mindsets? When you have a fixed mindset‚ you believe that “your qualities are carved in stone” (Dweck‚ 2007‚ pg. 6). Someone with a fixed mindset is always trying to prove themselves over and over again (Dweck‚ 2007). Let’s take my situation with basketball for example. I played one year and decided that I was too short to play on a team. I had heard that short people couldn’t play well. I didn’t think I was capable of being on a team‚ and I decided to quit playing all together. Another person may
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Marisol Ruiz Ruben Casas English 1 The Great Television A cultural artifact can be an element that defines a culture. During the twenty and twenty-first century forms of communication were changed and/or created. In America the introduction of television had an impact in Family life‚ politics‚ and gender roles in today’s society. The television was first introduced in America in the late 1940’s. As it was introduced Americans purchased televisions as a record rate‚ in fact more quickly then
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Basketball. What is it? How did it begin? Why is it so popular now as opposed to earlier in history. Basketball was brought to fruition in 1891‚ as a counterbalance to outdoor activities‚ the likes of soccer and lacrosse. It’s creator‚ Dr. James Naismith‚ a presbyterian preacher who worked as a physical education teacher at the YMCA international School (now Springfield College) was told to find and “athletic distraction” for the students there‚ and thus‚ basketball was born. Later on‚ in 1950
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many years. All civilizations have developed some type of sport. Hunting is a sport‚ fishing is a sport‚ archery is a sport‚ all these things that the early people did in order to live were considered sports. Today basketball is a major sport played throughout the world. In basketball the goal is to score more baskets than the other team. Five people from each team are on the court at all times. Even if a player commits a foul‚ they stay on the court. Every time you have the ball‚ you have three
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It was a perfect day for me‚ I couldn’t think of anything that could ruin it. I made new friends when I made the basketball. Until I got home that day. As I walked into my house I noticed something strange. My father was home sitting on the couch and as fast as I could I tried to remember if I did anything bad I couldn’t remember the last bad thing I did at school‚ then a million more thoughts rushed through my head as I remembered the C on my report card. When my dad called me in a serious low
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Artifact-Centric Business Process Models: Brief Survey of Research Results and Challenges Richard Hull IBM T.J. Watson Research Center‚ Yorktown Heights‚ NY‚ USA Abstract. A data-centric approach to business process and workflow modeling has been emerging over the past several years. This short paper presents a structured framework for a class of data-centric business process models‚ which are based on “business artifacts”. The paper provides a brief survey of research results on artifact-centric
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basically is motivating a group of people to act towards achieving a common goal. To become a good leader‚ you must get through the never ending process of self-study‚ education‚ training and experience. I am a basketball coach and my responsibility is training players who love basketball and have sufficient ability to become a good player. I . In recently‚ we have been warned that we must change the way in training for the upcoming competitions that held for all teams in this area‚ which means
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types of sports. Two very popular sports are baseball and basketball. These two games are very similar in multiple ways‚ but they are also very different. First off‚ baseball and basketball are very similar in many ways. For example‚ they are both sports and require you to be active. Also‚ they both have professional leagues in the United States. For baseball‚ it is Major League Baseball (MLB)‚ and for basketball‚ it is the National Basketball Association (NBA). Another similarity is that both sports
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Basketball and Soccer Do you know what the differences are between soccer and basketball? These are the two most popular sports around the world. Soccer was invented over 2000 years ago in China. On the other hand‚ basketball is one of my favorite sports. Originally‚ this game was played in American schools in 1891. There are some differences between basketball and soccer such as‚ the part of the body that you play with‚ the number of players and the form of shooting. Though soccer and basketball
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A. Dheer ENG 1P0-B Jan 8th‚ 2014 My Favourite Activity Is Basketball Did you know that most successful basketball players make over 15 million dollars a year. Kobe Bryant made $30.45 million dollars last year (GOOGLE). I enjoy playing basketball with my friends and it is my favourite Activity. It keeps me active and healthy. Basketball is one of the most popular sports in the World. It is made popular because of famous basketball superstars like Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson who make the
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