Since their appearance in the 1800s‚ the Italian criminal societies known as the Mafia have infiltrated the social and economic fabric of Italy and now impact the world. They are some of the most notorious and widespread of all criminal societies. There are several groups currently active in the U.S.: the Sicilian Mafia; the Camorra or Neapolitan Mafia; the ’Ndrangheta or Calabrian Mafia; and the Sacra Corona Unita or United Sacred Crown. We estimate the four groups have approximately 25‚000 members
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Basketball is a very important sport to me because you get to meet new people and build a team with them. I love playing because when you’re playing you can blow off steam and take your anger out on the court. If I’m angry or upset I play basketball because that’s where I can go and take all my anger out without hurting anyone. Basketball also builds up your confidence‚ when you make a shot your confidence boosts up and that’s when you start to play better. Basketball also teaches you life lessons
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Basketball is a team sport with five players per team. There’s a center‚ power forward‚ small forward‚ point guard‚ and shooting guard. Brought up in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith‚ it has become one of the most popular and widely viewed sports in America. The objective of basketball is to shoot a round ball into a hoop placed ten feet in the air. Basketball consists of many rules and regulations or fouls. There are two types of fouls: technical fouls and disqualifying fouls. Today there are two leagues:
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1. I was a coach I would be coaching youth basketball because it is an important and exciting job where you teach the players in both basketball and life. To improve individual players I would utilize form shooting to promote muscle memory and two balls dribbling in order to improve ball handling. To improve team skills I would use the drill pass and switch to improve passing speed and accuracy and jump stop drill to improve players balance‚ pivoting skills to create space‚ confidence and reduce
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SIAM REVIEW Vol. 47‚ No. 4‚ pp. 775–798 c 2005 Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Modeling Basketball Free Throws∗ Joerg M. Gablonsky† Andrew S. I. D. Lang‡ Abstract. This paper presents a mathematical model for basketball free throws. It is intended to be a supplement to an existing calculus course and could easily be used as a basis for a calculus project. Students will learn how to apply calculus to model an interesting real-world problem‚ from problem identification all the
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Facebook users check their account 5 or more times daily? Facebook is just one of the many social networks used by people all over the globe. It has become a way to connect with people unlike ever before. Social Media has become such a big part of Society that it is expected of us to use at least one. But how beneficial is social media really? Statistics show that an ordinary person spends an average of 7 hours and 45 minutes on social networks during a period of one month Those hours could have been
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act as middlemen in the fur trade.3 This shift in perspective is notable because it exemplifies the ability of the market to commodify a natural resource and to motivate people to participate in a society founded on material affluence. Native Americans became tempted by the values of a capitalistic society and engaged an economy that ran on a concept of wealth they did not understand‚ and this allowed them to see the value of America’s ample resources differently than they
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Height of Discourse After I watched two hours of intense play and the huddle split‚ I observed high fives and complex handshakes of some sort. “Hampton on three. Hampton on three. ONE‚ TWO‚ THREE‚ HAMPTON!” They started coming my way; as an ex-basketball player‚ deep down I yearned for a handshake or some kind of acknowledgment‚ but I sat there like a fork in the road. Each member parted around me to my left and to my right‚ some giving head nods and some giving nothing at all. I quickly realized
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Who looks at a short Asian kid and says‚ “he’s going to be a basketball superstar when he grows up.”? The last time I checked‚ Asian people are pretty scarce in the NBA. Culture tells me that the only teams I’ll ever make are the math or chess team. The only arena I should dream of playing in is Carnegie Hall as the next musical prodigy. No one‚ not even my own family‚ expected me to play basketball. Even if there is a quiet voice whispering inside you to try the sport‚ why would you even listen
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the team‚ the coaches’ ability has a huge influence on the outcome. Committing to a career as a basketball coach has many responsibilities and challenges‚ although it can be beneficial. Focusing on being a successful basketball coach means believing in the staff and team. According to Tammy Murray‚ a previous high school basketball coach‚ “what if” statements are an ineffective way to coach a basketball team because they cause the individuals to think for themselves and not as a team. Murray also
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