PAPER Topics

... was played with a soccer ball and two peach baskets used as goals. Naismith made a set of thirteen rules for his new "basketball" game: 1. The ball may be thrown in any direction with one or both hands. 2. The ball may be batted in any direction with one or both hands, but never with the fist. 3. A player cannot run with the ball. The player must throw it from the spot on which he catches it, allowance to be made for a man running at good speed. 4. The ball must be held in or between the hands. The arms or body must not be used for holding it. 5. No shouldering, holding, pushing, striking or tripping in any way of an opponent. The first infringement of this rule by any person ...

... dress code and even there you could tell that the new urban fashion was having an effect on the way some students dressed. They would try to get baggier pants and would wear bright colored shirts with logos on the front. At ballgames they would wear baggy blue jeans and sweatshirts with “Polo” or “Nautica” emblems on the front. Whenever we had a casual day all the kids would go to the mall and you would see the baggy jeans and bright shirts on everyone. When the weather got colder kids at school started wearing the bomber ski jackets, so many people at my school had them that the school maid them illegal to wear. Also more and more guys started wearing the large hiking boots that were ...

... income figures, with a summary for each year, over at least a three year period. It'll be advantageous to you to base your cost estimates high, and your income projections on minimal returns. This will enable you to "ride through" those extreme "ups and downs" inherent in any beginning business. You should also describe what makes your business unique---how it differs form your competition and the opportunities for expansion or secondary products. This prospectus will have to state precisely what you're offering the investor in return for the use of his money. He'll want to know the percentage of interest you're willing to pay, and whether monthly, quarterly or on an annua ...

... we were ready to move up north. By doing this we would run into the barbarians. Instead of fighting we would hire them for work. We would then be paying them for their services. Using this tactic helps us in many ways. We have gained more men and men that are going to help us in wars. Also using the paying tactic was used in Rome. Since Rome needed more men in their army, the decided to pay off their citizens. They gave them food shelter, and some money to survive. In trade, the citizens were responsible for helping out in their army. This tactic is very useful in many war like situations. Brutal war was also used by both of us. Rome used this tactic when they knew that they co ...

... subjects, it would be wise of her to let them organize, or expand, and state their grievances as a whole before she individually addressed their complaints. Lao-tzu also uses contradiction in Ch 22, "If you want to become whole, let yourself be partial. If you want to become strait, let yourself be crooked. If you want to become full, let yourself be empty. If you want to be reborn, let yourself die..." In other words, if a person wants to succeed she must first understand the opposition. This strategy is used often in war. In order to predict what the enemy will do next, one can think like the enemy, be the enemy. Another way to understand this contradiction is by app ...

... will. Scheming and manipulating she even dared to trick her husband, King of the Gods. Hera, along with Athena, who was also passed over by Paris, is seen as the chief divine aid to the Greeks. Being the god of the sea, Poseidon was another strong supporter of the ocean-faring Greeks. Whenever Zeus turned his back Poseidon tried to help the Greeks in the fight. Poseidon felt that he was somewhat Zeus's equal as his brother, but recognizing Zeus's authority and experience, he looked to Zeus as an elder. There were also Gods who favoured the Trojan side of the conflict. Both Apollo and Artemis, twin brother and sister, gave aid to the city of Troy. Although Artemis takes a rather minor ro ...

... on effectiveness and durability, Bounty will go into the new Millennium leading the toilet paper world. Proctor and Gamble was founded in Cincinnati, OH, by William Proctor and James Gamble in 1837. Initially the company was started to compete with the 14 other soap and candle makers already established in Cincinnati, but around the end of the century, Proctor and Gamble dropped candle manufacturing altogether to focus on soap production. By 1890, Proctor and Gamble had increased their production to over 30 different types of soap. During 1911, Proctor and Gamble introduced Crisco, the first all-vegetable shortening, beginning what would be the first in a long line of different unr ...

... Information Database, www.pharmlink.org/designer/index.html/). "The media has given E and the rave scene a bad reputation, since 30 years ago music has been greatly united with drugs. For example Weed and Rock in the 60's and acid in the 70's." (E for Ecstasy by Nicolas Saunders, ch.1) Ecstasy is just a hard and dangerous as weed, "a drug that 1 out of every 3 highschool students in the American population have had experiences with." (Drug Information Database, www.pharmlink.org/stats/index/main.html/) "Why is E judged so harshly when the ecstasy related deaths can not compare with those related with legal drugs just like tabacco and alcohol." (E for Ecstasy by Nicolas Saunders, ch ...

... I myself have and regularly use a debit card. I feel Coastal Mart gains customers because of its convenience. I buy gas there and find this method of paying very convenient, especially if I am in a hurry. I also think debit cards are very convenient elsewhere as well as less expensive than writing checks for everything. Generally I only write checks for monthly bills. With the rise in technology I could opt for most of my monthly bills to be paid for through electronic transfer also. I am not sure why I have not chosen to reduce my check writing further, other than I am still a little leery of someone having access to my bank account. When using the debit card at an ATM machine, mon ...

... At this rate, the years ahead will prove to be the age of technology. It will reach a stage where human skills and trades will be obsolete. Every year, millions of jobs are being replaced by bits of technology that can do the same amount of work for little, if any, cost. Jobs such a hydro, banking, even baking have been taken over by computer chips. Very soon, people will realize that the very thing they created to make life easier is creating a life of its own. Computers have become a species. They inhabit a great majority of the Earth and have now migrated to countries both small and large. If people let technology get out of hand, it could very well take over society in its subtle ...