Upstate New York

This project started with an feeling and experience rather than direct idea. Around october i went to the NYC from my dormitory in Upstate New York. On friday night i was supposed to meet a girl that i really wanted to spend some time with but as i found myself sitting underground connected to the subway station wifi waiting for her reply i realised that i'm not getting it. A wave of feelings covered me like a wave covers a surfer. I knew it's normal to be ignored as well as to feel lonely but this time feelings hit so deep that it made me truly realise that we're born alone, we live alone and we die alone. Over the night loneliness grew around me like a mould, a state which inhibits contact no matter how badly contact is desired. I spent two days riding a subway with a desire to ride away and find a peaceful spot and just wandering around the city with my camcorder capturing scenery that seemed appealing to me and writing down most pure thoughts that came through my head at that time. Prior starting this project i was using expansive dslr camera and at some point i thought that footage looked almost too realistic. I put it in the storage and took out my dad's old camcorder which records on mini dv tapes. When i saw digitalised footage on my computer i was surprised how raw it looked. It looked much more humanistic, nostalgic and dreamy. It was…

In the article called “Mass Hysteria in Upstate New York”, the author Ruth Graham explains how many teenage girls are getting all the similar symptoms. Some of these symptoms are nausea, dizziness, cramping, and passing out. This has only happened to a couple boys, but mostly teenage girls. Also, some of these girls start to act dramatic over the things they do. Other girls seem to follow what other girls are doing. All their actions seem to lead up to mass hysteria. The definition of mass…

Hike While on military terminal leave in the summer of 2014, I was having a conversation with my cousin’s husband about hiking. I mentioned to him how we should take his 9 year old son hiking. A few days later he had the hiking trip all planned out with a map of the actual state park in NY. One of his coworkers that goes camping with his sons suggested Minnewaska State Park in upstate NY. I was excited to go hiking with them. Because while serving in the US Army I had trained in the woods but…

In 1978, Love Canal near Niagara Falls in upstate New York was seen as a beautiful river, which wind around the hundreds of houses and schools. The clam was shattered. A child’s mother suddenly found her son appeared asthma, pneumonia, urethral abnormality and…

people’s minds, the term “Fracking” only applies to the controversial extraction process and the environmental impact surrounding that process. Hydraulic Fracturing or “Fracking” for short is a process where chemicals and water are injected into wells to breakup rock formations that have gas or oil trapped in the rock itself. This process is specifically used for developing and extracting oil and natural gas from shale. While most people have heard the term “Fracking”, very few understand or…

There is a relationship between physical environment and human interactions. I live upstate New York and travel three day during the week to New York City. At the beginning when I start to travel I find a big difference between the two cities. The upstate New York is more quiet and people are more friendly. In New York City people don’t take time to see what is around them, even though they have everything. First, I live in a small city that everybody knows each others. I have 5 years working…

New York can be an amazing state to adopt a pet in. However, bear in mind the temperatures of different areas of the state before deciding on the animal you wish to keep as a pet. Many places enjoy mild temperatures during the spring, summer and fall months, with colder weather occurring in the winter. However, upstate New York routinely deals with chilling temperatures and vast amounts of snowfall. If you live in the city, chances are a small dog or cat would make the ideal pet. On a farm…

The unique democratic purpose of New York’s periodic constitutional convention referendum is to implement New Yorkers inalienable right to alter their constitution in cases where the interests of the legislature and people conflict. New York’s constitution allows the people to exercise this democratic purpose, a convention must be substantially independent of the legislative’s control. For example, New York’s constitution prohibits the legislative from directly limiting a convention’s agenda.…

First, they stop in New Orleans where they receive official papers stating that Solomon is a free man. Then they travel to Washington, D.C. to bring some justice to the case of Burch. While there is evidence against Burch for kidnapping and selling Solomon into slavery, Burch is let off free. The main reasoning is that because Burch is white and he can testify while Solomon cannot take the stand. In the end, no justice is served. He reaches New York to reunite with wife, daughter, and grandson…

Bohaker argues that these natural liking allies came together as a distinct identity on the core of their relationships with the French. The two shared certain things in common for example, author provides an important common bond “...they were all enemies of the Iroquois Confederacy”(Bohaker,pg.29), continuous attacks led to the native tribes having to be forced out of their homes and turned into refugees, the author provides evidence using a book called The Middle Ground by Richard White.…