Basketball is a very common sport that originated in 1891‚ when a Minister by the name of James Naismith was appointed to teach a P.E class at a YMCA training school in Springfield‚ Massachusetts. He started by creating a ball‚ then cutting a big round hole on the bottom of a basket and nailing it to the wall. His students loved the game. It’s physical‚ funny at times‚ competitive‚ challenging‚ and easy. You can learn new moves‚ lay up finishers‚ shooting ranges‚ passing skills‚ and more. Basketball
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visited for the unavailable items. “If it’s not on the shelf‚ I can’t buy it‚” she explains. “You hate to see a company self-destruct‚ but there are other places to go.” Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) has been cutting staff since the recession—and pallets of merchandise are piling up in its stockrooms as shelves go unfilled. In the past five years the world’s largest retailer added 455 U.S. Walmart stores‚ a 13 percent increase‚ according to company filings in late January. In the same period its total U.S.
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Government spending fails to stimulate economic growth because every dollar Congress "injects" into the economy must first be taxed or borrowed out of the economy. Thus‚ government spending "stimulus" merely redistributes existing income‚ doing nothing to increase productivity or employment‚ and therefore nothing to create additional income. Even worse‚ many federal expenditures weaken the private sector by directing resources toward less productive uses and thus impede income growth. Spending-stimulus
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character‚ Connie‚ in “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates‚ is depicted as a self-centered‚ condescending‚ insecure fifteen year old girl growing into a woman. Connie comes off as a troubled young girl who consistently uses her sexuality for attention but at the same time is afraid of intimacy. This is said be due to her fractured relationships with her family; her frequent excursions with older boys that appeared to not have any interest after the first encounter with
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What Motivates You? Everyday we pursue things. We move from one place to another; one goal from another. This is to satisfy our needs‚ wants‚ things that could pleasure and please us. So‚ what drives us? What motivates us to do such things? The answer is simple: the need to be satisfied and superior. As what was stated in the hierarchy of needs‚ one must satisfy the lower level needs before climbing one step higher in the hierarchy. This is rational because as one is contented with his
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"You have a runner’s body’. What exactly does this mean? Do runners have certain physical characteristics that are seen throughout various runners? I want to see whether there really is a so-called runner’s body‚ yet I am faced with a challenge. What exactly defines a runner? Someone that occasionally runs around the neighbourhood? Or someone that runs repeats or trains for a marathon on a daily basis? I decided to narrow it down to my teammates on the (track and field team. I have split the top
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"Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" By Joyce Carol Oates A short story titled "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" tells a tale of an adolescent girl who suffers consequences of growing up in the unsupportive environment and the society preoccupied by the media. It is considered to be the most famous work of Joyce Carol Oates‚ an American writer‚ the winner of many significant literary awards and a two- time candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. The story was first
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In the state of North Carolina‚ the statistics for teacher pay and student spending is lagging with being 42nd for the highest paid in the nation and 46th for highest per-pupil spending (Teaching in North Carolina). Also‚ it has been made known that UNC systems enrollment in education programs is down roughly thirty percent since 2010 (Teaching in North Carolina). With all mentioned‚ North Carolina teachers are being down-graded and undervalued. Their lack of being down-graded and undervalued will
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Should the U.S. Government Increase Spending On The Space Program A group of children lie in the tall grass on a moonless night‚ staring in wonder up at the hundreds of diamond pinpoints glittering across the heavens. This peaceful scene could have taken place at any point in history‚ from the cave dwelling Neanderthal‚ to a family celebrating a warm summer evening together at a local park. The Heavens have always been a source of passionate fascination and wonderment for intelligent beings
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What would you do if‚ for example‚ you had a lot of money? Never mind your chances of having lots of money are just slightly better than the chances of being abducted by aliens. Even so‚ having a lot of money is a favourite daydream for a lot of us. If had a lot of money‚ I would like to buy a bungalow for my family to live as my current house is quite small. I will provide a luxurious life for my parents as they had taken care of me since birth. I will also provide enough money for my siblings
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