RACING LINES presents as a sports drama that focuses on the sport of motorcross racing. Motorcross racing provides for a strong hook. The tone is consistently dramatic. The goal is clear and the stakes are very personal. There are solid themes about second chances.…
I thoroughly enjoyed listening to Rich Matteson’s Jazz Corner. I listened to two other tapes, and they were all equally interesting. Rich Matteson’s broadcast had a very relaxed feel; even the tone of his voice is relaxing! I really like that he knew exactly what he was talking about; considering his prolific career and vast knowledge of music and jazz, everything he said was relevant, and he was very well-spoken. His broadcast is excellent for discovering jazz songs and jazz artists, as well as learning information about the records he played.…
Playing Beatie Bow by Ruth Park Ruth Park is the author who wrote Playing Beatie Bow in 1980. Ruth Park was born in New Zealand, but settled and married in Australia, where she was inspired by the environment around her. This story is one that meant for an older, more young adult aged, children due to the maturity needed to comprehend the significance of the time travel and the relationships presented throughout the main character’s physical, emotional and mental journey. It also happens to be a lengthy story that younger children, with notoriously short attention spans, might lose interest in.…
Both hands have a hole going through the fists, as if he was grasping a pole or spear. At first glance, he is stagnant, but with further investigation he appears to be leaning forward toward the viewer. His left leg is raised with his right leg tucked behind it, indicating a walking motion. Rather than looking as if he is walking, it seems like a mere stance; this is the way in which he is standing.…
Matthew Kepnes’ otherwise known as “Nomadic Matt” “You Can’t Win If You Don’t Play” supplies his audience of his life story of finding his career as a traveler and blogger, and how you can find you can find your career by looking harder. As far as Matt recalls his prior life as repetitive, and as missing something to his desired lifestyle. Matt worked in the hospital administration as an “impatient assistance” (Kepnes) then in office of surgery department, and had plenty of friends, but a piece to his mediocre life was missing. His mom had him convinced he wasn’t in a job that he loved. So Matt went out into the vast world to find the one thing, “...that lights my fire the most.”…
Most memories from kindergarten are hard to recall, but one day that is as vivid as ever is September 11, 2001. The infamous day is one that Americans will never forget; the chapter “Bodies” in Redeployment by Phil Klay tells the story of a young enlisted Marine who comes back home from a deployment in Iraq. Upon his arrival, the Marine finds that he has no place in the civilian world because he has nothing to relate to. In the section “Bodies,” Phil Klay says, “For a long time I was angry.…
The piece starts out on a half-pipe the quintessential image you think of when you think of skate boarders. All the writings and the statements are put onto the half-pipe, and painted onto boards with different shapes, and every one is so individual to the one who made it. Many of the phrases are like the stereotypes associated with skaters, non-conformists, rebellious youth, and problems with authority. The overall artwork does not try to be pretty, some of the handwriting is messy and hard to read, words do not fit perfectly onto the boards, and the artists used strong authoritative words to describe what they wanted. The messages seem to apply to a variety of different sources.…
Just Imagine a 44 inch beautiful and stylish carbon based reinforced artisan bamboo truck with wheels. What is it? The new quest longboard super cruiser is the best of the best. This classic longboard will take you wherever you need to go in style. It's great for around town,getting to class or just cruising around the boardwalk.…
Popping An Ollie Physics Around Campus Ryan Meehan Physics 102 Spring 2017 This is a picture of me popping an ollie in the basement of Dooley Hall. An ollie is the first trick that many skaters learn, as it is the foundation for almost every other trick and can help skaters avoid obstacles such as small cracks and rocks that could ruin your day, and knees. The physics behind popping an ollie is very interesting, and after teaching my friends, and kids that I babysit how to skate, there are a lot of common misconceptions to what really happens when someone ollies.…
Stick Fly “A Martha’s Vineyard weekend erupts on politics, class and race in this funny and deep family drama.” Stick Fly, introduces the audience to a young black couple spending the weekend with the man’s (Spoon) family. While they couple settles in, the young lady, Taylor, is nervous about meeting her fiancés wealthy family for the first time. While waiting on the family to arrive, we are introduced to the character of Cheryl, the housekeeper’s daughter who is working for her mother because she is ill.…
“Ah, I see you are ready to go, Nightingale Sapienti,” Action Andy said to Virgil, dressed in the ceremonial uniform of his all-boy Catholic high school in Wilmington, Delaware. He then smiled, “I hope your time in my outfit would be fruitful one for you.” Virgil returned the favor. “How nice of you, Action Andy,” he told him in a polite one. “What are my orders regarding the Remnants and the South American Catholic school students?”…
Elizabeth Spain 19th Century Article review Andrew walker Walker’s main argument is about Turner’s The slave ship exhibition history. Arguing, how displaying a work of art can influence it’s meaning. Also the social significance it has on people. This leads into his major points for his argument.…
My father has been a St. Louis Blues season ticket holder for over 20 years now. He began taking me to Blues hockey games when I was a nothing more than a toddler. Our family has bled blue for as long as I can remember, despite the 49 year Stanley Cup drought. Attending a hockey game with my father has always been a treat. When I was that toddler sitting in the back of my father's car on the way to the Savvis center for a Blues game, we always listened to the pre-game show on KMOX; listening to the pre-game has become somewhat of a religious tradition for us.…
As I took my first step onto my local skatepark, the only thing that crossed my mind was “no way anybody skates that.” I was referring to the fourteen stair that was right in front of the entrance. Covered in pads with my skateboard in hand, I walked over to the seemingly endless drop and stared in bewilderment. “No way, this is huge. Maybe a pro could do this but that’s…
The article “Dude” that I was asked to present to the class was written by Scott Fabius Kiesling, an American sociolinguist, whose interest in the field of language and gender prompted him to investigate the functions and meanings of the word ‘dude’ in American cultural discourses. The first thing I discussed in my presentation was the goals that Scott Kiesling pursued in his paper, namely find out “the patterns of use for dude, its functions and meaning in interactions”, the reasons of its rise in use in 1980s and “how language is socially meaningful”. Then I briefly stated the methodological framework, including various data sources, which Kiesling utilisied in his research. Both were discussed in detail during the whole presentation.…