... left foot in front of the right foot. The server should hold the racket in his or her right hand, holding the right arm straight toward the ground. The racket hand should point in the direction of the net. The server should hold the ball in his or her left hand, touching the ball to the racket face. The actual serve motion requires timing and speed. The server should toss the ball straight up into the air by fully extending his or her left arm. He or she should leave the left arm fully extended to help sight the ball as it ascends. While the ball is in the air, the server should rotate the racket head so that it points away from the net, and then bring it straigh ...
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... sex from a specific community when people have the power to disguise themselves. Communication in cyberspace lets people explore their personalities by creating new on-line personae. This seems to be the main concern for frequent Internet users. A significant observation is the amount of men that will log on as women. Jodi Obrien put it best when she states, “Many men say that a common motivation for logging on as a female is because they are fascinated by the unusual amount of attention they receive from other men when they are perceived as women” (http://www.echonyc.com/~women/Issue17/art-obrien.html). The one major concern that comes to mind is “cyber-ra ...
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... that, were a philosopher to write the perfect, unanswerable theory, the solution to life, the universe and everything, then philosophy would itself become responsible for inducing the very mental laziness which it should help us to avoid. Disagreement and debate between the adherents of rival theories is, moreover, essential to the health of philosophy. Just as many major advances of science are catalysed by war, so the great intellectual insights are sparked by discussion. If there were universal agreement on one philosophical theory, then all further thought would be rendered useless. (See p.319, Small World by David Lodge: "…what matters in the field of criti ...
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... The Microsoft Encarta 96 Encyclopedia tells us that Elizabeth Bishop's works will usually "highlight the sense of strangeness that can underlay ordinary events"("Elizabeth Bishop"). The text (Literature an Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama) makes reference to Bishop's use of metaphor. Elizabeth Bishop refers to losing as an art. The American Heritage Talking Dictionary defines art as a skill that is practiced ("art"). "One Art" makes specific reference to practicing losing (line 7). Loss is defined as a condition of being deprived or bereaved of something or someone ("loss"). Loss is not something done intentionally (such as the word "pract ...
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... Loving their children may not guarantee that they will love yours; however,chances are if a person does not want harm to come to his/her children then they would likely feel the same when it comes to yours. The person you choose to date will have to understand and trust that your friends, whether male or female are just platonic friends. Some people have more friends of the opposite sex than others. In factbecause people get along better with the opposite sex,the person you date should not be jealous of the closeness you have with your friends. Jealousy plays a key role in destroying a relationship. I, for example, have more male friends that females; ...
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... the way it has been for hundreds of years dating back to the first Olympics. But then again why should men get all the attention, women work just as hard as men at their sports, why not give them some credit? Men and women are treated differently in sports ranging from the size of budgets, the number of scholarships given, and in how many athletes are participating in sports. Men's athletic budgets are without a doubt a lot higher than women's athletic budgets. On average men's athletic budgets are nearly five times that of women's (Moline 18). An example of this is at schools that offer women's sports of field hockey and volleyball that have budgets less ...
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... play a supporting role in the kitchen because they enrich the flavor of the food itself rather than overpower it. Some of the seasonings are soya sauce which is a dark-brown liquid made from fermented soya beans and flour. Rice wine is another seasoning which is a clear yellow wine for which sherry is an acceptable substitute. Chinese red pepper is aromatic and not "hot" at all. Ginger root is a tender root that gives delicate flavor. Taste powder is a white powder made from an extract of wheat flour, which enhances the flavor of dishes to which it is added. Chinese have a very unique eating utensil. Their eating utensil is the chopsticks. Chinese us ...
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... and go faster. Dirtbiking is for everybody 4 years old and up. The divisions are in increasements in engine size (cc's, cubic centimeters).For example, if you are between the ages of 4 and 7 you would race the 50cc dirtbikes. If you are between the ages of 8 and 11 you have a choice of racing a 65cc or an 80cc dirtbike. If you are between the ages of 12 and 15 you could race in the 80 cc or 125 cc class. If you are 16 years old or older you can race 125cc dirtbikes or larger. Secondly, there are also a wide variety of dirtbikes. Some dirtbikes are modified to fit giant motorcycle engines into them. Dirtbike sizes vary from a weak 50cc engine, to the mighty, po ...
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... To issue a truly standardized test, the testing environment should be the same for everyone involved. If anything has been learned from the psychology of perception, it is clear that a person’s environment has a great deal to do with their cognitive abilities. Is the light flickering? Is the paint on the walls an unsettling shade? Is the temperature too hot or too cold? Is the chair uncomfortable? Or in the worst case, do they have an illness that day? To test a person’s mind, ...
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... the forties most likely gained influential ideas from John Cage in his attempts to redefine tunes and make them into segments and samples of unfamiliar notes. It was the seventies that proved to be the pivotal point of the disc jockeys evolution. No longer were people putting quarters into the jukebox, or dancing to the American Bandstand, but enjoying parties that offered live entertainment. In the late seventies, the disc jockey changed and evolved different musical cultures into segments. Along came the culture of hip-hop. Hip-Hop lent their open ear allowed the disc jockey to let the creativity flow. The role of the disc jockey in the hip-hop society evo ...
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