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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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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ASSIGNMENT BRIEF Qualification Unit number‚ Code and Title Pearson BTEC Level 5 HND Diploma Business Unit 34‚ R/505/8181‚ Operations Management in Business Module Leader: Lecturers: Abimbola Taiwo Ousman Kolley‚ Abimbola Taiwo Distribution date Submission deadline W/C – 22/09/14 7th December 2014 Assignment title Operations Management in Business Learning Outcome Learning outcome Assessment Criteria In this assessment you will have the opportunity to present evidence that shows you are able
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SPE 90482 Development & Field-Testing of a Cost Effective Rotary Steerable System M.Moody‚ S. Jones‚ P. Leonard‚ PathFinder Energy Services Copyright 2004‚ Society of Petroleum Engineers Inc. This paper was prepared for presentation at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held in Houston‚ Texas‚ U.S.A.‚ 26–29 September 2004. This paper was selected for presentation by an SPE Program Committee following review of information contained in a proposal submitted by the author(s)
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Table Tennis Table tennis‚ also known as ping-pong‚ is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight‚ hollow 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
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suggested that the game was first developed by British military officers in India or South Africa who brought it back with them. A row of books were stood up along the center of the table as a net‚ two more books served as rackets and were used to continuously hit a golf-ball from one end of the table to the other. Alternatively table tennis was played with paddles made of cigar box lids and balls made of champagne corks. The popularity of the game led game manufacturers to sell equipment commercially. Early
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What is the Farm-to-Table trend? The Farm-to-Table trend (also known as the Farm-to-Fork trend) refers to‚ in the food safety field‚ the stages of the production of food: harvesting‚ storage‚ processing‚ packaging‚ sales‚ and consumption. Farm-to-table also refers to a movement concerned with producing food locally and delivering that food to local consumers. Linked to the local food movement‚ the movement is promoted by some in the agriculture‚ food service‚ and restaurant communities. It may also
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Math 217 June 27‚ 2008 The name of the article is Mastering Times Tables with Fun by Dhaval Shrimankar. This article talks about how hard it is to learn the time tables and uses the abacus as the best tool to learn the time tables. It explains how pictorial memory is certainly better than rote memorization and with the use of the abacus it is not only proved by test to be effective but also a fun way to learn the time tables according to Shrimankar. The facts stated in this article are backed
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