Date: 9/2/2012 Description: Vans was launched in 1966 by Paul Van Doren with his brother James and two partners. Van Doren was aiming to make almost durable and affordable casual deck shoe in the market which eventually turned out to be the most liked shoes by youngsters‚ athletes and others. From its own retail store in Anaheim‚ California Van Doren was able to open few more stores in other places. But‚ the main concern was to promote those stores. Van Doren was involved in producing shoes
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VANS is an American based manufacturer of sneakers‚ BMX shoes‚ snowboarding boots‚ skateboarding and other shoe types. They target and cater to groups of youths and active consumers who do skateboarding‚ surfing and snowboarding. There are also apparels and accessories from the same company to cater to the same youth market. The first store was started in California by Paul Van Doren and three partners in March 16‚ 1966. What makes them special at first is that they sold shoes manufactured from
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The Tennessean David Mikhael Mr. Snow Imaginative Writing May 22‚ 2013 R.I.P. Athena Today‚ we morn the tragic loss of a great god. On May 22‚ 2013‚ the great god Athena was found dead on mount Olympus. She will be remembered forever as the goddess of wisdom and military victory. She was also the guardian and patron of Athens‚ Greece. She helped build Athens into an economic power house
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long to see that Beirut is insanely innovative and inspired. Of all the albums I have reviewed so far‚ The Rip Tide takes the most risks. This risky nature can be seen in the vocals alone. The lead vocalist‚ Zach Condon‚ often sounds strained and slightly out of tune‚ yet he chugs along‚ singing with poised gusto as he thrusts his voice into a series of
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Elements of Fiction 1. Settings * Place and time where the story takes place * It sets the mood of the story 2. Characters * Elements that move in the story *Classifications of Characters* * Protagonist – good guys * Antagonist – bad guys * Round – complex‚ many sided * Flat – one to two traits only * Static – sake sort of person from the beginning till the end * Dynamic/developing – undergoes permanent change * Major – main roles * Minor – supporting
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prospective. George Saunders used a neat technique where it was as if we were reading the minds of the two main characters. It was neat to see this writing style used and how it effectively displayed the most important fictional element in my opinion. The most important fictional element for this short story is the use of symbols. One symbol in particular‚ the puppy. The puppy was symbolic in a few ways for both of the main characters. For the first main character Marie‚ the puppy represented a few things
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Indeed Rip Curl has gone from a garage enterprise established by two Victorian surfers into a global business which now employs over 1500 people‚ with factory outlets all over the world. Rip Curl is a major Australian manufacturer started by two surfers in Torquay producing surfboards from their garden shed‚ but the business only started to grow when they made the logical step of manufacturing wetsuits. Today Rip Curl produces not only surf gear but also apparel‚ sunglasses‚ watches‚ footwear and
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“Who’s Irish” by Gish Jen is a short story about a Chinese grandmother living in America. The grandmother lives with her granddaughter Sophie‚ her daughter Natalie‚ and her unemployed‚ Irish son-in-law John. She describes Sophie as “wild (105)”‚ and blames her Irish side. She claims: “She is not like any Chinese girl I ever saw (106)”. The grandmother babysits Sophie during the day and believes she should be spanked‚ even though Natalie and John oppose it. Sophie continues to misbehave and the
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Vincent Van Gogh- Irises- 1889 Irises-1889 Vincent Van Gogh J-Paul Getty Museum Oil Pint During Van Goghs stay in the asylum at Saint- Remy‚ he devoted himself entirely to his artwork calling it the ’lightening conductor for his illness’ he believed that painting was the only thing that kept him from loosing his sanity. His painting ’the irises’ was the first completed work in the asylum‚ which differes from his later pieces as it does not show traces of tension and bad mood
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Marlo Wilson Business Literature January 15‚2007 Lynn Nelson Comparing Narrative in Fiction and Non-Fiction Paper Comparing Narrative in Fiction and Non-Fiction Paper 1 " My Lack of Gumption" a non fiction story by Russell Baker and "Forty-Five Month a fiction story by R. K. Narayan were two very interesting readings. It was quite amazing to see how two authors with totally
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