Although basketball can be an exciting and fun game to play or watch it has evolved rules and records set by outstanding players who have made it evolve into an international phenomenon. The game can be a fast paced sport with a lot of suspense and excitement. Some basic essentials a player will need in order to play the game: a pole placed in the ground‚ the rim should be placed ten feet from the ground‚ backboard with a hoop‚ net for the hoop‚ court‚ and basketball. Now we have our essentials
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Basketball is the sport I been playing since I was twelve‚ I love this sport because you can go anywhere in the world and you will see a basketball hoop anywhere. It does not matter by the court length and the court width‚ what really matter was a basket for you to shoot on. At an early age I realize basketball is important with these three things‚ being a good dribble‚ knowing the smartest pass or play‚ and for you to be able to shoot the ball; if you didn’t have these three simple things in your
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How effective is the author at capturing the reader’s attention in the first few chapters of the novel? The novel goes immediately into an unfamiliar‚ unexplained world‚ using unfamiliar terms like “Handmaid‚” “Angel‚” and “Commander” that only comes to make sense as the story progresses. In this novel‚ Margaret Atwood tells more than the story of Offred
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book I read is called Football Genius by Tim Green. This book was not a Newberry winner but I think it should have been. The main character of this book is named Troy‚ and he lives in Atlanta‚ Georgia. His main goal is to help the Falcons go all the way to the Super Bowl this year. One day my mom brought this book home for me to read on my free time and it ended up being the best book I’ve ever read. The main character is named Troy. Troy can predict the plays in any football game‚ if you ask me
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numbskull is not a numeral rule: an x is not a y ----- + rules = words/sentences Collecting Data (to build a model) - relying on what speakers say = our data Data for the linguist: Judgements vs. natural speech Date = speakers’ judgements about grammatical and ungrammatical forms (sentences) Competence vs. Performance When might performance not perfectly mirror competence? They aren’t always the same because people make mistakes while speaking‚ like they
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overgrazing‚ which may prevent the growth of young trees. Deforestation and forest degradation can cause biodiversity to decline. When forest cover is removed‚ wildlife is deprived of habitat and becomes more vulnerable to hunting. Considering that about 80% of the world’s documented species can be found in tropical rainforests‚ deforestation puts at risk a majority of the Earth’s biodiversity. Healthy forests help absorb greenhouse gasses and carbon emissions that are caused by human civilization
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“Cameron‚ you can’t play football you’ll die‚” My mother told me in her usual serious tone‚ I could always count on my mom to keep it 100% reality even though I hated it. I wanted to play football so bad for three years I’ve literally had dreams of me playing defensive back‚ my wishful position‚ and being able to play with my emotions and do very well. I stopped pursuing football even though deep down I was still set on football. I ended up making our basketball team in eighth grade I remember
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It is commonly asserted that cencorship is necessary for some reasons such as protection of children or govermental secrets‚ it is definitely against the human rights and freedom of press. Newspapers and news are the only way which let people know the situation in the country or even outside of the country. Ann Cooper who is the Executive Director of CPJ claimed that in the countries which practise censorship‚ people are separated from other people and everthing because of the dictatorial behaviors
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How to plant and grow corn in your backyard Jennifer Babcock Rasmussen College Author Note This paper is being submitted on February 21‚ 2014‚ for Virginia Knox for B080 Reading and Writing Strategies course. How to plant and grow corn in your backyard Planting corn has many factors that come into consideration‚ such as planting location‚ corn varieties and planting depth and time. Growing corn in your own backyard can be done if the environment conditions are
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BASKETBALL Basketball Court Dimensions Length of a basketball court 94 feet (1128 inches) Note: Many high school and college courts are 84 feet. Width of a basketball court 50 feet (600 inches) Size of a basketball backboard Width: 6 feet (72 inches) Height: 3.5 feet (42 inches) Size of a basketball rim The diameter of the rim is 18 inches The top of the rim should be exactly 10 feet (120 inches) off the ground Distance from the backboard to the back of the rim 6 inches Note:
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