...History Why Aluminum Bats should be Banned from the NCAA Crack! That was the sound of our nation's pastime in the early days of baseball. For nearly 125, years the wooden bat was used in every level of baseball. In Tom's River, New Jersey, the little league World Series is held every summer. Ping! This is the only sound that a spectator will hear during one of those baseball games. What happened to the old-fashioned crack of the bat? The wooden bat has been used in professional baseball since the game's establishment in 1864. An aluminum bat is more dangerous than a wooden bat due to the advanced technology of the aluminum bat, but offers a greater impact to a ball than a wooden bat could. For college ball players hoping to make it to the majors, they should be using the equipment required by the MLB in order to be the most prepared. Also, it makes it harder for scouts to determine how a player will perform under different conditions. This is why I believe the NCAA should play with the same standards as the MLB. The baseball bat controversy has been lingering over amateur baseball since the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) allowed the use of aluminum bats for the first time in 1974 (Adelson). Every year there is another injury to a pitcher as a result of the aluminum bat due to its exit velocity. The exit velocity of a ball plays a key role in determining the level of risk of injury. It is defined as the speed of the ball off the bat. The standard exit velocity...
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...baseball and a different outlook on the sport. It is a popular sport in America. The rest of the world looks to America as a guiding force. They view America as the baseball empire of the world. Major league baseball is the envy of the world. Baseball has very broad cultural, social, and geographic impacts that go deeper than we think. We will briefly examine the diverse and changing social, economic, and political meanings of this activity in different countries. Baseball has failed in the promotion in many European and African societies and we will discuss why. Baseball is an international sport that brings great experiences and great memories that last a lifetime. It can be very important in the bond of family. The swing, techniques, bat and balls are important and we will learn why it’s important to have proper training. Also you will read about players that have tarnished the sport and players that have changed baseball forever. Mainly this is a view of the importance of the sport worldwide and how it has changed the world through the guidance of American baseballs influence on the rest of the world. Sport of Baseball Internationally this game is viewed as a very powerful game. Baseball is the same in many ways all over the world. Every player is aiming to knock the ball out of the park or just feel lucky to get on base. Although the game has changed, the history of the sport has been pretty consistent. Because of the different type...
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...include Europe, and Asia Pacific. Since Nike is such a large producer of many different products its targeting market varies. Nike athletic shoes have been very popular with both the younger crowd as well as adults. Its products are designed with quality this along with the ability to use marketing strategies has continued to keep this company at the top of the list. Nike has used athletes such as Michael Jordan, and Lebron James to promote their products. The strategy allows for the consumers to wear products that they believe in because of the superstar wearing them. Who wouldn’t want to be seen wearing a pair of Lebron James shoes. Many of the high school basketball teams will purchase these because of the quality of the shoe and sporty look that it offers. Nike lives up to its name when it comes to basketball shoes there are high tops, and low tops and not to mention the numerous colors that are offered. (Marketing Plan of Nike, 2011) The...
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...Hannah Muller ENVR 102 Book Report For this book report, I read Teaching the Trees by Joan Maloof. Joan Maloof studied Plant Science at the University of Delaware, Environmental Science at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, and Ecology at the University of Maryland College Park. Maloof is a professor at Salisbury University who teaches biology and environmental studies at Salisbury University. Aside from being a professor, Maloof is a biologist. She was always very interested in forests so from very early on Maloof has been exploring forests all over the eastern United States. She puts a lot of focus on the intertwined connections between specific tree species and the specific animals and insects that need to tree to live and in turn the tree needs them as well. Maloof possesses great enthusiasm for the woods and everything that they contain and is working on developing networking old growth forests across the United States. Teaching the Trees starts out with Joan Maloof saying how we would lose the “Magical Web” of relationships between organisms and trees (Maloof xiii). She begins talking about the services that trees provide for us. She also talks about how the benefits of trees equal healthier air for us to breathe. Japanese researchers have even found that there are 120 chemical compounds in mountain forest air that are good for us (Maloof 3). Inhaling this air can even be cancer preventing. Perhaps by trying to save the forests we are actually trying to save...
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...về sinh học và y học, tình cờ tìm được Glossary này rất chi tiết, hay và hữu ích. Hum nay tình cờ lục lại ổ cứng thấy nhỡ lại thời gian ý, vừa dịch vừa tìm tòi mà thấy vui và ý nghĩa. Nên quyết định chia sẻ với mọi người. Mong các bạn sẽ thấy yêu mến và thú vị với PassionForEnglish.com của mình nhiều hơn nha! Thuật ngữ cơ bản: Tin Sinh học và Sinh học Phân tử Bán kính van der Waals (van der Waals radius): là khoảng cách thuận lợi nhất giữa 2 nguyên tử. Sự chia cắt cân bằng của 2 nguyên tử là điểm đặc trưng của một cặp nguyên tử cá biệt, 1/2 khoảng cách này là bán kính van der Waals của nguyên tử. Biến tính (denaturation): sự chuyển biến của DNA hoặc RNA dạng mạch kép sang dạng mạch đơn hoặc protein từ cấu hình hoạt động sang dạng bất hoạt. Biểu đồ phát sinh loài (phylogram): biểu đồ biểu thị mối quan hệ giữa các đơn vị phân loại theo thời gian hay tỷ lệ tiến hóa. BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool): một công cụ tìm kiếm nhanh những trình tự tương đồng trong một cơ sở dữ liệu. bp (base pair): cặp base. Carbon α (α carbon): carbon trong amino acid có chức năng gắn những nhóm chức, thường dùng khi đề cập đến một tập hợp các amino acid trong trình tự hoặc cấu trúc protein. Cấu trạng (conformation): sự sắp xếp cấu trúc 3 chiều riêng của một phân tử do sự định hướng của nguyên tử thay đổi theo các hướng khác nhau hoặc quay quanh các liên kết đơn. Ở trạng thái cân bằng động, một cấu trúc phân tử có nhiều cấu trạng khác nhau. cDNA (complementary DNA):...
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...education, health promoting behaviors and following proper nutrition guidelines have begun to reduce their risk of heart disease and obesity. Family Health Risk Assessment Identifying Data The B family is a middle class nuclear family living. Their family was a traditional nuclear family after the births of their children with Mr. B working and Mrs. B staying home with the children, but is considered slightly less than traditional as Mrs. B has returned to work. The B family is a dual-parent family living in a middle class suburban neighborhood in Marlboro, N.J. Both parents work full time outside of the home with Mr. B traveling frequently for work. Both children attend public schools and are bussed to and from school daily. Mrs. B leaves for work at the same time children leave for school. Mr. B works from home as well as frequent meetings and traveling on the east coast. J.E.B. is thirty-eight years old white female. She is five-foot eleven inches tall and weighs one hundred and forty five pounds with brown hair and eyes. Her hair and nails are well groomed and clothes are clean and neatly worn. Her BMI is 29.3...
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...audience’s minds, leaving viewers longing for more or to simply be there in that moment feeling just like the characters Redford creates on screen. Born August 18, 1936, in Santa Monica, California, Robert Redford has proved to be one of the greats in American filmmaking; starring in classics such as The Sting and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Robert Redford is also notably known for helping kick-start The Sundance Film Festival in 1978, which has since evolved into one of the film industry's most prominent affairs. However, before experiencing success within the American filmmaking community, Redford started out as the son of an oil company accountant and a doting mother. As a child, Redford excelled in athletics and after graduating high school he received a baseball scholarship to the University of Colorado. His stay at the university did not last long however as he eventually dropped out of his studies after becoming what you might call a ‘campus drunk’. Redford recalls leading a...
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...living in poverty and 8.3% of people over 65 are living in poverty in the county. (*) The proportion of families eligible for public assistance is _________ with 41.0% actually receiving some form of assistance (*). This may be due to the high unemployment rate of over 11% (*) The percentage of people with unmet health needs due to financial constrains is estimated at 28% (*) and a homeless population of 3%(*). Only 1.5% of the total annual budget has been allocated to public health for the year 2016(*). Payment sources for medical care include 40% private insurance, 26% Medicare, 14% Medicaid, and 20% without insurance. DISASTER ASSESSMENT During an interview with the Emergency Manager of Klamath County, Morgan Lindsay, I was able to ascertain the following information. Klamath community does have a disaster plan that is implemented and maintained by the Klamath County Emergency Management division of the County. The purpose of the division is to implement and execute the County’s responsibility in maintaining an emergency system, planning, preparing and providing for the prevention and management of disasters or emergencies that may present a threat to the people or property of Klamath County. | Klamath County is considered a high-risk area for earthquake activity by the United States Geological Society....
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...ADRA AC&H AC&H H&S ADRA HA HA H&S OI REC NAT NAT OI VOC VOC SGO&H REC SGO&H pathfinder honor book 2014 revision general conference youth ministries department -1- ADRA AC&H H&S NAT HA OI SGO&H REC VOC pathfinder honor book 2014 revision general conference youth ministries department -3- General Conference Youth Ministries Department Director: Gilbert Cangy General Conference Associate Youth Director/Pathfinder World Director: Jonatan Tejel General Conference Honors Committee: Jonatan Tejel, Chairman Vanessa Correa, Secretary Gennady Kasap: ESD Youth Director Busi Khumalo: SID Youth Director Mark O’Ffill: NAD representative John Sommerfeld: SPD representative Paul Tompkins: TED Youth Director Jobbie Yabut: SSD Youth Director Udolcy Zukowski: SAD Pathfinder Director Copyright © 2014 by the Youth Ministries Department of the Seventh-day Adventist® Church All rights reserved. Published 2014 First edition published 1998. Second edition 2011. Third edition 2014 Rights for publishing this book outside the U.S.A. or in non-English languages are administered by the Youth Ministries Department of the Seventh-day Adventist® Church. For additional information, please visit our website, www.gcyouthministries. org, email youthinfo@gc.adventist.org, or write to Youth Ministries Department, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists® Church, 12501 Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, MD 20904, U.S.A. Cover and inside design by Jonatan Tejel Printed in the United...
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...* DAY1 * What is Sports Marketing? It depends! (IV League Schools say!) * We need to influence and Persuade! * Sponsorship “getting the bat in the hands of the right player” * IMGbiggest sports marketing agency in the world, Mark McCormick, said “it is putting a celebrity/athlete with a product/company”….and that is it. * Louis Shefield* wanted NBA basketball team in Miami (Miami Heat). He said “its easy to fill a stadium once, but each time its hard”. He saw that basketball would get bigger than it was and it needed to go to Miami. He said sports marketing is just about “Sagacity.” * Sagacity A vision for the future. Example by Louis, Nike taking swoosh off bottom of shirt and putting it on the chest. And, the only reason we know about Ted Turner is because of exposure. Active and innovate an idea. Dictionary Definition: foresight, discernment, or keen perception; ability to make good judgments. Seeing a trend and executing it! Execute your idea and fulfill what you start! * Tommy Karam Wanted to turn LSU scoreboard into a marketing opportunity by putting ads on it using triplicates (3 rotations: purple, purple and tiger stadium, then purple, tiger stadium and a company’s name). He thought this would be sagacity! He spoke with a man at Exxon and he liked Karam’s idea and Karam sold the sponsorship to Exxon for $250,000 per scoreboard (when they were going for around $300,000). Karam later found out that corporate signage is against University procedures...
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...Grammar Review Một câu trong tiếng Anh bao gồm các thành phần sau đây SUBJECT - VERB AS PREDICATE - COMPLEMENT - MODIFIER (OBJECT) DIRECT INDIRECT SUBJECT có thể là một động từ nguyên thể, một VERB_ING, một đại từ, song nhiều nhất vẫn là một danh từ. Chúng bao giờ cũng đứng ở đầu câu, làm chủ ngữ và quyết định việc chia động từ. Vì là danh từ nên chúng liên quan đến những vấn đề sau: Danh từ đếm được và không đếm được (Count noun/ Non - count noun) ➢ Danh từ đếm được: Dùng được với số đếm, do đó nó có hình thái số ít, số nhiều. Nó dùng được với a hay với the. ➢ Danh từ không đếm được: Không dùng được với số đếm, do đó nó không có hình thái số ít, số nhiều. Nó không thể dùng được với "a", còn "the" chỉ trong một số trường hợp đặc biệt. ➢ Một số danh từ đếm được có hình thái số nhiều đặc biệt. ➢ Một số danh từ đếm được có dạng số ít/ số nhiều như nhau chỉ phân biệt bằng có "a" và không có "a" an aircraft/ aircraft; a sheep/ sheep; a fish/ fish. ➢ Một số các danh từ không đếm được như food, meat, money, sand, water ... đối khi được dùng như các danh từ số nhiều để chỉ các dạng, loại khác nhau của danh từ đó. water ( waters (Nước ( những vũng nước) ➢ Danh từ "time" nếu dùng với nghĩa là "thời gian" là không đếm được nhưng khi dùng với nghĩa là "thời đại" hay "số lần" là danh từ đếm được. Ancient times (Những thời cổ đại) - Modern...
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...Reconnecting to a Forgotten River An Ecological Solution Design Thesis | Aaron Hanson Reconnecting to a Forgotten River A Design Thesis Submitted to the Department of Architecture and Landscape Architecture of North Dakota State University By Aaron Hanson In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelors of Landscape Architecture Primary Thesis Advisor Thesis Committee Chair May, 2012 Fargo, North Dakota Ma, 0 2 y2 1 table of contents abstract problem statement statement of intent narrative user/client description major project elements site information project emphasis plan for proceeding previous studio experience theoretical premise research case studies climate data historical context project goals site analysis an ecological solution personal identification reference list 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 - 12 13 14 15 16 - 34 35 - 58 59 - 65 66 - 71 72 73 - 88 89 - 108 109 110 - 111 abstract Waterways are a vital and productive resource to our environment. Rivers provide a variety of amenities and services to communities across the world such as drinking water, food, travel, recreation, wildlife habitat, connection to place, aesthetic appeal, economic development, etc. This thesis project examines the importance of the Mississippi River to its urban community and how riverfront design can function as a unifying element for the city center and its ecosystem. Over half of the world’s future population will be living in urban environments...
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...ACCUPLACER® Sample Questions for Students © 2012 The College Board. College Board, ACCUPLACER, WritePlacer and the acorn logo are registered trademarks of the College Board. All other products and services may be trademarks of their respective owners. Visit the College Board on the Web: www.collegeboard.org. Sentence Skills In an ACCUPLACER® placement test, there are 20 Sentence Skills questions of two types. • The first type is sentence correction questions that require an understanding of sentence structure. These questions ask you to choose the most appropriate word or phrase for the underlined portion of the sentence. • The second type is construction shift questions. These questions ask that a sentence be rewritten according to the criteria shown while maintaining essentially the same meaning as the original sentence. Within these two primary categories, the questions are also classified according to the skills being tested. Some questions deal with the logic of the sentence, others with whether or not the answer is a complete sentence, and still others with the relationship between coordination and subordination. 3. To walk, biking, and driving are Pat’s favorite ways of getting around. A. To walk, biking, and driving B. Walking, biking, and driving C. To walk, biking, and to drive D. To walk, to bike, and also driving 4. When you cross the street in the middle of the block, this is an example of jaywalking. A. When you cross the street in the middle of...
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...22000 ESSENTIAL WORDS FOR IELTS AND TOEFL Cũng có 1 chút kinh nghiệm về kỳ thi IELTS, nên hôm nay chia sẻ cùng mọi người. Muốn đạt điểm cao ở kỳ thi IELTS, có 1 điểm rất quan trọng mà Bear nghĩ ai cũng biết: LUYỆN TẬP THƯỜNG XUYÊN. Tuy nhiên, cũng có 1 điểm cực kỳ quan trọng mà đa số thường không chú trọng lắm. Đó là phần từ vựng dạng ACADEMIC (học thuật). Nên để đạt điểm cao trong kỳ thi IELTS, ôn luyện từ trong quyển 22.000 từ THI TOEFL/IELTS của Harold Levine là cực kỳ cần thiết. Mỗi ngày chỉ cần học 3 từ, thì lượng từ vựng của bạn sẽ tăng đáng kể. Số từ vựng này giúp bạn trong cả 4 phần thi LISTENING / SPEAKING / READING / WRITING. Ví dụ: Nếu bạn dùng từ: SIMULTANEOUSLY thay cho từ AT THE SAME TIME, hay PORTABLE thay cho từ EASY TO CARRY hay MITIGATE thay cho từ LESSEN … trong phần WRITING và SPEAKING thì điểm của bạn sẽ cao chót vót không ngờ luôn đấy. Chưa kể, nhất là trong phần READING, những từ trong quyển sách này xuất hiện nhiều lắm, và cả LISTENING nữa chứ. Sự lợi hại của quyển sách này, chắc chắn chỉ khi nào học rồi, bạn mới thấy rõ. Quyển này (nhà xuất bản TPHCM) đã hết bán rồi. Nên nếu bạn nào cần phôtô thì liên lạc Uyên Uyên: UyenUyen@englishtime.us Tuy nhiên mỗi tuần Bear vẫn sẽ post lên đây 20 từ trong quyển sách đó, để nếu bạn nào ở xa, vẫn có thể học được. Đương nhiên mỗi người có 1 cách học riêng và trí nhớ khác nhau. Có người nhìn qua là nhớ liền, có người nhìn hoài vẫn không nhớ, nên Bear suggest...
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...Klamath County Community Health Western Governors University Klamath County has many health needs and is at risk for high mortality and morbidity. Heart disease is the leading cause of death followed by cancer and chronic respiratory disease. (The Healthy Communities Institute, 2013). Smoking, obesity, and poor air quality are all contributing factors to these health risks. Also, as the general population continues to age pre-existing medical conditions, chronic health problems and weakened immune systems increase the areas aging population's susceptibility to influenza and pneumonia. However, only 57.8% of adults over 65 received an influenza vaccine in Klamath County (The Healthy Communities Institute, 2013). And unfortunately access to healthcare remains woefully unsatisfactory in the County. Lastly, and most heartbreaking, is that the child abuse rates in Klamath County are among the highest in the state (The Healthy Communities Institute, 2013), while conducting the County Health Survey these three critical areas of concern have become painfully evident. All three issues should be addressed according to the Health People 2020 goals that have been set forth to improve the health and well-being of all Americans (Healthy People 2020, n.d.). WINDSHIELD SURVEY Klamath County, Oregon, is the Southernmost County in the state, boarded by California to the South, the Fremont National Forest to the East, and by the Deschutes National Forest to the North and West. Klamath...
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