Softball was not always a widely-known sport like it is today. It was also not predominantly a women’s sport. In this day and age when softball is thought of most people think of the Women’s College World Series or Little League. But in the late eighteenth century when softball was invented it was meant to be an all men’s sport. Softball came about in the year 1887 on Thanksgiving. A group of men were watching the results of the Yale versus Harvard football game in the city of Chicago when they
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when council tabled the matter. Tim Stefanko‚ a resident from the south side of town who was once a fixture at meetings‚ suggested in a witty manner why the law needed to be scrapped and rewritten in May. His comments‚ and those of Debbie Miller‚ whose 8-year-old son rides a minibike‚ were enough to get the legislation tabled. After numerous comments Monday‚ council opted to let the legislation die by not taking it “off the table.” Tim Stefanko again voiced his opposition. He
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A. Discuss elasticity of demand as it pertains to elastic‚ unit‚ and inelastic demand. Elasticity of demand is gauged by the percentage of change in demand when the price of an item varies. If the change in the quantity demanded is greater than 1 the demand is elastic. Elasticity of demand is calculated by ED=quantity demanded/decrease in price. If you reduce the price of milk by 6%‚ and that causes an increase of quantity demanded by 9% the demand for milk is elastic (ED= .09/.06 = 1.5).
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Advertising encourages consumers to buy in quantity rather than promoting quality. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Words: 281/ Time: 45’ Whether or not customers are encouraged by advertisers to purchase products in quantity without promoting quality is a controversial question. Some people would say “yes” with that idea. However‚ as far as I am concerned‚ I strongly oppose that perception. First and foremost‚ although nowadays consumers are bombarded with information of products and
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I would generally use whole-group instruction at the beginning of a lesson. This allows me to give the students a pre assessment on their knowledge on the subject. New information being introduced to the class should always be given in a whole group setting so as not to give any students a disadvantage of succeeding. By showing the whole class new concepts at the same time‚ it allows me to figure out what kind of flexible groupings I will need to implement. Typically within-class grouping would
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What type of reaction is the health care provider concerned about and why? The health care provider in this patient scenario is concerned that E.O. might have type 1-hypersensitivity. The patient has indications of this reaction as written in the provided patient history. Having an allergy to bee stings‚ and being a diagnosed asthma patient makes the Health care provider cautious in prescribing E.O. a course of penicillin‚ which is a broad spectrum antibiotic and a possible cause of human anaphylaxis
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Medicare part A is hospital coverage for inpatient hospital stays. More specifically‚ Part A is coverage for critical access hospitals‚ inpatient rehabilitation facilities‚ and long-term care hospitals. Part A also covers inpatient care in a skilled nursing facility (not supervisory or long-term care)‚ hospice care services and some home health care services. Inpatient care in a Religious Nonmedical Health Care Institution is also covered. In the scenario provided‚ Mrs. Zwick is admitted to the
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A hero named Jenny. ‘Jenny‚ you have to wake up now it is twelve o’clock and you’re still sleeping!’ my mom shouted from downstairs. I forced myself up from the bed‚ changed to my everyday clothes and hurried downstairs. ‘Good morning.’ I said. ‘Honestly Jenny‚ sleeping until twelve o’clock is not a good habit.’ she told me. ‘Well‚ I don’t see why you think it’s so bad‚’ I replied. ‘I go to bed later at night than you do‚ and therefore I wake up later.’ I explained‚ but as always‚ there are two
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Stephanie MacKenn MacKenn 1 Alexander Honors CA 10 p.4 9-28-13 Do you agree or disagree about the topics? Why or why not? REDO I do agree with what Ashton Kutcher and Christine Rosen are saying. Our technology is starting to pull us too close together. Today’s Facebook members are off the charts especially with younger people. Romance has changed from back in the day and has become a new completely
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MU5.2 Paper on children and young people’s development at local conference Task one The sequence and rate of development that would normally be expected in children and young people from birth to 19 years. Children’s do not develop at the same rate as each another .Every child has different rate of Development Areas of development: These are the main areas of development 1. Physical development 2. Social development 3. Intellectual development 4. Language development
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