today. During this time‚ skateboarding was seen as something to do for fun besides surfing‚ and was therefore often referred to as "Sidewalk Surfing". A number of surfing manufacturers such as Makaha started building skateboards that resembled small surfboards‚ and assembling teams to promote their products. Accordingly‚ skateboarding was originally denoted "sidewalk surfing" and early skaters emulated surfing style and maneuvers. In the early 1970s‚ Frank Nasworthy started to develop a skateboard
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story of how the house turned into a complete and total wreck upon his return. Moments later Jem says‚ “From the day Mr.Radley took Arthur home people said the house died… A negro would not pass the Radley place at night‚ he would cut across to the sidewalk opposite and whistle as he walked‚” (pg. 11/15). In this quote author Harper Lee tries to make us feel frightened by the house and uses the specific description of a negro walking past and changing sides of the street to really portray the fear and
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Tori Taylor English 1301. Feb 11‚2013 Second Language Speaking Affects Peoples Lives Learning to speak a different language is hard. If you are a second language speaker different emotions go through one’s mind. Some families only speak one language in the household; therefore the kids grow up speaking just that language as well. Second language speakers go through and feel different emotions on a day to day basis. A feeling of being misunderstood‚ alienated‚ limited from doing certain things
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Getting to Know the iBotTM 1. Who is Dean Kamen? Dean L. Kamen (born April 5‚ 1951) is an American entrepreneur and inventor from New Hampshire. Born in Rockville Centre‚ New York‚ he attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute‚ but dropped out before graduating after five years of private advanced research for drug infusion pump AutoSyringe. He is the son of Jack Kamen‚ an illustrator for Mad‚ Weird Science and other EC Comics publications. Kamen is best known for inventing the product
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Dear city council‚ Chinatown has been recognized as a historic‚ cultural‚ and economic important location. Historic buildings are home to a hodgepodge of shops‚ herbalists‚ lei makers‚ antique dealers‚ temples‚ bars and restaurants. Thus Chinatown is the place where many Asian immigrants gather for business‚ as this place projects colorful and eclectic blends reflecting Southeast Asian cultures. Further‚ it is the place where many local farmer bring fresh products for business. Customers can
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Delta Hotel by Lower Simcoe and even the Ice Condominiums‚ add to the frequency. Coming back to the Dominion-Centre itself‚ the perimeter is aware of this influx of people. With a large spanning setback‚ the building plays with its neighbouring sidewalks‚ allowing comfortable leigh way. The thoughtfulness of circulation impacts the pedestrians and
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of my own and hide it for someone else to find. It was a curious compulsion; sadly‚ I’ve never been seized by it since. For some reason I always “hid” the penny along the same stretch of sidewalk up the street. I would cradle it at the roots of a sycamore‚ say‚ or in a hole left by a chipped-off piece of sidewalk. Then I would take a piece of chalk‚ and‚ starting at either end of the block‚ draw huge arrows leading up to the penny from both directions. After I learned to write I labeled the arrows:
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Jonas took a seat on the cold sidewalk‚ stinging and burning him through his clothes‚ and put his hand on Gabriel’s back. He thought of a memory of food‚ one that had an elongated table‚ with food enough to feed 300 villagers. A feast‚ he knew‚ was the word. Gabriel seemed to enjoy this
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the skateboard going after the original inventor died? well those questions are about to be answered. Have you ever wondered what made the idea of the first skateboard? well the skateboard was first created when a surfer had thought of the idea of “sidewalk surfing”‚ most people when they heard that though that it was a creative idea‚ but others thought that it was a stupid idea and would never work. However‚ the skateboard that we know today was first made in the “1930’s in southern California”
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This would force the homeless people to throw away large portions of their belongings to benefit the city from not having “trash” on the streets. According to the L.A. times‚ the legislation California believes that this law will “limit storage on sidewalks‚ parkways‚ and alleys citywide to what homeless people can fit in a 60-gallon container‚ about the size of a city recycling or trash bin”. The idea of controlling what people can and cannot have is outrageous. The executive director of the National
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