Richard Garcia ENC1101 Online February 25‚ 2013 Two Sports: Basketball and American Football In countries throughout the United States‚ most people enjoy high scoring sports with a great deal of physical contact. In my opinion‚ both Basketball and American Football are the two most popular sports here that fall under that category. In which as fans we can all appreciate and participate with our own friends and family members. Furthermore‚ not only can we watch these games at home‚ but we can
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Basketball is the most popular indoor sport in the world. It is also one of the few sports whose year of birth and originator can be traced back to 100% correctly‚ a man by the name of Dr. James A. Naismith in the year of 1891. Even though the game was started and grew in the United States‚ it is now played and watched in more than 150 countries. When Dr. Naismith invented the game basketball‚ he was a physical education teacher at the International Training School of the Young Men’s Christian Association
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History of Basketball Basketball was invented in December 1891 by the Canadian clergyman‚ educator‚ and physician James Naismith. Naismith introduced the game when we was an instructor at the Young Men’s Christian Association Training School (now Springfield College) in Springfield‚ Massachusetts. At the request of his superior‚ Dr. Luther H. Gulick‚ he organized a vigorous recreation suitable for indoor winter play. The game involved elements of American football‚ soccer‚ and hockey‚ and the first
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Notes On "Camp" by Susan Sontag Published in 1964. Many things in the world have not been named; and many things‚ even if they have been named‚ have never been described. One of these is the sensibility -- unmistakably modern‚ a variant of sophistication but hardly identical with it -- that goes by the cult name of "Camp." A sensibility (as distinct from an idea) is one of the hardest things to talk about; but there are special reasons why Camp‚ in particular‚ has never been discussed. It is
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Pros and Cons of Boot camp Daniel Odom Abstract I am going to write about the pros and cons of boot camp. Are boot camps worth it? Will boot camps benefit him or her and the parents? Will the child come out different from what they came as. Boot camps started to pop up in the 1990s and started to become very popular throughout the United States. Boot camps were believed to reduce the number of repeat offenders and to lower operational costs. This type of rehab system is like an aftercare
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19 September 2012 A Story behind Basketball Basketball has been a part of my life since I was the tender age of 5. Ever since the day my dad put that round leather sphere into my hands I haven’t been able to get enough of it. To me basketball isn’t just a sport‚ but an outlet from schoolwork‚ a basis of enjoyment‚ a place where I can socialize and obviously a source of exercise. Anytime I start to feel the stress of school and work‚ I always have basketball as my way of winding down. The moment
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Concentration Camps in Vienna The Auschwitz concentration camp complex was the largest of its kind established by the Nazi regime. It included three main camps‚ all of which deployed incarcerated prisoners at forced labor. One of them also functioned for an extended period as a killing center. The camps were located approximately 37 miles west of Krakow‚ near the prewar German-Polish border in Upper Silesia‚ an area that Nazi Germany annexed in 1939 after invading and conquering Poland. The SS authorities
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Tracy Stockton-Fullerton Religious Studies –Section 61 Camps Paper Camps Paper The way Christians perceive Non-Christians is categorized into four different camps. A camp is a group of people that aggressively support a doctrine or creed and their point of views are strongly asserted and defended by those who adhere to them. The first Christian camp is called The Conservative Evangelical‚ is known as the Total Replacement Model. This camp is not open to other religions and believes their way
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Camp X Camp X was a Canadian espionage school for special agents who participated and operated in the “Secret War” during the Second World War between corrupted German power. Agents and students volunteered or enrolled in this training camp were taught a wide variety of skills and techniques that were proved useful in World War Two. Camp X was Canada’s defining moment because it trained many agents and allied units‚ played an important role in victory of World War II‚ and had a highly sophisticated
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Dear Parent: Thank you for selecting the Cal Poly Pomona Soccer Camp. We are excited to have you join us this summer. The Camp will focus on the following activities. Technical-develop ability to beat opponents‚ correct passing and shooting technique‚ and improve first touch. Tactical - Learn to read the game‚ play quicker‚ and make good decisions. Physical - Improve your speed‚ quickness‚ and agility. Attitude - Learn to enjoy the game‚ train on your own‚ and improve your concentration
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