we have the game basketball. Naismith was born in Almont‚ Ontario‚ and was educated at McGill University and Presbyterian College in Montreal. Naismith was the physical education teacher at McGill University from 1887 to 1890 and at Springfield College in Springfield‚ Massachusetts 1890 to 1895 (Bellis). It wasn’t until 1890 that Naismith was given the job to create a new game by Dr. Luther Halsey Gulick‚ the director of the physical education department (McCuaig). After Naismith thought about
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of the English language. (1985). Harlow‚ England: Longman Group Limited Crystal‚ D Fowler‚ H.W. (2000). The new Fowler’s modern English usage. Oxford‚ United Kingdom: Oxford University Press Merriam-Webster’s dictionary of English usage. (1994). Springfield‚ MA: Merriam Webster Mitchell‚ L Sidnell‚ J. (2002) African American Vernacular English (AAVE) Grammar. 1.7‚ p. 16. Retrieved April 19‚ 2009‚ from http://individual.utoronto.ca/jsidnell/SidnellAAVEGrammar.pdf Thompson‚ K. Blacks at odds over scrutiny
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Clay’s Quilt that help give us an outlook on Clay Sizemore’s life. If Clay’s mother hadn’t passed away then he probably never would have lived with his Aunt Easter and Uncle Paul. This also means he wouldn’t have met all the townspeople and neighbors around him. Living with his aunt and uncle is a major factor to the whole plot. Since his Aunt Easter practically raised Clay and turned him into the man he was‚ she is the mother figure. His aunt provides him with love‚ shelter and all the necessities
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The Simpsons: Laughing at Ourselves Jessica French Professor Jean Graybeal The Existential Imagination 16 October‚ 2003 Comedy gives no better an answer to existential question than any other form of art or literature. It does however‚ give such a familiar yet ironical response‚ that the relief attained is often more satisfying than other medium. Jerry Rannow states‚ “humor is necessary to life.”1 The Simpsons is for many‚ the quintessence of comedy and offers a wonderful philosophical study
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increasing concern for legislatures. Nursing home and home health care counts for almost 15 percent of personal health expenditures in 1995‚ and were approximately 14 percent of all state and local health care spending. Neither private insurance nor Medicare covers long-term care to any major extent‚ and less than 5 percent of older adults have private long-term care insurance. “Medicaid is the main source of public financing for long-term care for the elderly‚ and expenditures are projected to
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Monsoon Wedding‚ a Bollywood film directed by Mira Nair and released in 2001‚ earned just above $30 million at the box office [1]. The film brilliantly depicts romantic entanglements during a traditional Punjabi wedding in Delhi‚ while delicately handling sensitive issues such as child-abuse‚ pre-arranged marital infidelity‚ growing old and striving to be different as an upper middle class Indian boy‚ or being a flirtatious‚ bored but basically settled NRI (non-resident Indian) housewife. The film
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potential jurors is Nick Easter (Cusack)‚ a seemingly easy going guy who would much rather be anywhere else but the boardroom. Fitch’s team looks into Easter’s background but nothing comes up. After the 12 jurors‚ and alternates‚ have been picked the trial begins. Fitch receives a call from a Marlee (Weisz)‚ who promises she can guarantee a verdict in the defenses favor for a price – ten million dollars. Marlee makes this same offer towards the plaintiff. It comes out Marlee and Easter are working together
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Like Easter‚ Ostara is another name for the spring Equionx which we celebrate on March 21st‚ but unlike easter which is on a diffferent day Ostara is celebrated in almost the same way. Though We live in different hemispheres there is a spring Equinox and in the northern part the Spring Equinox is around March 20th or th 21st but in the southern it is around September 23rd. Ostara is called Easter in the christian religion sadly they do not know the whole story behind it so lets get some insight to
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editions. BACKGROUND ASTM F2417 was developed to create the minimum safety requirements for candles. Candles are defined as flame-producing devices which present a potential harzard to the user. These include e.g. altar candle‚ birthday candle‚ and Easter‚ Paschal‚ sacramental candle. There are three main safety evaluations for candles mentioned in this standard‚ including: • the Burning Performance Test‚ • Stability Test‚ • Flammability Test for Tea Light Cup. The safety requirements in ASTM F2601
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Since its beginning over a century ago‚ basketball has evolved from a simple form of exercise with only a few rules to a highly competitive and complex national sport. Basketball was invented by James Naismith at a YMCA in Springfield‚ Massachusetts‚ in 1891 (Fox 11-13). It began as an activity for the “‘ball-game’ void” months of winter (Hanson 65)‚ and Naismith had five standards for the game. He wanted a ball that could be handled by a player’s hands; no one was to run with the ball‚ and anyone
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