1.14.03 Response Paper #1 In the first chapter of Bowling Alone‚ Robert D. Putnam claims that in the last several decades community groups have decreased in number and among the groups still in existence membership is low. Yet he also says that Americans now have more time on their hands. Could this be the effect of our world’s rapidly changing technological abilities and is this new technology decreasing one’s social capital? I think that it was because of events during the past that caused
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Period 1 10-4-12 Bowling is a mentally challenging sport. When it comes down to the ninth and tenth frame everything has to be cleared from the mind and focus on winning the game. Often times I’m at the bowling alley practicing on my physical and mental parts of the game. Over the years since I was 7 years old‚ I have progressed and now I’m competing throughout the state. In order to be the best of the best‚ there could be some problems getting there‚ the bowling alley itself‚ and the behavior
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TEKNOLOGI PETRONAS BOWLING TEAM PROPOSAL UTP TENPIN BOWLING CHALLENGE 2013 Date : 9th June 2013 (Sunday) Time : 2.00pm – 6.00pm Venue : AmpangBowl‚Ipoh Parade TABLE OF CONTENTS No | Subject | Page | 1 | Introduction | 3 | 2 | Objectives | 3 | 3 | Program Details | 3 | 4 | Target Group | 4 | 5 | Rules and Regulations | 4 | 6 | Organization | 5 | 7 | Budgets | 6 | 8 | Conclusion | 7 | 1.0 INTRODUCTION UniversitiTeknologiPetronas Bowling Team (UTPBT) is one
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Did you know that bowling has one of the longest and richest histories of all sports‚ dating back approximately 4‚000 years to Greece and Rome? (Blau) Bowling is a very popular sport that is played worldwide by professionals. Bowling is a sport that you throw a weight ball down the lane to hit the pins. In bowling there is a thing called “A perfect game” and to meet that criteria you have to have 12 consecutive strikes in a row‚ you are not suppose to have any open frames. Otherwise to get a spare
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capital is the investment put into having a social bond with other people (formally or informally)‚ much like money. A decline in social capital means a lack of civic engagement (and even increases the crime rate). Theoretically‚ we would end up "Bowling Alone" in our urban cities. Evaluation Putnam claims that formal civic participation can deceivably be on the rise by the number of sheer organizations‚ but this does not take into account the number of actual active
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Specific Purpose: I want my audience to know how they can improve their bowling scores the next time they go out on a Friday night. Organizational Pattern: Informative Intended Audience: Comm 101 class Introduction I. Attention-Getting Device: How many of you guys think that you are the world’s worst bowler? I bet you didn’t know that the lowest game ever bowled by a man on ABC men’s league is two. Mike Kappa‚ of Racine‚ Wisconsin‚ accomplished his outrageous
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BOWLING HISTORY An early form of bowling may be over 7‚000 years old. Contents of an ancient Egyptian grave have provided archeologists with evidence of implements used for playing a game similar to bowling. Polynesians participated in an ancient game of bowling using elliptical balls and round‚ flat stone disks. The game was called Ula Maika. Bowling at pins started as a religious ceremony and developed into a sport. Characteristics of bowling may be found in an Italian game called "boccie" and
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Justin Hill History of Bowling Bowling has grown to become a popular sport throughout the world. In this sport‚ the player aims to score points by rolling a bowling ball along a flat surface called the lane‚ to topple the objects stationed at the end of the lane‚ called pins. Just like the sport itself‚ its history is also very interesting. The origin of bowling is claimed to be in ancient Egypt‚ which was first made evident by the British Anthropologist Sir Flinders Petrie and his team of archaeologists
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Bowling for Columbine Text Analysis ‘Bowling for Columbine’ juxtaposes the innocent pastime of bowling and the violence associated with Columbine. On April 20th 1999‚ the morning of the Columbine High School massacre Eric Harris and Dylan Kleebold went bowling. Mike Moore interviews two girls from Eric and Daniel’s bowling class. They stated that the boys were not very social and “they were chucking the ball down there‚ not really caring how they bowled”. Moore questions “Why wasn’t bowling
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Bowling for Columbine. Dir. Michael Moore. 2002. Film. Bowling for Columbine: An Analysis Rehana Hasan Emily Stull GOVT 2301 Fall 2012 Word Count: Annotation: The documentary Michael Moore has produced is addressing the notorious violence in the United States of America with regards to guns and violence. It also encompasses how the massacre in Columbine was able to be carried out while the teenaged boys involved in the incident should not have had access to guns. America has the most highest
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