On Sunday I attended a Chicago Bears football game for the first time. They played against the Tennessee Titans‚ and it turned into an absolute thriller that came down to the very last play. Although they didn’t win‚ I left the stadium with a smile on my face and a very sore throat. For three hours or so‚ I stood screaming‚ chanting‚ booing‚ laughing‚ and cheering as I watched my favorite team. Seeing the game in person is far different‚ and better‚ then watching it on t.v. The breeze coming off
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duckbill check valve made of elastic neoprene synthetic fibers specially processed‚ shaped like a beak‚ it said duckbill valve. In case of no internal pressure‚ duckbill exports itself under the action of elastic closure; With the gradual increase in internal pressure‚ duckbill exports gradually increased‚ keeping the liquid can be discharged at high flow rates. Rubber duckbill valve to prevent flooding and sewage intrusion shed street sewers and basements‚ to avoid heavy losses‚ to prevent the water
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Chicago: A City with Many Attributes Everything is defined by its characteristics. There’s no doubt Chicago is a peculiar city and possesses distinct qualities which makes it recognizable and distinguishable from other cities. It is a place with a great past‚ and perennially has stood with a noteworthy feature. The city not only exemplifies its distinct feature‚ but also symbolizes the personality of Chicagoans. The skyscraper‚ architecture‚ comedy‚ arts and music‚ and scandals are the attributes
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school my father had to relocate to Chicago for one year that gave us an opportunity to live there. We moved in August into a northern section of the city‚ Lincoln Park. Moving to Chicago was an exciting opportunity to live in a big city. Since I never lived in a big city‚ I was not really sure what to expect. The school where my brother and I were enrolled is Jones College Prep. In comparison to Lincoln Park‚ a residential area in the north section of Chicago‚ Jones College Prep was in the South
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going to be in Chicago today. Our neighbor‚ who is cousins with Jackie Robinson‚ had told her the night before and was waiting to surprise me in the morning. She said that if I would do some chores‚ she would take me from our house in Gary to Chicago to try to see Jackie Robinson. After I was finished eating breakfast‚ my mom reminded me that it was time to do some chores. I went upstairs to clean the bathroom. When I was done cleaning the bathroom I asked my mom if we could go to Chicago and try to
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a Advantage: * Skydive Chicago is one of the United States’ premier skydiving resorts‚ serving skydivers ranging in skills from first time jumpers to internationally competitive freefly teams. * Jumpmasters video their student’s jumps. * Students use the feedback these videos provide to identify mistakes. * (student)They often copy their videos onto a personal tape for future reference. * Jumpmasters may also copy well-executed student skydives to the facility’s tape library
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The poem "Tenement Room: Chicago" is simply about the same thing as its title says‚ a tenement room in Chicago. To show the mood of the room the poet uses imagery. When the poet uses imagery‚ he uses words to create mental images using the five senses of seeing‚ smelling‚ hearing‚ tasting‚ and touching. The poet here tries to show how the room and everything in it is broken‚ beaten‚ and old with visual imagery. In the second stanza the port goes on‚ object after object‚ describing each. In verses
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existing association that extends deep into American culture and language. Americans can be hurt by others by being “blacklisted‚” or “blackballed‚” or “blackmailed” (Williams‚ 1964). When the Chicago White Sox deliberately lost the 1919 World Series as part of a betting scheme‚ they became known as the Chicago Black Sox‚ and to this day the “dark” chapter in American sports history is known as the Black Sox Scandal. In a similar vein‚ Muhammad Ali has observed that
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moving to the United States in the early 1900’s with the hopes of living the "American Dream." However‚ that glittering American lifestyle is merely a distant ideal for the immigrants living in Packingtown‚ the Lithuanian meatpacking district of Chicago. Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle portrays life through the eyes of a poor workingman struggling to survive in this cruel environment‚ where the desire for profit among the capitalist meatpacking bosses and the criminals makes the lives of the working
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The Great Chicago Fire happened on the night of Oct 8-10‚ 1871. One legend is at a barn located on the land of Patrick and Catherine O’ Leary at 137 DeKoven Street on the city’s southwest side and the fire started when the family’s cow kicked over the lantern and it lighted the hay and the barn caught on fire. Before the Great Chicago Fire the city average was 2 fires per day. In 1997‚ the Chicago City Council exonerated Mrs. O’ Leary and her cow. She turned into a recluse after the fire and she
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