Basketball is a very common sport that originated in 1891‚ when a Minister by the name of James Naismith was appointed to teach a P.E class at a YMCA training school in Springfield‚ Massachusetts. He started by creating a ball‚ then cutting a big round hole on the bottom of a basket and nailing it to the wall. His students loved the game. It’s physical‚ funny at times‚ competitive‚ challenging‚ and easy. You can learn new moves‚ lay up finishers‚ shooting ranges‚ passing skills‚ and more. Basketball
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Arne Engelbrecht 25143484 HIST 111 Essay assignment: Nelson R. Mandela 18 March 2014 Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born on 18 July 1918 at Mvezo‚ in tiny village near the Mbashe River in the district of Umtata. In Xhosa Rolihanda means ‘’pulling the branch of a tree’’ but also ‘’troublemaker’’ which describes Mandela quite accurately. Nelson Mandela was born into the Thembu tribe‚ he was a member of the royal household but was not trained to be a ruler one day‚ only groomed to be
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The Similarities and Differences between Professional Football and Basketball Elbert L. Hereford COM/170 - ELEMENTS OF UNIVERSITY COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION I 11/27/2012 Daniel Gleason Thesis There are several similarities and differences between basketball and football as sports. The competitive nature of games calls for the society to express itself in these types of physical activity. Both of these activities require a finish goal where one team loses or wins in return giving the
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Black Indian community that defended its in Florida against British incursions‚ and describes the Lowry gang in the North Carolina that fought the civil War Confederacy and then battled the KKK. Native American Indians also are known for their History Month which is a celebration of America’s First Peoples. Indians did more than introduce twenty major agricultural products and 40 minor ones to the world. Almost half the world’s crops were first grown by Indians. In addition to the staples of corn
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the individual Feedback/Reference: See p. 614 9. Which of the following best describes what radicals sought to accomplish? To reconstruct society economically and politically Feedback/Reference: See p. 614 10. The materialist theory of history generated by Marx and Engels taught that what mattered was How goods were produced and how that shaped social relations. Feedback/Reference: See p. 618 11. Insurgents opposed to powerful colonizing nations generally preached a message that reflected
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Thailand The earliest inhabitants of what is now Thailand were hunter-gatherers. However about 4‚000 BC they began farming. They grew rice. At first the farmers used stone tools but about 3‚000 BC bronze was discovered. From about 500 BC the people of what is now Thailand used iron. At first what is now Thailand was divided into small states called Meuang. By 100 AD they were practicing Theravada Buddhism. However the ancestors of modern Thais are believed to have come from southern China. They
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air inside of the basketball causing it to bounce higher. This experiment was decided by observations made while playing the sport basketball. It was observed that when a basketball is left in the sun and made warm‚ the ball bounces higher when dribbled than if left inside. Our assumed result was that an increase in temperature would cause an increase in air pressure causing the bounce of the basketball to increase. The independent variable was the temperature in which a basketball was in. The dependent
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To what extent were the British culpable for the sinking of the Lusitania on May 7‚ 1915? Grace Lee February 21‚ 2006 IB History 2‚ Pd. 2 Mr. Hines To what extent were the British culpable for the sinking of the Lusitania on May 7‚ 1915? Part A: Plan of Investigation The Lusitania was one of a pair of huge‚ fast‚ and technologically advanced luxury liners that were created by the Cunard Line of Britain for use as passenger ships‚ but which
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Advanced Higher History Course notes * The Revolution from below. * The Ebert-Groener telephone pact. (2011) * The Spartacist revolt and its suppression. (2012) * The Preparation and Adoption of the Weimar Constitution. (2009) * Impact of hyperinflation in German life. * The Political Consequences of the crisis. (2008) * The Dawes Plan.(2010) * Stresemann’s motives and political development. (2008) * Political and Economical stabilisation. * Stresemann’s foreign policy:
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How to Improve Stamina in Basketball with Physical Exercises Basketball is a sport that needs high stamina‚ because basketball is a fast and energetic sport. Adrenaline is high in every game makes heart rate beating faster and only people who have high stamina that can hold out to play until the end of the game. Basketball players have to train hard to build the stamina in order to the body does not get tired quickly when playing basketball. Basketball players can do many training to improve stamina
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