James Naismith was the creator of basketball. He created it in 1891 to condition young athletes in the winter. The “hoop” was a peach basket and the ball was a soccer styled ball. There were many rules for the new game. He created it in a YMCA gym in Springfield‚ Massachusetts. His team of eighteen was divided into two teams of nine and then the peach baskets were nailed above their heads. Every time one would score a basket‚ the game was stopped for the janitor to get up on a ladder and retrieve
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New Elements Describe why "new" elements (man-elements) are created‚ or why do we benefit in creating them? Elements are the building blocks of which all things are composed. The elements of Earth are made up of atoms. All atoms possess a nucleus of positively charged protons as wells and neutrons which are neutrally charged. Surrounding the nucleus is a low density area containing negatively charged electrons that are equal to the number of protons within the nucleus. The number of protons within
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In his essay creation myth Malcolm Gladwell explores and tells about the story of a young man named Steve Jobs who takes a faithful visit to the Xerox workshop and discovers a small used piece of software that would change his life. In the essay Gladwell examines both sides of the story from jobs point of view and Xerox’s point of view. Gladwell argues it was destiny Jobs came to the company at the time he did and saw what he say and became as famous as he was‚ while Gladwell argues that it was a
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origin of the universe. With war‚ tragedy‚ and dysfunctional all-powerful families‚ the Greek story has it all. Starting with the origin of the universe itself‚ to the creation of man and sin‚ the Greek’s story is one of the best. From the beginning of existence‚ there was Chaos‚ a black void of nothing that took up all the space in the cosmos. He was the first primordial being and all there was in creation until one day‚ boring of himself‚ he moved‚ and in the space he left behind the universe appeared
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Untold Story of “Nam” During the Vietnam War germen shepherds were needed to seek out mines‚ other booby traps‚ ambushes‚ etc...The government needed recruits and had high school students register to join the military. This is where Duke and Kyle came in. Duke was a germen shepherd for the military also known as K94324. He had a beautiful coat‚ the colors of his coat was mixed beautifully. He had a temper though‚ that’s why no one wanted to work with him. Anyone who got near Duke he would tear
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Cairnleigh M. Dizon August 26‚ 2014 BSED 1A NAT SCI 1 CELLULAR RESPIRATION -is the set of metabolic reactions and processes that take place in the cells of organisms to convert biochemical energy from nutrients into adenosine triphosphate (ATP)‚ and then release
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INTRODUCTION Origin of the Report As we are doing Marketing Management‚ our course instructor Prof. Dr. Mijanur Rahman has instructed us to prepare a paper on the product plan. Purpose • To get a clear concept how to make the product plan • To acquire knowledge how to make mission‚ vision‚ marketing mix etc. Limitations 1. We did not collect the current information related with our product. 2. We had to give lot of times to collect information about competitors
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We are lucky enough to live in a country ran by Democracy. Because of that we must live under laws‚ or rules created by public officials to govern the land we live on. Laws are created by the state or federal legislators. Once created laws are enforced by the executive branch of our government. The judicial branch then looks at the laws to make sure they are in compliance with the United States constitution and that they are valid laws. Often times members of congress will come up with an idea for
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but none of them elucidated the process as well as the theory proposed by Charles Darwin in 1859 known as ‘The Darwin Theory.’ The latter came as a shock to the monotheistic religious groups who believed a divine power to be responsible for the creation of humanity rather than just an evolutionary process. The Catholics were one such religious group which‚ while opposing ‘The Darwin Theory’ conducted research to scrutinize the idea in detail. The Darwin Theory is accepted globally and is an integral
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Is there really anything behind the book of Genesis in the Bible? Is there anything behind all the stories of creation science? How can you be sure? You cannot. The theories involved with creation science are backed up only by faith in myths that can be easily diminished through scientific fact. There is not enough information to support creation science‚ and the theory of naturalistic evolution is undoubtedly correct. The evolution theory is a theory evident in seven branches of biology: species
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