... for a knee board was 4ft, which was an expectable length according to the regulation. In total disgust of the new rule, David decided to find a broken long board, which was about 3’11. After he went into the water and caught his first wave, it was then he knew he had found a brilliant idea. He teamed up with a guy by the name of Steve Lis, and made the first short board design in the US. They called it the “Fish.” When the short board first started to become big, there was a big rejection from many surfers. Most of the older surfers refused to convert from the long board. This is because of all the extra paddling and movement required for the short board. The new ...

... those unforgettable opening line to his first elegy, who would here me up there among the angelic orders?(Duino Elegies) and it was in Muzot, Switzerland that he finally finished the tenth elegy some ten years later in 1922. Rilke spent a good deal of his life writing this poetry and it is reflected in the poetry itself, as he examines both his own life and the death that awaits all. Only halfway through the first elegy and Rilke hits upon death, he has cried out to the angels and found them lacking and unable to help, for they themselves do not always seem to know whether they are walking among the land of the living or the dead. the hero survives. Even his rui ...

... tobacco companies and alcohol companies know that teens are the age group who are most vulnerable, therefore these large industries target their ads towards teens. For example, there is a commercial for Molson Ice –a brand of beer– that use teens in their ad. The ad’s scenario is a high school party where teens are having fun while drinking beer. So what are teenagers going to think? They will think that if they drink beer they will have as much as the teens in the commercial. As a result of adolescents drinking there will be violence. Where do teens learn the concept of violence? Where else but TV. There is definitely way too much violence on television. For exa ...

... for creating an underground artistic revolution that has influenced popular culture. has spread across America and over seas. Some of the most widely revered writers come from Germany, England, and Italy. Even at its inception, was considered illegal. It was thought to be vandalism at the time, and it still is today. Even though has gained massive popularity and acceptance, many people are still ignorant about what it actually is. Not all is gang-related. Some gangs use to mark territory or to post threats. Gang accounts for an estimated 5% of all . Many public officials feel that if the walls and streets are bare, they must be safe. This menta ...

... but for the purpose of the assignment I will also discuss others experiences with madness and will address how society in South Africa understands “madness”. My first experience with madness was a highly traumatic event, when my older cousin of a few years attempted to kill himself. My cousin was diagnosed as having a chemical imbalance in his brain and suffering from manic depression. In order to help him the doctors advised him to stay in Tara, a psychiatric clinic, for a few months with therapy and medication providing him with the help he needed. All my family has been able to do is provide the much needed support, love and encouragement as the nature of my ...

... brain has become a significant political, economic, and cultural issue in our society. During the 1960’s a man by the name of Timothy Leary would cause a cultural revolution that questioned the perception our society had on hallucinogen drugs. He believed that if people were educated in the use of these drugs that these drugs would be the next step for the evolution of the human mind. Hallucinogenic drugs like LSD and psilocylin have been embedded in the roots of human evolution. Many of the early Eastern and South American cultures devoted these drugs as tools able to help clear the disorder of the mind and help in achieving a higher level of conscience th ...

... trades. Over 440,000 people were serving in the Air Force in 1993. The Marine Corps operate on both the land and the sea. They are “first to fight” and establish a front for the other branches to run their campaigns from. The Marines are quite close with the Navy and provide security on ships and bases. They also guard U.S. embassies. There were approximately 178,000 Marines in 1993. The Coast Guard is the smallest of the military services and is in charge of the enforcement of maritime law. They are also responsible for the rescue of those in distress at sea. Unlike the other branches, the Coast Guard is a service of the Department of Transportation exce ...

... consequences to their actions. Leagues all over the world are trying to regulate this problem which has roamed the sport for nearly a century. Over a great period of years violence has existed in hockey but in three different types: physical, psychological and moral. (Roy, Guy p.20) The physical aspect of violence is mostly causing immediate harm to a player, either by fighting, slashing, spearing, kneeing, stick-swinging or any other method capable of hurting an innocent individual or bystander. There are "those who only seek violence as the main activity in hockey and not the sporting activity itself".(Roy, Guy p.57) Man is known to be the most dangerous a ...

... to affect three to five percent of school-age children nationwide, with fewer than three percent actually receiving medication." (Barisic A8.) With so many children being diagnosed, ADD is becoming a norm. People assume these children need specific drugs or special classes for appropriate teaching; however, these children simply need more attention, they are not dumb. For some reason learning different, does not seem like a disability to me. "School has always been the only place I have felt really worthless." (Ungerleider 178.) Throughout my junior and senior year in high school, my best friend and I had three classes together. Except he only went to his class ...

... tradition for tomorrow. All of his challenges are obtainable and realistic goals if the youth of America band together and make some serious changes. Mr. West's first challenge was to end the wealth inequality, which although extremely ambiguous, is absolutely possible. Mr. West believes in the old cliché, "the rich get richer and the poor get poorer." Although the government would like to deny such a claim, it seems as though Mr. West is right about this. With the wealthiest people owning all of the property and the businesses, it doesn't give people with fewer resources the opportunity to compete. I doubt that Bill Gates would ever allow any small busi ...