HISTORY OF TABLE TENNIS The origin of table tennis has never been exactly pinpointed‚ even though it’s a relatively young sport‚ younger than lawn tennis and not much older than basketball. The earliest known form of the sport‚ called indoor tennis‚ was played in the early 1880s by British army officers in India and South Africa‚ using lids from cigar boxes as paddles and rounded corks from wine bottles as balls‚ with a row of books set up across the middle of a table to form the net. Other versions
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Table tennis is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net. Except for the initial serve‚ players must allow a ball played toward them only one bounce on their side of the table and must return it so that it bounces on the opposite side. Points are scored when a player fails to return the ball within the rules. Play is fast and demands quick reactions. Spinning the ball alters its trajectory
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Eleven lessons: managing design in eleven global brands Design at Starbucks From its beginnings as a single coffee shop in Seattle 35 years ago‚ Starbucks is now a global brand which uses design to aid the delivery of a distinctive service experience to its customers. The Starbucks Global Creative team manages regularly changing design themes while working within a global brand. Overview Starbucks uses design It has developed a strategy that allows it to balance regularly changing design
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Starbucks HRM In 2005‚ Starbucks was placed second among large companies in the Fortune "Best Companies to Work For" survey. The employees are very important for every company‚ so also for Starbucks. The front-end employees have a boundary spanning position in the company. They interact with the internal and external environment of the company. That’s why it’s very important to attract the right people with the right skills and capabilities and to train those employees to improve their selves. That’s
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The Tables TurnedWilliam Wordsworth’s stanzaic poem The Tables Turned (1798)‚ expresses his belief that true knowledge is learned through and by nature‚ not by reading books. Wordsworth uses his friendly relationship with the reader to convince them to quit their books and go out into the world and discover what it has to offer. Wordsworth’s welcoming relationship with the reader‚ his ongoing petitioning‚ and his assurance of true knowledge leaves the reader with a sense of his insight. William
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Definition Pivot table is the tool to summarize information of the data which help to analyze your data and help in effective understanding of the data. Pivot table automatically sort‚ count‚ total the data. It helps to make necessary changes as per the need and provide us a clear picture of the information hidden in the original data to make necessary decision and views on the basis of data provided. How pivot table helps * Gives us a brief of the original data . * Summarize data
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Westward Expansion before 19th Century American history was powerfully influenced throughout the 19th century by the steady push west and the development of the Western frontier. This began of course with the establishment of the first English colonies beginning with Jamestown (1607). At the time the Western Frontier was just a few miles up the James River. Gradually the Western Frontier was seen as the Appalachian Mountains. The British effort to close off the land beyond the Appalachians was one
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Republic of the Philippines BOHOL ISLAND STATE UNIVERSITY Candijay Campus‚ Cogtong Cogtong‚ Candijay‚ Bohol First Periodical Examination in English IV S.Y. 2012-2013 Test I. Matching Type. Match Column A with Column B. Write the correct letter and word/s in your answer sheet that corresponds your answer. Column A 1. Assonance (f) 2. Dactylic meter (h) 3. Monometer (g) 4. Enjambment (a) 5. Theme (c) 6. Antithesis (d) 7. Symbol (j) 8. Metaphor (i) 9. Rhyme (b) 10.
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Kelsey Pasley ENG 112 Traditional Argument Medicaid Expansion In 2009 there were 50.7 million people‚ 16.7% of the population‚ without health insurance. Americans all over the country are working and yet they still can’t afford to pay the high cost of health insurance for themselves and their families. Under the Affordable Care Act of 2010‚ which was signed by Obama on March 23‚ 2010‚ thirty two million Americans who were previously not eligible for Medicaid may now have the opportunity
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Explore key information about the chemical elements through this periodic table | Group | 1 | 2 | | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Period | | 1 | 1H1.008 | | 2He4.0026 | 2 | 3Li6.94 | 4Be9.0122 | | 5B10.81 | 6C12.011 | 7N14.007 | 8O15.999 | 9F18.998 | 10Ne20.180 | 3 | 11Na22.990 | 12Mg24.305 | | 13Al26.982 | 14Si28.085 | 15P30.974 | 16S32.06 | 17Cl35.45 | 18Ar39.948 | 4 | 19K39.098 | 20Ca40.078 | | 21Sc44.956 | 22Ti47.867 | 23V50.942 |
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