In the short story “The Skating Party”‚ the main theme that evolves is that a person must learn to make decisions carefully because he/she will have to live with the consequences for the rest of his/her life. The central character‚ Nathan‚ cannot choose between the job he has always wanted‚ farming‚ and that of which he knows he is capable‚ teaching. Also‚ he has spent 30 years reliving the incident of his youth‚ which occurred at a skating party‚ contemplating the decision he made regarding
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ANGEL OF THE BRIDGE You may have seen my mother waltzing on ice skates in Rockefeller Center. She’s seventy-eight years old now but very wiry‚ and she wears a red velvet costume with a short skirt. Her tights are flesh-colored‚ and she wears spectacles and a red ribbon in her white hair‚ and she waltzes with one of the rink attendants. I don’t know why I should find the fact that she waltzes on ice skates so disconcerting (=embarrassing)‚ but I do. I avoid that neighborhood whenever I can during
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future. Little did anyone know‚ skating was the one thing that kept me going. I spent most of my days skating after school until dark only to come home to my parents screaming at me to throw my board in the trash. Coming from Bangladesh‚ my parents always wanted me to have a better life than they did‚ and skating did not fit into this life. Which wasn’t too big of a problem for me; I figured one day they would accept it‚ but until that day‚ I promised to keep skating. Skateboarding helped me block
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ridell. While everyone is on the sidelines trying to fix my skates‚ I’m out there speed skating to my music enjoying life. I was out on the rink speed skating in Arnold‚ Mo. That day had been perfect‚ I got a job‚ got an A+ on my final exam‚ and now I was skating. Everything at the rink was just fine till they closed the child rink and turned it into something that would make more money. I was speed skating when I came around the corner and instantly was greeted by a child falling in front of me
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asked yourself how a roller coaster works? Would roller coasters safely run without the knowledge that physics offers us? The answer is no. Roller coasters are driven by physics; it mobilizes and gives its riders amusement through forces such as inertia‚ gravitation‚ and centripetal forces and utilizes different types of energies such as potential and kinetic energy. Physics is what makes roller coasters safe and effective. It is not only the high speed of the trains of a roller coaster that makes
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When Rollerblade‚ Inc. first started up‚ they had to overcome the obstacles with any new venture company‚ only no one had ever seen or heard of their in-line skate product. At this time‚ everyone was still using traditional roller skates‚ but the idea of in-line skates was not easily adopted right away. Rollerblade‚ Inc. eventually became a very profitable company with their in-line skates‚ however‚ today they seem to have grown to an elephant (profit growth is at a near standstill). This is largely
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There are some people who do special tricks or stunts that may need a different size deck but that’s a rare situation. Although the deck height doesn’t affect your skating as much‚ you still want to give careful consideration to the deck height before you buy a board. The nose and tail of the skateboard deck will affect how you are able to skate. A nose and tail that are more curved will allow you to do a wider variety
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Part 1 Roller coasters Additional notes: GPE = m x g x h KE = m x v₂ The main energy transfers that happen as a car travels along the track from the start of the ride to the end: [1]The rollercoaster car gains gravitational potential energy (GPE) as it travels to the top. Once over the top‚ the car gains speed as GPE is transferred to kinetic energy (KE). As it travels to the top of another loop‚ KE is transferred to GPE. Not all the energy is transferred to or from GPE – some is transferred
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Winter Paradise The smell of maple bacon tickled my nose only seconds before my cell phone rang loudly‚ awaking me from my sluggish state. I silenced the device and tossed it to the other side of the bed. I could feel the sunlight on my skin creeping through the cracks of the blinds. Opening my eyes to a room so brightly lit‚ I grunted as the light hit my dilated pupils. I crawled from underneath the thick comforter only to be hit by icy cold air‚ making my skin form little chill bumps. I grabbed
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Looking down at the freshly made‚ crisp ice‚ I saw a young boy holding onto the wall. He looked terrified so I decided to help him. I got a walker from the side of the ice and brought it to him. He held onto it and I skated around pushing him in front of me‚ he seemed to be having fun with the smile plastered on his face. We skated in circles and zipped around the ice. The wind was blowing through our locks‚ we most likely looked like lions that just woke up from a nap. After I made sure he was comfortable
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