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This paper discusses how for some student and learner populations, it is simply not enough to throw a ball to someone and instruct them to "play catch." The paper describes how for some populations, it is necessary to break this activity down into its smallest individual activity units, and this is necessary so that fine motor coordination skills can be developed at the same time that the higher mental faculties can be engaged as well (Gadbow, 2001). The paper explains that the outcome is that the learners will be able to acquire the requisite skill-set necessary to play catch with a ball while the instructor or instructors are better equipped to actually relay this information.

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"This document introduces the concept of how to instruct individuals on playing catch with a ball. It is important for the reviewer to understand that for some student and learner populations, it is simply not enough to throw a ball to someone and instruct them to "play catch." For some populations it is necessary to break this activity down into its smallest individual activity units. This is necessary so that fine motor coordination skills can be developed at the same time that the higher mental faculties can be engaged as well (Gadbow, 2001). The outcome is..."

Tags:playing, catch, ball

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The paper explains that Lucille Ball, once regarded as one of the 'B-grade' cine-star, found the new medium of television as the true opportunity to exhibit her expertise of physical comedy. The author points out that "I Love Lucy" was considered unique in that it was one of the first television programs to use live film, utilizing a multiple camera technique before a studio audience and creating a permanency that allowed Ball and her husband, Desi Arnaz, to benefit from re-runs syndication and foreign distribution. The paper relates that Lucille Ball attained four Emmy Awards, a Lifetime Achievement Citation from Kennedy Center and a Presidential Medal of Freedom. She became the first actress to be incorporated into the Hall of Fame of the Television Academy.

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"Ball could search out the key to success of televisions and generated a character that the Americans found indispensable. While 'The Lucy Show' was telecasted, Ball was engaged in reformulating the show and starring in yet another series concentrating on the same character. "Here's Lucy" was immediately approved by the networks and became prime time telecast up to 1974. At this moment, Ball found it worthwhile to divert and began performing outside lines of comedy. She was rewarded with enthusiastic reviews for her acting on Broadway in 'Wildcat' of 1961s. With continuance of the success, Ball co-starred Bob Hope for two feature films and acted with Henry Fonda in the critically acclaimed "Yours, Mine and Ours". Thus, the accomplishments of Ball include more than seventy films, hundreds of television appearances and the struggle of running a studio that could succeed in producing major television series like "Mission: Impossible" and "Star Trek", depicting her true understanding of the potentialities of television even prior to the understanding of itself."

Tags:desilu, re-runs, comedy, family, awards

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This paper explains that Alan Ball's film "American Beauty" combines the elements of identifiable characters, a realistic story and a powerful ending to create a socially valuable and sometimes painful look at the typical American family. The author points out that film critics argue that this film is not an accurate representation of the average American family and that some aspects of the movie devalue the overall experience. The paper relates that Ball uses average characters to allow the audience to identify with each one, so that the film's meaning can reach deeper into every viewer, which is an important aspect to socially valuable films because the audience must be able to sink themselves into the film and come out of the theater with a better understanding of their own culture.

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"The Fitts family is the division of American society that, except for Ricky Fitts, has the lifestyle of people in the past. Colonel Fitts is a military man whose regulated past and homophobia characterize him as the typical stubborn conservative. His wife, Barbara, is the submissive mother and spouse whose entire life revolves around the pointless tasks of housecleaning and cooking. These characters are important because they provide a wide spectrum that accurately catches even the less prominent aspects of society. The film's social value stems from the ability for the audience to identify with these true-to-life characters on-screen, allowing Ball to explore the universal experience that can be applied to anyone who views the movie."

Tags:family, average, social-value, characters, death

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This paper discusses the 1992 book written by Gini Sikes about female street gangs, "8 Ball Chicks". The paper contends that Sikes provides in-depth details of the lives of such female youths in Los Angeles, San Antonio, and Milwaukee. She clearly shows how the victimization of these girls through rapes, physical/mental abuse, and neglect does not condone this deviant behavior, but explains it.

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"When hearing the word "street gang," people normally think of young men in large urban settings who wear "colors" or certain type of clothes and tattoos, are turf oriented and prone to anti-social and violent behavior. What does not immediately come to mind are "girl gangs," who similarly look and behave as their male counterparts by harassing, bullying and beating others. In 8 Ball Chicks, Gini Sikes details in depth the lives of such female youths in Los Angeles, San Antonio, and Milwaukee. She clearly shows how the victimization of these girls, through rapes, physical/mental abuse, and neglect does not condone but explains the terrorization of others."

Tags:street, gangs, female

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This paper explains a business plan presented as an innovative idea for golf ball markers. The paper identifies a significant number of potential customer segments, both individual and company entities and uses two pricing structures, depending on the entity it wishes to sell to and on the volume the customer wishes to purchase.
The author describes an operation and production plan, which includes outsourcing to one of the countries in Eastern Europe, specifically either Romania or Bulgaria. The author states that his company will thus benefit from lower production costs, due to lower wages and administrative costs, while still benefiting from the framework of members in the European Union. Furthermore, the business plan describes a sustainable financial approach, which the author states will allow his company to concentrate on creating the appropriate competitive advantages and building a sustainable market share that that will increase profits in future years. The author also shows a risk evaluation and a profit loss statement for the business.

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"Our production will be entirely outsourced to one of the countries of Eastern Europe, either Romania or Bulgaria, although we are not at the present moment excluding any of the others. There are several reasons for choosing one of these countries. First of all, they have recently joined the European Union in January 2007 and, as part of their accession conditions, they have put in place a legislative framework that makes doing business in these countries similarly simple as in any other country of the European Union. The administrative procedures needed to open a company are still reasonably few.
"On the other hand, Romania and Bulgaria are countries in need of foreign investment and provide cheap, but highly qualified labor. The average salary in Romania is somewhere around 500 euros, which is still very low compared to the Western countries of the European Union. The low salaries that we would pay in these countries are going to significantly decrease our production costs and make us more competitive on the market."

Tags:production, operations, financial, risk, consumers, market

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Analysis of Chopin's short story AT THE 'CADIAN BALL. Discusses how the story expresses typical Chopin themes. Lack of traditional roles meeting desires & aspirations of women. Discusses how the story reflects the cultural values of a society that limited women's expression. How plot and characters carry forth the story's themes.

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"Kate Chopin's slight short story, "At the 'Cadian Ball," is one of her early local color stories set in the Bayou of Louisiana in its use of place, dialects and characters. The story "is more local color than realism," and its conclusion "more like poetic justice than realism" (Arner 2). A sequel to the story, "The Storm," written four years later, fills in some of the gaps in "Cadian Ball." On its own, however, the earlier story contains the themes that inform Chopin's work: the needs and desires of women are not met by the traditional roles prescribed to them in the late 19th Century. The theme of escape from tradition and authority was dominant in the work of Chopin, "a woman who lived before her time, whose stories might be seen as a vindication of the rights of women, and an author whose literary works were controversial and unappreciated until many..."

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An analysis of the poem "The Death of the Ball Turrett Gunner" by Randall Jarrell about a plane gunner and his death in battle. The paper covers areas such as denotation and connotation, imagery, literary techniques, symbols, irony and tone of the poem.

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"Flak," "nightmare" and "woke" are words especially well chosen. Flak in the poem refers to flak from machine-gun fire but the word flak also has a second meaning of criticism. This double meaning implies that he is disliked with the actual flak a product of this dislike. Jarrell then describes the fighters shooting at the gunner as "nightmare fighters." The word nightmare on one level means terrible but on another links to the feeling of the complete terror in a nightmare. This double meaning gives an insight into the gunner's fear. The word "woke" also has important connotations. While the denotation "to wake" is important, it also implies a greater significance in the connotation meaning "becoming aware of." The "woke" then means not only that he woke up but also that he realized something."

Tags:dreaming, sleep, flak, contrast

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" The Mesoamerican Ball Game
Introduction
The Mesoamerican ball game was played for recreational, sociopolitical, and religious reasons. The ball game held a central, primary part in the lives of Mesoamerican people. It was played across a wide geographic area by many different peoples. The ball courts began emerging in the Maya lowlands, at the end of the Middle Formative period (Ashmore 496). There is much, about the ball game, which is only theorized or speculated. The archeological evidence concerning the ball game is limited to the location and design of the ball courts, a few pieces of artifacts found in refuse piles, the contents of caches (when they have been recorded), art work depicting the game in progress, and ethnographic accounts. From these sources of.."

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This paper reviews the historical narrative by Edward Ball, giving a synopsis of the book. It deals with the treatment of black slaves, differences in the duties of males and females and the women's role as preservers of family history and as providers of insight into plantation life. It also looks at Ball's investigation of the claim of the commonality of white slave owners sleeping with or raping their female slaves. The paper explains its view of the book as an example of sexism in society.

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"Edward Ball chronicles his family's slave-owning history in the compelling historical narrative Slaves in the Family. Ball traces the lineages of his white relatives and their slaves and where possible recreates life as it was on the Ball plantations in South Carolina. Descendants of the Englishman Elias Ball bought and sold enough slaves to populate a city. By no means singular in their treatment of the Africans, the Balls prove nevertheless to be a prime example of a Southern plantation dependent on the blood, sweat, and tears of families and individuals ripped from their homeland and bought and sold as commodity. Cruelty was meted out equally among black males and females, but it is worthwhile to contrast the unique experiences of enslaved women on the Southern plantations. If nothing else, motherhood and child-rearing set the women apart. They watched their newborns emerge into a world of shackles, often completely losing them to the slave traders."

Tags:synopsis, sexism, treatment, black, slaves, duties, male, female, society

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"Katherine Mansfield's short story, "Her First Ball," is about an eighteen-year-old girl, Leila, who is attending her first major dance. She is a girl from the country who has not yet had any experience with parties and romance; she is even called the "country cousin" by Meg. Mansfield's story is filled with images of life and also contains a reminder of mortality and death."

Tags:sheridans, leila, dance