Daufuskie, three by five miles, 14 miles by water from the nearest traffic light. no yoga, no yogurt and the fast food has fins or fur or feathers. it’s about halfway between new york and miami and the real estate wizards figured to make it the martha’s vineyard of the south. lord knows they tried but $350m was not nearly enough. so today we have a bizarre island stewpot: our culturally shell-shocked northern brethren who have relocated among us; the gullah descendants of enslaved west africans here now some three hundred years; and local white folks, the shrimpers, potters and poets who blew ashore here for reasons about which you do not casually inquire.

what does the sentence ‘the fast food has fins or fur or feathers…” mean?

The story line remains the same. the kids live in what was then one of the remaining beachfront slums, down the coast from the expensive malibu area. the beach was ruled by surfers, but in the afternoon, when the waves died down, some of the surfers, or their younger brothers, fooled around on skateboards. one day, skip engblom, the shop owner, comes up with a key breakthrough, polyurethane wheels: "they grip." with the additional traction, the z-boys try skating the sides of the big, open drainage canal that runs through the area. then comes a brainstorm: because of a drought, the area's swimming pools were drained. the kids started "borrowing" pools when the owners weren't home, to skate the curved sides.” where did “the lords of dogtown” originally practice their tricks? a. the beach c. an open drainage canal b. empty pools d. none of these

Han put the last box into the back of his car and turned to look up at his dorm room. he saw himself through the window, laughing with his roommates and sharing his hopes and dreams. he saw all of the hours spent studying and the celebrations at the end of each semester. he smiled fondly as he turned away, got into his car, and drove off. which literary element does the passage contain?

During an experiment measuring the change in temperature of a chemical reaction your digital thermometer breaks. you have the same model thermometer available to use how do you proceed with the experiment a. continue on with the new thermometer b. begin the experiment again with the new thermometer c. calibrate the new thermometer and make a notation regarding the change in equipment d. calibrate the new thermometer and begin the experiment again