... and became better designed. The next surfboards to follow were made in the 1950¡¦s, this time the boards where made of balsa wood and then covered in a layer of fiberglass, these boards reached a length of about 9-10 feet long. In the 1960¡¦s the long board was introduced and was made of Styrofoam and again, covered in fiberglass. In the 70¡¦s the short board took over, which had a similar design to the long boards but were only around 6 foot in length. These proved to be very popular due to their faster speeds and easier maneuverability. Some of the people of today are still using the old fashioned long boar ...

... spending a lot of money on the trip. To open new experiences and ideas that are just a click of a button away. The idea of going on to the internet for almost every thing may make the person seem isolated. Isolated from people, form culture, from education, from communication to other people, but in reality they are not isolated. The internet gives variety. It might not give physical opportunity to visit Japan or Russia, but it gives almost the same emotional and cultural experiences. A person does not have to read a newspaper on the train or go to an art gallery to be cultured and not seem isolated; a pe ...

... good people. when steinbeck's characters are esablished severly on the land , they are hared working and good hearted. when there agricultural activities are disrupted, as when the joads are driven from oklahoma in The Grapes of Wrath, or when a seductive woman get in the way of the agricultural dream of lennie and george in Of Mice and Men tragedy and misfortune are often the result. Steinbeck presentd scenes of great crulty and passion in his books, his characters often use profanity beacuse they know no other way of speaking, it's sort of a manerism with them. the reason for this is that profanity is ofte ...

... hit Diallo after he was down� (Grace). On February 4, 1999 just after midnight Amadou Diallo, an unarmed, innocent man was murdered in front of his apartment building by four New York City Police officers. The officers identified themselves and when Diallo reached in his back pocket to pull out what eventually was found to be a mere wallet the four police officers opened fire. Carroll shouted "Gun!" then he and McMellon immediately started shooting and each emptied their sixteen round clips into the body of a 22-year-old immigrant form Guinea. In a period of approximately eight seconds all forty-one shots w ...

... casino gambling in their cities. Contrary to this claim though, Atlantic City has the highest unemployment rate in New Jersey. They claim restaurants, movie theaters, and other local businesses will benefit when exactly the opposite is true. Who is going to eat a local restaurant when the casino is offering free meals and drinks to gamblers. By 1996, Atlantic City were devoting 318 million dollars to promotional food and drinks. Also in Atlantic City, over 900 of the 2100 small businesses there closed and the number of local restaurants was reduced from 243 to 146. Richard Byron, President of the Federal Reserve B ...

... of value-added products in the market segment. Analysis of Environment, Firm, Current Strategy, Competition Your firm participates in an industry that is characterized as highly vertically integrated and in which (since the 1950s) poultry farmers combined feed mills and processing plants to create efficient operating complexes. Three distinct processed poultry met products are produced: fresh carcass products (i.e., whole bird and parts; formed products; emulsified products. Producers sell directly to large grocery and restaurant chains. From 1987 to 1991, poultry processing shipments have increased from $14.913 ...

... of a persons life is his environment. A persons surroundings affects how they live, how they think, and how he sees his own life. Sure America is the land of oppurtunity. But not everyone has the same oppurtunity as others. A person living in the Ghetto seems to have less of it than a person living in a rich neigborhood. A young boy could be at the top of his life. He is ready to conquer the world. He is ready to go to west point to study to be the best soldier in the world. When his physical come back they tell him he has a weak heart. He then finds out he got it from his father. It is nice to believe that ...

... to vote to establish a municipal communications company was Hawarden, a small town along the Missouri River. Poor service such as lines failing during intense rainstorms was enough of a reason to city officials for Hawarden to begin building it’s own communications system. The Iowa Telephone association, however, objected to this motion and eventually took the case all the way to the Iowa Supreme Court. When the case was reviewed in October of 1998, state judges ruled in favor of the association ruling that municipal communications companies defied federal regulation of communications companies. In a ...

... and society at large. However, it seem that society has begun to accept this lifestyle by allowing same sex couples some of the rights afforded heterosexual couples. The idea of coming out of the ‘closet’ has moved to the forefront of homosexual individuals when it used to be the exception. The Government of Canada has recently passed law making it illegal to discriminate against an individual’s sexual preference. With this in mind, the government would then require all facets of society, including religious communities, to welcome the marriages, adoptions, and families of homosexuals as though they were ...

... college life. College is a time where tough decisions are to be made and these choices can change the direction of your life. It is a time where in most cases students get a taste of the real world by being away from home for the first time with a new found freedom to live as they please. College life is a new experience and the pressures that come along with it have an effect on a student’s path to success. Unfortunately, alcohol is one of these pressures. Alcohol abuse is a major problem that many young men and women encounter throughout their college experience. Drinking on college campuses is a problem that ...