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    talks about a little girl named Handa who puts seven fruits in a basket that’s on her head and takes it to her friend. I would say that this book is representing people from Africa because of Handa’s skin tone, and because of where she carried her basket. I’ve seen many shows on TV where African females are seen carrying baskets on their heads. You can use this book to show the children in a class how people from Africa carry their baskets so they can learn a…

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    old, Moses was hidden in a basket set afloat in the Nile to escape Pharaoh's decree that all male Hebrew children be drowned; he was retrieved from the river by Pharaoh's daughter, Batyah, who raised him in the palace. At age 20, Moses fled Egypt after killing an Egyptian he saw beating a Jew and made his way to Midian, where he married Zipporah, the daughter of Jethro, and fathered two sons, Gershom and EliezerWhen he was three months old, Moses was hidden in a basket set afloat in the Nile to…

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    traveling, which is when you walk with the ball without dribbling it. Another change to the game was blocking. Blocking can mean two things, it can either be a defensive foul or it can be when a defensive player blocks an offensive player’s shot at the basket. Charging was another change that was created for the game. Charging is when an offensive player is out of control and gets called for an offensive foul (“Peach…

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    Elijah Ramon James Naismith “I am sure that no man can derive more pleasure from money or power than I do from seeing a pair of basketball goals in some out of the way place”-James Naismith. James Naismith loved books. He had a poster in his dorm room saying “I will work harder than any man today.” Then James was introduced to sports. He loved physical activity and was in the gymnasium everyday. When he was a kid he loved competition and winning.…

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    spectator as well as participant sports in the world.Basketball is a game of heartbreaks and thrills and excitements and hope, but that is what makes basketball do exciting. Basketball was created by James Naismith in 1891 originally played with a peach basket and a soccer…

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    are also many similarities. For example, basketball was originally played with nine players on each team, to fit the size of Dr. Naismith’s class, now in a regulation basketball game, there are five players on each team. The original basket for the game was a peach basket attached to the wall, now we have a steel and aluminum hoop with netting attached so the…

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    weave the most beautiful and sturdy basket for my little joey’. ‘I know how to weave baskets and I can teach you’ suddenly someone said. KangaRoo in surprise dropped her leaves. A huge green crocodile peeking out of the lake and smiling to her. ‘I can show you how to weave the basket’, he repeated. ‘Ca-a-an you?’ KangaRoo mumbled, stepping back to the bamboo forest. ‘Shure,’ crocodile answered. ‘Just jump in my lake and I’ll teach you. You’ll learn to make great baskets!’ Instead of running…

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    Irish Apartheid Summary

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    The journal entitled ‘The Irish ‘health basket’: a basket case?’ explores the issue of how perplexing and problematic the health care system in Ireland is compared to other countries. These complications are assessed by analysis which is carried out in the context of the ‘Irish basket’ structure. The phrase ‘health basket’ was coined to describe which individual and health care services are allowed to be covered by public funding…

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    The change from the Pharaoh’s daughter finding the baby to the Pharaoh’s wife plays an important part of the story line. This makes Ramses Moses’ brother, as well as a rival. Whereas in the biblical story, Ramses was Moses’ uncle. Exodus 2:10-12 shares that Moses went out to where his own people were and watched them as they performed hard labor. He witnessed an Egyptian beating a Hebrew. This angered Moses and when he thought that no one was looking, he struck down the Egyptian and hid…

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    alone. He took that to mean no more blinding lights being shown in his face, no more fake smiles, no more lies. “My mom made me some sandwiches. Peanut butter and jelly. My favorite. She spent all day making them. Just for me. She put them in a basket and told me I had to take them with me when I go out. I found myself drawn to the woods, since the other kids wouldn’t play with me. I didn’t like them much anyway; they always seemed a little too happy and immature for me. I walked through the…

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