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    Reckless Teen Driving: Teenagers’ Mistakes that Cause Their Accidents I had a first-hand experience with the problem of reckless teen driving. It was a sunny Saturday in mid July 2006‚ when my friend‚ with a slow and trembling voice‚ announced to me that a person‚ who means unimaginably a lot to me‚ had a car accident. That exact moment my whole world was crushed. I couldn’t ask why‚ how‚ or when. The only words that came out of my mouth were‚ “Is he all right?” I got no response.

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    Business Analysis: By: Nicholas Long Introduction to Business 201-3‚ Professor Nagel 04-27-2012 Nicholas 1 Is it possible for a small skateboard shop on Lafayette St. in New York City to become a large‚ iconic clothing brand and take over the street-wear scene? For the boys over at Supreme it is possible‚ and it has been done. James Jebbia‚ the founder and owner of Supreme‚ opened the doors of his little skate shop in downtown Manhattan in April 1994. The shop attracted the rebellious

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    Root Causes of Construction Accidents‚" the authors‚ Tariq S. Abdelhamid and John G. Everett (2000) presents the development of an Accident Root Causes Tracing Model (ARCTM) that is capable of answering why the accident occurred by identifying possible root causes so that more effective methods for preventing accident can be identified and applied by labor and management. Three examples are examined to explain the use of the model‚ understand construction site’s accidents and identify what prevention

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    Cameron Campbell English 1010 October 25‚ 2012 “Longboarding” Grippy and maneuverable‚ longboards are safer for street surfin’ and they can give you the most bang for your skateboard buying buck. Many people in this country associate skateboarding with ollies‚ grinds‚ and other tricks made famous by icons of the sport such as Tony Hawk. However‚ there is an entirely different way to utilize a board with wheels attached to it which doesn’t involve any hopping or flipping‚ just riding it. Longboards

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    who only have one shape and style. The sport of longboarding also has had a big rise. Whether just riding around‚ or competing in actual competitions that thousands and thousands of people do every year. Longboarding got its start same as time skateboarding did around the 1950’s in Hawaii. They were invented by surfers for when they couldn’t go out on the water could go to the urban streets to mimic the same movements they do on the waves. The first longboards were made from a plank of wood with metal

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    new craze of conventional skateboarding. The popularity of Vans among these skateboarding rebels was primarily down to the perception that the runner depicted “A step above everyone”. Also‚ the price of the shoe was right for this group of talented teenagers. “We wore Vans because they were seven bucks‚ end of story”. What was the public perception of skateboarding at this time? During the seventies these “skateboarding rebels” did help the perception of skateboarding. This group were known as

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    because: - it will be owned and operated by one person - it has less than 20 employees - it is a sole trader - it is not dominant in the industry 5) Why did you choose this business? I have chosen this business because I have a passion for skateboarding‚ I enjoy the beach‚ long skates along the promenades and there is only one skate shop in Manly. 6) What aspects of the business do you plan to study? I plan to study the following aspects: - Product or business idea and its potential -

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    Did sports branch off of surfing or were they created on their own? Six very popular sports and many more branched off of surfing. While they each came from surfing‚ they all still have their own history. They all became what they are for a reason. Windsurfing‚ for example‚ didnt start out as a sport. It started as a means of transportation. “Sailboards” were created to transport people across large bodies of water. They were created over a thounsand years ago. Now windsurfing is a popular sport

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    Robert Jones‚ wrote first account of figure skating‚ style was formal dancing. Jackson Haines‚ changed style and based skating on 1860 style dancing. Americans Irving Brokaw and George H. Browne were first to demonstrate figure skating to an audience. Canadian Louis Rubenstein‚ was a student of Haines. There is very small amount of friction between the ice-skates and the ice. This small amount allows a skater to glide along the surface smoothly without friction stopping the motion as soon as it

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    have been for years. I have seen all of my friends and I grow from terrible skateboarders into a group of young men who all have the same thing in common and enjoy doing it. Skateboarding is not just a thing to do for us. It is a way of life and maybe for some of us a way to earn income in the future. While I am skateboarding I have nothing on my mind. I do not worry about the hours of homework that I have waiting for me at home or the twelve hour shift I have tomorrow. Skating also gives me a feeling

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