South Africa. It won the Cricket World Cup in 1983 under Kapil Dev‚ was runner-up in 2003 under Sourav Ganguly‚ and won the World Cup a second time in 2011 under Mahendra Singh Dhoni. It thus became only the third team after West Indies and Australia to have won the World Cup more than once.[5] It is also the first cricket team to win the World Cup on home soil. India also won the inaugural World Twenty20 in 2007 and 2013 ICC Champions Trophy under the captaincy of Dhoni. India has also been the runner-up
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Teaching English as a second language Teaching English as a second language (TESL) refers to teaching English to students whose first language is not English‚ usually offered in a region where English is the dominant language and natural English language immersion situations are adapt to be plentiful. In contrast‚ teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) refers to teaching English to students whose first language is not English‚ usually in a region where English is not the dominant language
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same-sex adoption should not be allowed into the adoption process. By providing an unstable environment for a child to live in‚ causing conflict within religious-based adoption agencies‚ and causing the child to experience humiliation by their peers‚ a homosexual couple would further complicate a foster child’s adolescence. A child that is a victim of homosexual adoption will live their life unstably. A professor from The University of Texas at Austin surveyed more than 15‚000 Americans between the
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Matthew Lowe September 7‚ 2014 Mr. Gretes English Paper 100 Feet Under “You miss one hundred percent of the shots that you don’t take”‚ a quote by Michael Jordan. As human beings‚ it is in our nature to disagree with change. We would rather use and do what has been done already rather than take the chance and start all over. If I would not have taken the chance to start scuba diving when I was offered‚ I would have missed out on some of the most amazing moments in my life. By getting out of my comfort
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Live Nation Presentation: Introduction: About Live Nation Entertainment Page 1 Live Nation Entertainment is the world’s leading live entertainment and eCommerce company‚ comprised of four market leaders: Ticketmaster.com‚ Live Nation Concerts‚ Front Line Management Group and Live Nation Network. * Ticketmaster.com is the global event ticketing leader and one of the world’s top five eCommerce sites‚ with over 26 million monthly unique visitors. Established in 1976‚ Ticketmaster
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to live‚ don’t live to eat. Simple enough. So why do I go to the park and half of the people I see are overweight or severely obese? Why are their kids fat? Why do my coworkers have fat rolls that hang off the back of their chairs? It’s a question I have asked myself over and over again. There have been many theories as to why people are fatter today than they were 100 years ago. Now you can choose to believe the BS about good calories and bad calories or that we are fatter because we don’t
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The Taliban In everyday life in Afghanistan‚ people live in constant fear due to a group of terrorists. The novel‚ Under the Persimmon Tree‚ by Suzanne Fisher Staples‚ demonstrates the cruel truths of life in Afghanistan. The book follows two girls‚ Najmah and Nusrat as they are faced with tough challenges everyday that will alter their lives forever. The Taliban impact the everyday lives of people worldwide in an awfully negative way‚ and the book accurately proves this to be true by following
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Water Scarcity & the Importance of Water Introduction: This report has been written to inform you of the world water crisis which is getting worse every second. It has also been written to inform you about the water scarcity and importance. Water Scarcity and importance: Clean‚ safe drinking water is not easy to find any longer. Today‚ nearly 1 billion people in the developing world don’t have access to it. Yet‚ we take it for granted‚ we waste it‚ and we even pay too much to drink it from little
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determine how an excess amount of liquid‚ which was water‚ Gatorade and wine in this case‚ along with an excess amount of solute‚ which was the 7g NaCl pill‚ would affect the kidneys and the osmolarity of urine. Measurements of urine volume‚ specific gravity and chloride concentrations were recorded in order to investigate this. Our hypothesis stated that the volume of urine would increase for all groups other than the group drinking 80 ml of water along with taking a 7g. This portion of the hypothesis
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one is in the most wonderful spot in the world. And we must admit that the outer edge of Kjöge‚ where small‚ humble gardens line the little stream that flows into the sea‚ could be very pretty in the summertime. This was the opinion of the two small children‚ Knud and Johanne‚ who were playing there‚ crawling under the gooseberry bushes to reach each other. In one of the gardens there stood an elder tree‚ in the other an old willow‚ and under the latter the children were especially fond of playing
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