire and Ice‚” it is both a lyric and didactic poem. There are several meanings that can be argued in “Fire and Ice.” Is Frost’s “Fire and Ice” about the world ending or a past love that has ended? In the first two lines‚ Frost writes‚ “Some say the world will end in fire‚ / Some say in ice.” The first thought that comes to mind when reading these two lines is that the poem is about the debate on
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Analysis of Fire and Ice In Robert Frost poem‚ “Fire and Ice”‚ the reader receives the poet’s opinion on the two different ways civilization could end. Frost compares the destructive forces of fire and ice‚ which are allegorical of the passionate nationalism and rigid isolationism of the day. He uses an imperfect rhyming scheme to emphasize points and links throughout the poem. In nine short lines‚ Frost sums up the socio-economic situation of his time. The rhyme link‚ between “fire” and "desire”
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outside with your friends playing an intense game of capture the flag‚ and you all have bright red faces and sweat dripping down every inch of your body. After the game is over you decide to go inside for a frozen treat. There’s no lemonade and no ice cream‚ so you search through your kitchen cabinets to see what kind of drink you can make for you and your sweaty friends. All you find in the cabinet is a couple packets of hot chocolate mix‚ but that shouldn’t stop you because you can create frozen
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Ice fishing is a winter sport that requires thick ice on frozen lakes‚ determination‚ warm clothes‚ and a whole lot of patients. I have been ice fishing since I was a little kid starting when I was around 7 or 8 my grandfather would take me out on the lake in front of our house every weekend in the winter and slowly teach me the ways and tricks of how to catch large quantities of fish. I am from upstate New York which means our region gets slammed with feet of snow every year and it drops below
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Finding the ice mummy opened a door of opportunities to scientists of all kind and historians. There were many questions being asked during the investigation. One being how old is the ice mummy body. In other words what time period‚ or how long ago did he live in. Scientist started questioning thing‚ they discovered which led the scientists to create hypotheses. The discovery of Otzi had scientists estimating how old the mummy was and what types of minerals his tools were. One hypothesis was that
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Fishing on a Frozen Lake I believe that ice fishing is the best type of fishing to build‚ strengthen‚ and polish a relationship between a father and his son. Fishing from a boat‚ shore‚ or on a river offers opportunities to get to know each other and spend quality time near each other. However‚ there is something very powerful about being so cold‚ your nose freezes with each inhale and exhale‚ that creates a picture-perfect setting to engage in deep and meaningful discussions. Henry David Thoreau
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The Miracle on Ice “Eleven seconds‚ now you’ve got ten seconds‚ the countdown is going on right now! Five seconds left in the game. Do you believe in Miracles?! YES!!! These words spoken by commentators Ken Dryden and Al Michaels‚ are perhaps the most famous words ever said in United States sports history. The Miracle on Ice‚ as it has been named‚ was perhaps the most phenomenal underdog win to ever occur. Perhaps I am biased on this subject because of the game of hockey and it’s importance in my
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