Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar; born 24 April 1973) is an Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is the leading run-scorer and century maker in Test and one-day international cricket. He is the only male player to score a double century in the history of ODI cricket. In 2002‚ just 12 years into his career‚ Wisden ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time‚ behind Donald Bradman‚ and the second greatest one-day-international
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Andrea Atkinson History 140 Marcus Bussey Research Essay Why Human History Cannot be Understood in a Vacuum When trying to decipher what Clive Ponting meant when he said‚ “Human history cannot be understood in a vacuum‚” I have deemed it is necessary to break the explanation up into three different parts. The first being‚ what does human history look like through a vacuum? What is it comprised of‚ what are its characteristics? The second being if human history is not understood in a vacuum
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Advantages and Disadvantages of the jury system Advantages of the Jury System Long established trial by peers which has public confidence Lord Devlin‚ a famous House of Lords judge‚ has said that trial by jury is the “lamp that shows that freedom lives”‚ arguing that a defendant has the right to be tried by his peers. Supporters of this view maintain that a jury will exercise common sense rather than slavishly follow the law. For example the case of R v Wang W was charged with having an article
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Easter Island is one of the most unusual places on the planet. In A Green History of the World Clive Ponting notes‚ “Easter Island is one of the most remote‚ inhabited places on earth. Only some 150 square miles in area‚ it lies in the Pacific Ocean‚ 2‚000 miles off the west coast of South America and 1‚250 miles from the nearest inhabitable land of Pitcairn Island‚” (Ponting‚ 1991). The extreme isolation of Easter Island or Rapa Nui is not the islands most distinguishing feature. The most interesting
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produce works extremely biased‚ usually towards stable ‘western civilizations’ and Eurocentric cultures. It is important to note that every community is included in the definition of world history whether they were literate and civilized or not (Ponting 2000‚ 1). Christian also criticizes the lack of exploration into the context of world history and emphasizes its importance for the discipline (Christian 2003‚ pp. 437-438). For example‚ it would be impossible to distinguish the relevance of the 19th
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Once Austria declared war on Serbia for the assassination of the Duke‚ Russia would enter the war because they supported Serbia since‚ according to Ponting‚ they wanted to support another “Slav and Orthodox State” which led to the outbreaks of war.5 Germany planned to attack France first because they were scared she would mobilize faster than her ally Russia but Germany didn’t expect Russia to mobilize
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shooting the dense flocks out of the sky. By the 1870 ’s‚ 250‚000 pigeons a year were shot for sport (Ponting). Once the expanding railroad linked the North with the East‚ states such as Michigan began supplying the booming cities with resources in great demand. One of which was cheap meat to feed the growing population. Large scale commercial hunting of the pigeon began‚ and by 1869‚ 7‚500‚000 birds were shipped from Van Buren County‚ Michigan (Ponting). This unsustainable slaughter continued; the shipment count steadily dropping each
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Essay on the Craze of Cricket in India by Subha Sarkar Craze‚ courage‚ fear‚ fantasy‚ win… and the list goes on and on‚ of words that have found entry in the cricket lexicon. What do these words signify in their association with the world of cricket? Craze to grab the accessories of the favorite cricketers‚ courage to postpone the important activities when one knows the load of work pending can prove fatal if not done in time‚ fear of losing the match when six runs are required on the last ball
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What are juries? Jury is undoubtedly part and parcel to the essence of a fair trial in the context of the English Legal system or in a wider context‚ the common law system. So what are juries? And what are their contributions to the English Legal system? The word ‘jury’ derived from Anglo-French‚ ‘Jure’ which means ‘sworn’. Historically‚ the modern concept of jury has its roots from old Germanic tribes which a council of men were used to judge the accused. In Anglo-Saxon England‚ the role of juries
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1.1. Industry Analysis 1.1.1. Market Characteristics: - Market Potential: During the past few years major footwear and clothing brands like Reebok and Puma‚ and more recently‚ adidas and Nike‚ have been moving into the cricket market. Reebok was the official technical sponsor of the 2011 ICC World Cup and adidas clothes the Proteas‚ English and Australian teams. Nike featured prominently on the sleeves of the Indian team shirts. Some of the top players who had been in action at
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