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    George Nissen created the trampoline. ’’Nissen got his inspiration for the trampoline when watching trapeze artists at a circus rebound on the safety net’’(USA Gymnastics, 2010). A trampoline is a big or small, round or rectangular Bouncing Rig. On a trampoline you can tumble, flip, jump, and hop. ‘’Kids would stay out of swimming if they could have a turn on it. Gee if kids like this so much, maybe you could make them and sell them’’ (De Wyze, 1998). Nissen took the spanish word trampolin, which

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    Like most inventors and creators will tell you, inspiration can strike at any time. For George Nissen, inspiration struck at the circus. Born in Blairstown, Iowa Nissen was and avid gymnast in high school and won three NCAA gymnastics championships. While visiting the circus, he observed the trapeze artists and how they use their safety net as and elastic bed to rebound and do additional somersaults and tricks. He imaged that this would make a good tool to help him train for tumbling. With the help

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    was invented by George Nissen; he got the inspiration from watching trapeze artists bounce and spin of nets before landing. He worked on a trampoline during HS in his family garage. Nissen wanted the trampoline to be relatively mobile and small, but also strong enough to hold multiple users. During college he promoted his invention and used profits to buy more ads and propaganda. During WWII, Nissen enlisted and convinced the military to use trampolines in training

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    Trampolines Speech

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    These days, trampolines have become extremely popular due to several reasons. They are not only an excellent way to relax and have fun with your dear ones, but they are also absolutely great for staying fit and improving your overall health, the physical and the mental one as well. Not only children but adults as well can go for a trampoline. However, it is essential that once you decide to purchase an item like this, you go for one that will meet all your family's needs, as there are plenty of models

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    Meta Description: Trampoline is an equipment made of strong, stretched cloth over a solid frame made of steel or iron using some coiled springs to connect. People jump on trampolines for fun and sometimes even as a competitive game. A question quite often in mind that arises is "Which one should someone get a rectangular or a round trampoline?" Introduction While trampolining is widely known to be a recreational activity there are other benefits of this activity. The American Council on Exercise

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    My Experience In My Life

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    I was born in Guatemala City, Guatemala. I like to think that I’ve been blessed to experience so many different cultures, lifestyle, and diversity in Guatemala City amongst its people spending the first 6 years of my life and then moving to Belize. The change from only speaking and hearing Spanish every day to learning English after moving to Belize was a struggle. A struggle that I am so thankful I went through now because that made my transition much easier as I got to further my education to

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    exaggerate an aspect of something, known as "intensify." While the second is to discredit it, which is referred to as "downplay." Al Franken, Jeffrey Snyder, Harlan Ellison, and George Will, have all written persuasive articles about gun control. In reading all of the various articles on gun control by authors, I found George F. Will's The Last Word to be the most persuasive. Will wrote his piece about

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    Then, Roger gives a face to the name George Kaplan by stepping into George Kaplans hotel room, and essentially into his life. Everyone around him slowly fails to recognize Roger as Roger, but as George. His face is even plastered on the newspapers as murder, George Kaplan. Policemen see his face and recognize him as George Kaplan, not Roger. With this absolute new identity, Roger is forced to notice the manipulative behaviors that

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    Scythe Sparknotes

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    Scythe is a fiction story surrounding a perfect utopian society where hunger, poverty, and even death are no longer existent. To control the population size, scythes are apprenticed all over the world to basically end lives unnaturally because natural death is no longer a problem. The two protagonists in the story are Rowan Damisch and Citra Terranova, who are normal teens up until the moment when they meet Scythe Faraday. Scythe Faraday sees empathy in the teens and offers the opportunity to apprentice

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    how selfless, and how loving she is. My mom has gone through a lot to get where she is today. I will begin by telling you a little bit about my mom’s background. My mom grew up outside of George with her parents, Harris and Bev Kaster, and her three siblings, Erik, Brad, and Kristy. She attended George High School when they were still Blue Jays. My mom was involved in a lot of different activities. She was in the play, large group and individual speech, a cheerleader, played the drums in band

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