I choose to do the history of basketball because basketball has always been one of my favorite sports and basketball is an entertaining game to watch and to play. The game of basketball was invented by Dr. James Naismith in 1839. The objective of the game back then was to throw the basketball into fruit baskets nailed to the lower railing gym balcony. Every time a point was scored‚ the game was halted so the janitor could bring out a ladder and retrieve the ball. The game of basketball has developed
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were designed. The ball is an essential element of the game of football.The ball was made out of pig bladder back then.The ball was designed to look like a watermelon shape ball.The first leather football came in 1887.A Boston Red Sox pitcher named Spalding was the first one to introduce the leather ball with complete lacing.The first ball to be used was in the game Rutgers vs Princeton.The science of the ball was adding more aerodynamic in the ball for the
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Cyanide Fishing Recently‚ cyanide fishing for tropical and exotic species has become more prevalent in the South Pacific‚ causing harm to not only the marine life that is targeted‚ but their habitats as well. Many people in South East Asian countries rely solely on this fishing practice for income‚ in which they chase these tropical marine species and spray them with a cyanide solution to stun them and aid in their capture. These fish are then put into bags and exported to places like North America
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Demographics are an important factor in determining the demand and supply of healthcare works and services that will be needed for a particular region. Certain trends in demographics have to be carefully monitored in order to forecast those changes that may be needed in certain areas based on changes. One change in demographics that can change of the types of services being offered is the age of the population surrounding any healthcare facility or a particular region. The rate at which our population
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ca.14‚ ooo - 10‚500 B.P. but there is no evidence for human functional proof during that time period. But from evidence available information from the site from later excavations it stated that the oldest cultural components from the site was from “Buff Sand”
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other. He wrote authoritative exegeses of India’s religious and philosophical literature for the English speaking world. His academic appointments included the King George V Chair of Mental and Moral Science at the University of Calcutta (1921-?) and Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics at Oxford University (1936–1952). Among the many honours he received were a knighthood (1931) and the Bharat Ratna (1954). His birthday is celebrated in India as Teacher’s Day on 5 September. Since times
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SUMMARY The article is about settlement of $238 million for the kickback allegations which commences from a whistle-blower lawsuit. It stated that four Georgia Hospitals‚ namely‚ the Atlanta Medical Center‚ North Fulton Hospital on Roswell‚ Spalding Regional Hospital on Griffin and Hilton Head Hospital on Hilton Head Island knowingly infringed the False Claims Act or FCA. Cleverley‚ W.O.‚ Song‚ P.H.‚ and Cleverley‚ J.O.‚ (2011) defined the False Claim Act (FCA) which is the federal government’s
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Assignment 3: Cultural Event Report Smithsonian National Museum of American History HUM 111 & Summer 2011 September 6‚ 2011 Professor Dr. Darryl Claybon Strayer University‚ Online-Campus Introduction This assignment will detail my visit to one of my favorite museums in Washington‚ D.C.‚ the Smithsonian’s American History Museum. I have attended the museum several times in my life time and it never gets old. My recent visit I found that the museum is being renovated;
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In many stories we hear as young children‚ the main person in each story is always the hero. The hero saves the day‚ or gets the children from the burning building. Sometimes the hero saves the damsel in distress. Classic image of a hero but we forget that the hero does not do it alone. There is always one person that stands by the hero’s side and is a big contributor to the savings. With his/her size‚ attitude‚ and light-hearted humor‚ the sidekick makes his/her mark on saving the world. In the
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Dramaturgy Spring 2013 Earthseed: The Books of the Living The Parable of the Sower By Lauren Oya Olamina ; Lorem Ipsum Dolor Spring 2016 The Parable of the Sower Earthseed is a fictional religion based on the idea that “God is Change.” Created by Octavia Butler‚ this story is told by the main character Lauren Oya Olamina in both of her books: Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents. There was supposed to be a third book to this trilogy series‚ Parable of
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