Naismith The invention of Basketball was a complete change to sport and how sports can be played. James Naismith was a Canadian man who moved down to the United States seeking a job. James came across a job at the YMCA International Training School in Springfield‚ Massachusetts. He was given 14 days to create an indoor game that would provide an "athletic distraction". Naismith’s game of Basketball is now played by over 300 million people today. The most popular place of basketball is in the U.S.A. Naismith
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Contents Abstract The report uses a top-down valuation process to examine the Australian economy‚ the metal and mining and consumer industries and analyses BHP Billiton Limited and Woolworths Limited. Variables affecting the Australian economy are inflation and interest rates; the gross domestic product; the exchange rate; and economic risks. The metal and mining industry is the largest sector in Australia and the consumer industry is the third largest sector. The present value
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Gabriel Tauro Mr. Harry Stoner English 10H (E) 13 November 2012 Taking the Fate In Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex‚ King Laius and Queen Jocasta of Thebes become aware of one of their childen’s supposed fate – that he will kill his father and marry his mother. In awareness of this fate‚ they release one of their children‚ Oedipus‚ and abandon him in hopes that this fate will never come to pass. After Oedipus is taken in as a bastard child to another king‚ Polybus‚ he grows up to become the king
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referred to as the Ozark Mountains‚ it is actually a “high and deeply dissected” plateau. The Ozark Mountains consist of three sections: the Salem Plateau‚ the Springfield Plateau‚ and the Boston Mountains. The topography is mostly “gently rolling” with the exception of the Boston Mountains along the escarpments separating the Salem and Springfield Plateaus‚ and the Saint Francois Range where it is rugged. The Saint Francois Mountain Range rises above the Ozark Mountains and is the geological cause of
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The foreigners’ fulfill their first role in the destruction of Lincoln Lane through their passivity. The residents contact Springfield Illinois seeking support to make the lane a global issue‚ but Springfield fails to respond to the residents. (23) Foreigners once more influence the fate of Lincoln Lane through the article “Shanghai Has a Lincoln Lane”. (23) This time the foreigner’s passivity is replaced with carelessness
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they were going to get rid of Ronald McDonald. This week‚ Burger King and its new ad agency are telling its mascot to take a vacation. In fact‚ Burger King is getting a much bigger change than giving the guy with beard and crown a rest. TheMiami Herald reports that the chain’s advertising‚ menu‚ and even stores are getting revamped. Don’t worry‚ Whopper fans. The burger isn’t going anywhere‚ but the restaurant will try to go healthier with its menu choices and add such things as mango and mixed-berry
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teaching himself the law. He moved to Springfield‚ Illinois to practice law in the John T. Stuart law
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to come to Maine why not Missouri.’ (O”Donnell 2009) He would drive around the country looking for premium fishing tackle that he could find to fill his U-haul trailer with to sell. He would bring his new found fishing tackle back to his home in Springfield‚ Missouri where he set up shop in his dad’s liquor store. His dad’s liquor store was a popular stopping spot on the way to the Ozark’s famous bass lakes. The anglers had such great success that they started to call when they got back home asking
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Granville Woods was born on April 23‚1856 ‚ he was born in Columbus‚ Ohio. He was the son of Martha Brown and Cyrus Woods. They stayed in many places but the main four was Ohio‚ Springfield‚ Cincinnati‚ and New York City.“Woods had 3 siblings but only 1 was really around a lot his brother Lyates Woods who also helped Granville as they became older. As Granville became a young man he was a engineer on a british ship in a steel mill and as a railroad worker”. He made the best invention for communication
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came from Naismith’s early school education. He used to play a game known as duck-on-a-rock. The idea was to knock a "duck" off a large rock by throwing another rock at it. While he worked at YMCA Training School in Springfield‚ Massachusetts he created basketball. In Springfield‚ he had to find a sport that could be played inside during the Massachusetts cold winter
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