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    Wearing a venetian carnival mask is a tradition for Italy. They would also wear it for other things and parties as well. They wore it to high their identities and their status. So people dont know who they are or even what they look llike. This had been a tradition for 7 years. 13th centuries would throw parties and they would have to wear these masks. They wanted to wear this because they didnt want anyone to know how they looked and what their status was. This tradition was in italy and…

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    receive. The project is interesting because the sport of volleyball is enjoyed by many people around the world and hope to have a better understanding of the game after the experiment is over. To be able to understand the physics and movement of the ball in volleyball would make this experiment a great one. There are many factors that go into a volleyball serve. There are also some definitions that might be unfamiliar to a person who does not play volleyball. The first is a float serve which can…

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    to be to a certain degree so that ball can roll a certain speed towards the hole without being disrupted by the wind or the literal glass blades used to make the green. A golfers swing has so many different aspects to fit his body and his body alone, that it can take years for some to be able to find their very own and be good at it. Plus, when you do find it you have to be able to use your surroundings and abilities to make sure that even when you place your ball on the tee in the box that you…

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    most people think; from the golf balls they use to the clubs, and even the way they swing the club. The golf swing is one big arc, and when a person swings his arms they accelerate around body. Creating speed this speed is then transferred from the face of the golf club to the ball, which is then launched with its own velocity. This is just the basic of hitting a golf ball many university’s have put a lot of research in to how a golf can maximize hitting the golf ball both strait and far. In…

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    trying to do my best and be part of the best Soccer team, I don’t remember exactly the date but it was in October 2012. The first day we started running 5 laps to the two soccer fields, it was nice because I like exercise. After that we were passing the ball and shouting to the goal. The goal keeper is funny he played one year in a really professional team in Mexico. My feelings were high because soccer is my favorite sport. However, there were a lot of people trying to get in the team, but only…

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    to state. I put on my uniform and headed to the softball fields, nervous but ready to play. It was a home game, home games were always the best because everyone came to watch. We started warming up for the game, our first thing we did was throw the ball back and forth for a while, after that we got a little bit of hitting practice. Then we had to get off the field so the field workers could finish getting the field ready. The game finally started, we were in the field first since we were the…

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    The lights are blinding, as she opens up her eyes to this new world. Her ears hear familiar voices that can now be paired to faces she had never seen before this moment. What a wonderful moment this is. She does not quite fully comprehend what is going on, or who these individuals are that surround her, but she has a strange sense of being alive. Quickly this sense dissipates. Hurried hands move her from person to person. The new strange entity, whose arms she has landed in, sounds most…

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    because of how it has changed tremendously throughout the years? Years ago softball was just played as a team sport using a 16” ball. As the years went on they started to add more ideas to this sport. They started to develop more teams because more girls wanted to play of different ages. What came of that was the many different…

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    they didn’t want their reputation to be associated with gambling and baseball. This continued until Christy Mathewson changed the character of baseball gambling. Christy became the example that a person could be an educated man while still being a ball player. In Mister Sonnheim’s club, the party decides to play bridge and Christy explains what gambling truly is and how society misunderstands the meaning: “A competition for stakes is a far cry from gambling. God forbid that I should gamble; I…

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    The Great Golf Ball Dilemma- Will *All calculations are rounded* This maths investigation explored the best way to package six golf balls and to recommend to the manager of a sports manufacturing company Supreme Sports. The task was to test two designs, a cylindrical box and a rectangular box, under the criteria of wasting minimal space and also the least cost the company. This testing would occur by using the knowledge of surface area and volume using formulas to find out the mathematical…

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