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    William G. Morgan created volleyball in 1895 as a YMCA P.E. director in the town of Holyoke‚ Massachusetts.. It was first called mintonette. The name came from the game called badminton. Mintonette‚ later known as volleyball‚ took certain things from tennis and handball and was designed to be an indoor sport. The game was intended to be better on a person’s body than basketball and was aimed more towards the older members of the YMCA while still requiring athletic ability. The first rules included

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    Defining Applied Linguistics and its scope Applied linguistics it seems to be a not very easy concept to define‚ because many people would think different things when it comes to applied linguistics. Indeed‚ for many years those who carry out applied linguistics seem do not agree upon a universal definition. However‚ what it is true for all of them is the fact that there is a gap that needs to be filled in terms of defining applied linguistics. The definition of the problem is probably due to

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    back to you. I never imagined I would lose something that I truly cared about but in this case‚ I did. Volleyball was my passion but I came to the realization that it could not be my life. Back in 2010‚ my mother decided I should try every sport and see what my options were. I tried everything you could think of: basketball‚ dance‚ softball‚ soccer‚ you name it and I played it. However‚ volleyball was the one sport that stood out the most to me. I could go to practice and forget the drama I had heard

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    Applied Ethics 1

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    action for all those people affected by the action. If the overall balance of happiness over unhappiness is its consequence‚ the action is right; unhappiness over happiness‚ it is wrong.(Chan Chun Fai’ s notes‚ Moral Theories‚ p.2) Also‚ the principle of utility applied to it is generally expressed as “Always act to produce greatest happiness for the greatest number of people. “ (Chan Chun Fai’s Power Point) For example‚ Betty has made a false promise to Peter. She borrowed some money from Tom as to

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    CA APPLIED LINGUISTICS

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    Hussam Hasan Karim University of Basrah College of Arts/ Department of English Contrastive analysis as Applied Linguistics Contrastive analysis is a branch of linguistics. It is a linguistic enterprise aimed at producing inverted (i.e. contrastive‚ not comparative) two-valued typologies (a CA is always concerned with a pair of languages)‚ and founded on the assumption that languages can be compared (Carl James‚1983( . contrastive analysis includes all fields of linguistics such as phonology

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    In this paper I will describe the head to toe mechanics of what a normal‚ athletic volleyball block consists of. This movement may seem simple when watching a player perform it on the court; however it is a very complex muscular movement. There will be three phases I will explain in this movement. First the athletic position or “start phase”‚ next the jumping motion or “active phase” and finally will be the landing known as the “ending phase”. I will be describing every motion‚ as well as what plane

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    Perfect Serve Lab Report

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    anticipation of going up to serve in the tennis match of your life is starting to weigh down on you. Everybody knows that this opening serve is going to make or break the match‚ so you can’t mess this up. There are so many things to think about and consider‚ where do you want to hit the tennis ball‚ what about the force you put into the racket‚ which type of serve is best‚ the list goes on and on! What if there was a single equation that is able to determine the “Perfect Serve”? I have been a fan of tennis

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    Politics Opinions Should judges be elected to serve on the bench? YES 35%of members Voice Your Opinion * I support the idea of electing judges into office because judges should represent the interests of the community being served.   If the election of judges is withdrawn as a means to appointment a candidate into office‚ then judges would serve on the bench for the sake of duty rather than service to the community. Electing officials into office empowers members of the voting community

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    Foundation in Applied English

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    All rights reserved Printed and published by the University of South Africa Muckleneuk‚ Pretoria ENG1502/1/2013–2014 98917056 InDesign CGM_Style CONTENTS Page Preface Learning unit 1: What is Language? 1.1 An Introduction to Foundations in Applied English Language 1.2 What are texts and domains? 1.3 What is language? 1.4 Why study language? Conclusion References Learning unit 2: Let’s listen to the sounds of the English Language 2.1 The discrepancy between spelling and sound 2.2 Basic concepts

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    Love all serve all

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    when you offer seva to mankind‚ the Avatars will naturally be pleased and you can win Grace.1Seva is the highest sadhana (spiritual discipline)‚ for God Himself takes human form and comes down to serve mankind and lead it to the ideals it has ignored. Therefore consider how delighted God will be when man serves man 2We are familiar with the concept of an Avatarwhen God takes birth in human form to re-establish dharma or put back righteousness in its high place thus doing service to the world. The omnipresent

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