12/1/14 BASKETBALL Basketball has served an important role in society. For many years basketball has been an enjoyable sport for one to play and watch. From an early age‚ children who participate in this team sport learn the values of teamwork‚ discipline‚ leadership‚ and effective communication. Basketball helps bring people from all over the world together‚ despite any differences. Basketball is still being remembered and watched today through its history‚ games‚ and players. Basketball was originated
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Basketball Basketball was created a simple game. The primary objective was to place a ball‚ without dribbling‚ into a peach basket. However‚ like Darwin’s theory of man‚ basketball has evolved into the most exciting exhibition of athletic ability. Basketball has seen many rule changes‚ because of the increasing ability of the players. Basketball is a melting pot‚ where black‚ white‚ and European people excel. This is a sport that is color-blind. This sport
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The History of Fishing Throughout history man has had many ways of putting food into their mouths. There are a few ways that lead the pack in providing food to live. One of the most proven and successful techniques is fishing. The history of fishing is a very and long and colorful past. Fishing has evolved in many ways since past time‚ through career‚ and means of survival all across the world. Fishing has been a huge part in almost every culture around the world. If fish did not exist on the planet
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This research paper is about the Crusades‚ what were they‚ who was involved‚ what were the reasons behind them‚ and more. “The Crusades were a series of Holy Wars launched by the Christian states of Europe against the Saracens.”[1] Saracens was the word used to describe a Moslem during the time of the Crusades. The great military expeditions known as the Crusades were Christian nations of Europe who got together to rescue the holy places of Palestine from the hands of the Mohammedans. “They
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Non-Violent Effective Revolutions Research Paper Watching videos‚ seeing pictures‚ and hearing audio of vicious cold blooded war that ’s going on around is getting us no where. The progress of wars and fighting proves that most effective revolutions occur when there is minimal yet any bloodshed or violence takes place. Political‚ economical‚ and social aspects of countries configure down to the basis of this reasoning. If cruel violence‚ innocent death‚ and undeservedly bloodshed did not effect
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Introduction Basketball is a team sport‚ the objective being to shoot a ball through a basket horizontally positioned to score points while following a set of rules. Two teams of five players play on a marked rectangular court with a basket at each width end. A team can score a field goal by shooting the ball through the basket during regular play. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins‚ but additional time (overtime) may be issued when the game ends with a draw. The ball can
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United States‚ stated with a historic preservation movement in the mid-nineteenth century after the civil war. The historic preservation movement‚ was the result of the American elite wanting to preserve their history in the United States. Many of the American elite believed that their history is being threatened by the social changes caused by immigration and the new industrial capitalists wanting to destroy historical monuments for their own economic ambitions. One example of the early stages of
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“History of Bowling” Research Paper Jeremy Isaiah Nettles Bowling (PHED) 136 -01 April 29‚ 2014 History of Bowling Bowling is a unique and interesting sport. Today it is one of the most popular sports in the world. A British anthropologist‚ Sir Flinders Petrie‚ discovered in the 1930 ’s a collection of objects that proves that bowling traces back to 3200 BC. A German historian‚ William Pehle‚ asserted that bowling began in his country about 300 AD. There is substantial evidence that
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History of photography The history of photography has roots in remote antiquity with the discovery of the principle of the camera obscure and the observation that some substances are visibly altered by exposure to light. As far as is known‚ nobody thought of bringing these two phenomena together to capture camera images in permanent form until around 1800‚ when Thomas Wedgwood made the first reliably documented although unsuccessful attempt. In the mid-1820s‚ Nicéphore Niépce succeeded‚ but several
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HIST-B 111 - HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES FROM DISCOVERY TO 1865) A general survey of the United States from the era of discovery to the present‚ emphasizing major political‚ economic‚ social and intellectual developments COURSE DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES: This course examines American history from prehistoric times through the Civil War Era‚ and is designed around several concepts and themes. The first is that the experiences and ideas of everyday Americans matter and are vitally important in
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