The Metaphysics of Hoops Didactic: A basketball schematic

by Eric G. Satterwhite

*Many beginning coaches aware of my past success as a Basketball Head Coach-- typically request of me a outline of enduring Coaching methodologies. What follows next is-- what I share and has the intent to provide the worldwide demographic-less readership  a timeless cogent preparation road map-- for Hoop neophytes.*

 Respects. 

RoundBall Theorems

 Theoretical training requires, above all, the ability to navigate the special terminology, understand the essence of the basic concepts. This feature provides a brief description of didactic principles, tools/methods, and description of learning the laws of the basic techniques of the game of basketball.

The learning process is based on the common position - the principles that reflect the educational process and the laws in this regard are binding-- in the solution of educational and training tasks. 

The basic training principles are: 
the principle of consciousness and activity, visibility principle... the principle of accessibility and individualization... the principle of gradual, and finally systematic principle and consistency.

The principle of consciousness and activity at training skills of the game of basketball includes:

Comprehension and understanding of dealing with nature and complexity of the studied technical device or tactical actions;

Introspection quality solutions motor tasks with the subsequent adjustment of their actions when they are played back repeatedly.

Effectiveness of training contributes to an active, interested attitude working to expand its motor capacities. Visible success can only reach the student who knows what they want, and are purposefully committed to this pursuit. 
Consequently, the task of the teacher/coach - is to awaken in their students the need for physical perfection. 


The principle of clarity involves the creation of the students intelligentsia a clear understanding of the studied material at various stages of  development-- based on the visual perception-- of a variety of locomotive actions. 


Besides the traditional explanations of generic coaching--  the teacher/coach exercises  the use of visual aids in the varied forms be it posters, photographs, drawings, etc.-- for more varied principles not limited to indispensable modern technology including video and computer technology. Varied visual vitals significantly extend the capabilities of demonstrating the best examples of the techniques/tactics of the game of basketball by downloading a kaleidoscope of intel for neural networking.

The principle of accessibility and individualization based on the preliminary assessment of the initial level of teacher/coach preparedness and individual capacities of pupils--  should be followed by the selection of manageable tasks-- according to the general laws of learning and education not talent level.

The learning activity - should yield tangible results in the assimilation of  material developed by an all encompassing coaching/teaching construction.

Selection and design of training exercises and games that require interaction involved in space and time--  should be based on the account of the achieved level of development via the physical, technical, and tactical capabilities of the participants.

Only a highly concerted practice regimen engaged in rendering efficiency of above listed  means supports comprehensive readiness. 

The principle of gradualness is organically linked with the previous principle and is formulated in the form of a methodological rule: "from the simple - to complex, from easy - to difficult". Gradualness implementation ensures unforced complexity of the program material with a tendency to expand the technical/tactical arsenal engaged to ensure further complication.

Game techniques learned autonomously--will improve the combination and in variant conditions-- gradually approach game accord readiness. The countering of objectives change the internal reserves from passive to active formats.

The principle of systematic consistency beseech prudent planning and regularity in training--the observance of rational continuity-- between sections of educational material in accordance with the nature-- and internal logic of the game. 
Generously note the lack of consistency in classroom instruction (on floor practice) leads to the extinction of motor skills and the exasperation of knowledge gained/acquired.

The aforementioned principles of training are heedfully intertwined in practice. No coaching/teaching methodology can be tellingly implemented independently of the other skill sets. 

The unity, interdependence, and complementary of disciplined principles - framework the basis of their effectiveness in the basketball genus. 

 

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• The World’s Fittest Children are in Tanzania

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  The World’s Fittest Children are in Tanzania

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  • Tatenda Gwaambuka

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• A new study by PhD candidate at the University of Ottawa published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine recently found that Tanzania’s children are the fittest in the world.
  
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  A new study by PhD candidate at the University of Ottawa published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine recently found that Tanzania’s children are the fittest in the world. This is contrary to the popularised view of sickly African children spread by the donor community in the West. 

  
  

   Ironically, American children are in the bottom five of the list compiled by researchers from the University of South Australia (UniSA). The researchers say they tested the fitness levels of 1.1 million children aged between nine and 17 from 50 countries by making them do a 20 metre shuttle run (known as the beep test in Australia), a running aerobic fitness test. 

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  The children run as many 20-meter shuttles back and forth as they can at an increasingly fast pace, as a way to measure their maximum aerobic power.Tanzania was ranked first ahead of Iceland and Estonia, while children from Mexico, Peru, Latvia, the US and Korea were found to be least fit. There are lessons to be learnt from this Eastern African country.

  
  

  

  
  

  Not simply fitness but so much more

  Speaking to News Corp, Grant Tomkinson, a lead researcher in the study said there was a correlation between income inequality and fitness. He told News Corp, "One of our key findings was that income inequality, the gap between rich and poor, was strongly linked to cardio-respiratory fitness, with kids from countries with a small gap between rich and poor having better fitness." 
  
  Another of the researchers from UniSA’s School of Health Services, Tim Olds said, "Cardio-respiratory fitness is an excellent indicator of good health and there's evidence showing that kids with high fitness levels are healthier and tend to live longer." Justin Lang, the PhD candidate also says, “Kids who are aerobically fit tend to be healthy; and healthy kids are apt to be healthy adults.”
  ("International variability in 20 m shuttle run performance in children and youth," Justin Lang, Mark S Tremblay, and researcher.)
  Lang also said “The evidence of a physical activity transition is similar to a double-edged sword. 
  
  The difference in developing countries is that these transitions are occurring at a rapid rate and developing countries simply don’t have the infrastructures in place to cope with the burden of chronic disease in addition to the prevalent infectious diseases in these parts of the world.”
  
  
  The research’s findings are that in developing countries, when certain socio-economic indicators like level of urbanization and the human development index improved, performance on the running test worsened. It was also found that in developed countries, the reverse transpired. 
  
  This, according to Lang as captured by Quartz Africa, is an indication of a society in the middle of a “physical activity transition,” the point when a population becomes wealthier and is able to expend less energy on things like getting food or commuting. There is a high risk of Africa as a whole falling prey to this phenomenon as income gaps widen with time.
  

  

  Countries with the Fittest Children in Africa

  Rank	Country	Centile Rank
  1	Tanzania	97
  2	Côte d’Ivoire	75
  3	Morocco	74
  4	Benin	70
  5	Djibouti	68
  5	Mauritius	68
  7	Senegal	64
  8	South Africa	54
  9	Uganda	53
  9	Seychelles	53

OpEd: Colin Kaepernick and the Racist History of Our National Anthem

by Kobie Brown

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/oped-colin-kaepernick-racist-history-our-national-anthem-n642636 

Colin Kaepernick's decision to sit in protest of police brutality during "The Star-Spangled Banner" urges a closer look at our national anthem, its author and the realities of police brutality.
It also begs the question, will we be a country that idolizes symbols or wakes up each day attempting to solidify our substance?

Written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key and adopted in 1931 as America's national anthem, its creator would be considered evil and immoral by today's standards.
After successfully attacking Washington, D.C. and burning down the White House in 1812, the British, among other things, offered freedom to any enslaved African who would join them in their fight against the United States.

By September of 1814, the British turned their attention to the port city of Baltimore, Maryland. Those very bombs bursting in the air, the rockets with red glare, and the defeat of the British led Francis Scott Key to write "The Star-Spangled Banner," in which he pronounced in the rarely sung third stanza:

No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave: And the Star-Spangled Banner in triumph doth wave, O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave

Colin Kaepernick has chosen to use his power and influence to draw attention to a systemic issue that plagues Americans and to which there seems to be little compromise on the part of lawmakers and police unions: police brutality and extrajudicial murder, particularly of unarmed black women and men. 

 Although he wasn't a football player, Francis Scott Key was no stranger to power and influence either. Key's wealth and power were rooted in being a slaveholder, and as Washington D.C.'s District Attorney from 1833-1840 he used his office and its influence to vehemently defend slavery.

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As the movement to abolish slavery grew in America its agenda and members were faced with numerous attacks, both legal and physical. There was blood in the streets.

In a high-profile case that drew national attention, Key prosecuted a doctor who lived in Georgetown for possessing abolitionist pamphlets. In the case of U.S. v. Reuben Crandall, Key sought to have the defendant hanged, asserting the property rights of those who owned Africans, and the quality of life having a second class of citizens the institution afforded them held more weight than the free speech rights of those arguing to abolish slavery. Key was not alone, he was in league with pro-slavery Congressmen who in 1836 passed a series of "gag rules" to quash all anti-slavery petitions and prevent them from being read or discussed. 

The responses to Kaepernick's stand remind us that symbolism often outweighs substance in the political views of many Americans.

180 years later attempts are being made to do the same. This time, a team of modern-day Francis Scott Keys has taken the field in an attempt to "gag" or "hang" Kaepernick by discrediting him, rather than looking at the substance of his comments and actions.
The first play they called was to paint him as unpatriotic for not standing during the national anthem.
Next, they reached out to the NFL and San Francisco 49ers in writing, calling his comments ill-advised and suggesting the quarterback "could lend his commentary to the over 8,000 murders that African Americans inflicted on one another in 2015."

  Their third play involved recruiting an African American sports analyst, who confidently asserted Kaepernick is in no position to question or discuss the depredations of police brutality because he isn't black.

The sports analyst, though knowledgeable about football, advances an argument that assigns the responsibility of addressing civil and human rights violations exclusively upon color lines. This argument shows a lack of knowledge and intelligence when one considers the role people of all races and nationalities played in abolition as well as ending segregation.

The fourth, but far from final play has been to assert the NFL is responsible for his actions.
Each argument completely ignores the need to address the root cause of Kaepernick's decision not to stand by deflecting from and attempting to discredit the validity of the discussion about improving police-community relations.

A team of modern-day Francis Scott Keys has taken the field in an attempt to "gag" or "hang" Kaepernick by discrediting him, rather than looking at the substance of his comments and actions.

These responses to Kaepernick's stand remind us that symbolism often outweighs substance in the political views of many Americans. 

Twenty years ago former NBA player, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf was suspended for a game for his refusal to stand for The Star-Spangled Banner before games. He called the flag a symbol of oppression and noted that America had a long history of tyranny that conflicted with his religious beliefs. Few came to his defense as he sat alone.
Twenty-eight years prior, Black Olympians, Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their black-gloved fists in the air as "The Star-Spangled Banner" played following their victories (gold and bronze respectively) in the 200-meter sprint event, in what Smith would later call a "human rights salute" to protest systematic racism and oppression. They were sent back home and subsequently ostracized for their role in calling attention to the hypocrisy of liberty and justice of all.
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Colin Kaepernick has gained the support and company of his teammate, safety Eric Reid as well as Seattle Seahawks cornerback Jeremy Lane. His protest has gained support of many of the veterans who say they fought to ensure his right to protest and petition. 
 



From Colin Kaepernick to Francis Scott Key certain realities remain true. On any given day throughout history, whether as athletes, citizens or benefactors of the rights paid for by the plundering of other human's freedom throughout time, in the contest toward true justice and freedom the game doesn't change, just the players.
With every waking day, each of us picks, plays for and knowingly, or unknowingly, improves the position of a respective side - hypocrisy or humanity. 

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The Movie About NASA’s Black Female Scientists That’s Been A Long Time Coming

 

 https://thinkprogress.org/hidden-figures-long-time-coming-db9ed029d5bb#.n81bjdsox

 

 

 

 

The highlights of the space race still loom large in the American imagination. John Glenn, the first man to orbit the earth, and Neil Armstrong, the first man to step on the moon, are both household names. But behind those celebrated men were legions of scientists and engineers, among them scores of brilliant women of all backgrounds, whose brainpower made it all possible. Those women, for the most part, have been forgotten — until now.

The trailer for Hidden Figures, an upcoming movie focusing on three black female mathematicians working at the NASA during the days of Jim Crow and the civil rights movement, attacks this erasure head on.

The movie trailer premiered to Twitter fanfare on Sunday night during Olympic prime time. Sandwiched between two Olympic events, the timing of the new trailer seemed aimed at generating buzz for these long-overlooked women among the widest audience possible.

In the trailer, a white cop comes across the movie’s three central women — Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer), and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monae) — marooned on the side of the road thanks to car trouble (the alternative, one of the women says half-joking and half-not, would be to “sit in the back of the bus”). When the cop asks for ID, they hand over a NASA ID card.

“I had no idea they hired…” he drawls.

“There’s quite a few women working in the space program,” Vaughan cuts him off. It’s pretty clear that “women” was not what he was going to say.

Quickly and efficiently, the moment sets up the two considerable sets of hurdles these real-life women had to navigate.

NASA’s “human computers” were essential to the space program. And many of them were women and people of color because, during WWII and the Cold War, the U.S. was too desperate for brainpower to turn anyone away.

But similarly qualified men were hired as engineers, while the women came in at a lower rung. And being a black woman got you pushed even further down the ladder. As documented by Margot Lee Shetterly, the author of the forthcoming nonfiction book the film is based on, black women were given few paths to advancement — they could only supervise other black women, while white women could supervise both black and white women, and white men could supervise anybody.

Compared to their other options, working at NASA gave black women the kind of economic security they couldn’t have dreamed of elsewhere. But they still had to beat every kind of odd to be taken seriously. Even while doing cutting-edge science alongside white peers, black engineers and computers still had to sit at marked, segregated lunch tables in the cafeteria.

“If you were a white male, would you wish to be an engineer?” an administrator asks Jackson in the trailer. “I wouldn’t have to,” she replies saltily. “I’d already be one.”

Just like the cop in the trailer for Hidden Figures has no idea that a place like NASA would hire black women in the 1960s, most Americans are oblivious to this part of NASA’s history today. In fact, the New York Times reports that when Octavia Spencer first read the script, she thought it was fiction — too good to be true.

The Incredible Story of NASA’s Forgotten ‘Rocket Girls’
Looking back, the technology that put man on the moon seems incredibly basic.thinkprogress.org

Spencer isn’t alone. When Americans think about the history of science, black women don’t spring to their minds. Research has shown that most people — even science students — are hard-pressed to name prominent scientists that aren’t white men. When asked to name an iconic scientist, Watson and Crickare more likely to come to mind than Rosalind Franklin (Franklin’s work was instrumental to the discovery of the structure of DNA; Watson and Crick got the credit, and the Nobel Prize).

This tendency to think of white male scientists first contributes to a stereotypical perception of the field that pushes out women and people of color, who remain vastly underrepresented in most scientific areas. Even in areas where women do earn the majority of degrees, like the biosciences, the higher up in the food chain you go, the more likely it is that the position is held by a man. And in computer science — which, as the story in Hidden Figures demonstrates, was once considered to be “women’s work” — shares of women earning degrees have actually dropped.

Advocates suggest that one of the ways to counter these stereotypes — and thus cast a wider net for bright scientific minds — is to give young people examples of role models that look like them. The tragedy is that these role models have existed all along: They’ve just been erased from the dominant narrative of history.

Hidden Figures showcases the women of NASA’s Langley West Computing Area CREDIT: SCREENSHOT, YOUTUBE

Hidden Figures might help change that. The trailer promises to tell a true story seemingly tailor-made for mass appeal and inspirational cultural currency: Plucky, exceptional individuals overcoming extraordinary odds to accomplish amazing, historically significant feats. It’s a great story, painstakingly unearthed by Shetterly. According to reporting by the New York Times, a movie producer bought the rights to the film as soon as she saw the book’s proposal.

Though the movie focuses on a few extraordinary cases — Katherine Johnson last year received the Presidential Medal of Freedom — it’s by no means an isolated story. Female computers powered scientific advances since before NASA was an agency, yet as documented by another book on the subject, Rise of the Rocket Girls by Nathalia Holt, which focuses on the women working at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, in many cases they were forgotten even by the agencies they served.

Recently, however, women in science — and particularly the women of NASA — are being given their rightful place in the spotlight. This year, there are two prominent books focusing on the history of female computers, and a major motion picture. The new Ghostbusters film focuses on female scientists, nonchalantly taking it for granted that the most brilliant engineers and ghostbusting experts could be women. A recent pitch for a Lego set featuring the women of NASA sparked widespread enthusiasm across the web.

Hidden Figures adds to this momentum. In focusing on women of color as a pivotal part of history, the forthcoming movie shows the loss to progress we all suffer when brilliant people are left out careers because of their race or gender, and it puts three brilliant black women (played by an all-star cast) in front of the narrative — where they should have been all along.

LogoLand

As this site is formulated on the artistic design of our Global affiliate logos-a treatise is shared on familiar Logoisms.

 Adidas - in honor of one of the founders of the Adi Dassler.

The Adobe - named after the river Adobe Creek that ran behind the house of founder John Warnock Company (the John Warnock). The Apache - Initially the company was engaged in the supply of patches to programs. From this occurred A PAtCHy, which transforms in Apache. The Indians have a version ... Apple's - favorite fruit of founder Steve Jobs (Steve Jobs). After three months of futile attempts to find a name for a new business, he put his partner an ultimatum: "I will call the company Apple, if a 5-hours you do not offer the best." Apples Macintosh - name of the a specific variety of apples, produce in the United States.

 To Daewoo - the company founder Kim Woo Chong (Kim Woo Chong) called the company modestly, "Great Universe" is the translation from Korean. The Fuji - after the highest mountain of Japan, Fuji. Google - the name comes from the word Googol, which means one followed by 100 zeros. And Google has been written on the check, which the founders of this project (among which, incidentally, a former Russian - Sergey Brin) received from the first investor. Then they called the search engine this way. The Hitachi - Japanese dawn. The Honda - name of the founder Soichiro Honda Honeywell - the founder of the name of the Mark Honeywell's. Hotmail Achievement - Founder Jack Smith (Jack Smith) had the idea to access e-mail via the web from anywhere in the world. 

 When Sabir Bhatia (Sabeer Bhatia) came to the business plan of the service, he tried all words ending in "mail" and eventually settled on a hotmail, since the title was attended by the letters HTML (web page markup language). The HP ( -Packard's of Hewlett) - founders Bill Hewlett (Bill Hewlett) and Dave Packard (Dave Packard) threw a coin to decide whose name will be the first in the title. As you know, won the Bill. The Hyundai - Korean "present" (time). The IBM - International, the Business Machines. The Intel - Bob Noyce (Bob Noyce) and Gordon Moore (Gordon Moore) wanted to name company Moore Noyce, but by the time It would already exist hotel chain with the same name. So they decided to stay on the reduction of INTegrated ELectronics. Kawasaki - in honor of the founder of Kawasaki's Shozo. The Kodak - the K - favorite character George Eastman (George Eastman), the founder of the company. He was looking for words beginning and ending of this wonderful letter. Especially because in all alphabets "K" is spelled the same way. In the end, Kodak was chosen, it was alleged that sound makes the camera when shooting. Konica - previously known as Kogaku Konishiroku. The LG - the first letters of the two Korean brands Lucky and The Goldstar. The Lotus - Mitch Kapor (Mitch Kapor), founder of the company, engaged in meditation. Hence the name (lotus pose). The Microsoft - MICROcomputer SOFTware. Originally written as Micro-Soft. Then the dash was removed. Of Mitsubishi - came up with the company's founder Yataro Iwasaki (Yataro Iwasaki) in 1870. in Japanese mitsu - three and hishi - diamond. The letter "b" was not the sixth due to an error, but due to the fact that the Japanese usually "h" in the middle of a word is pronounced "b". As for the logo, then, contrary to the opinion, it is primary it. And it looks so because trёhlistnik family crest was the founder of the company. The Motorola - Founder Paul Galvin (Paul Galvin) coined the name when his company started manufacturing radios for cars.Many manufacturers of audio components at the time came to an end on "ola". The Mozilla Foundation - the successor browser Netscape Navigator. When Mark Aders (Marc Andreesen), founder of the Netscape, created a browser to replace of Mosaic, internally it was called the Mozilla (of Mosaic-Killer, Godzilla). The Mustek - means nothing else than the Most Unique Scanning Technologies (most unique scanning technology) .Plyus stylized "k" end "the ch".  

Nabisco -originally "The NAtional BISCuit COmpany", in 1971 changed to Nabisco. the NEC - acronym from Nippon Electric Company, Ltd, got laid off in 1983. the Nikon - originally Nippon Kogaku, meaning "Japanese optics". Nintendo - a composite of 3eh Japanese kanji "Nin-ten-do", which can be translated as "heaven bless the hard work". Nissan -formerly known as Nichon Sangio, which means "Japanese industry". Nokia - started as a woodworking factory, it has grown to the production of rubber products in the Finnish town of Nokia. the Novell - came up with the name of the wife of co-founder Jojo Canova (George Canova). She mistakenly thought that "the Novell" in French means "new". The Oracle - founders Larry Ellinson company (Larry Ellison) and Bob Watts (Bob Oats) worked on a consulting project for the CIA, code name was Oracle. Later, the project was canceled, but the name remained. The Sanyo - in Chinese "three oceans". The SAP - "Systems', the Applications, productss in the Data The Operation of Cruz.  

The Siemens - founded in1847 by Werner von Siemens (by Werner von the Siemens). The Sony - from the Latin "Sonus" (sound) and "sonny" (Tiny slang). The Subaru - named constellations. It is the same and displayed on the company's logo. Of SUN - founded by 4 university friends, reduction from the Stanford University then the Network. The Suzuki - named Michio Suzuki founder. The Toshiba - was established after the merger of a company specializing in consumer goods, Tokyo Denki (Tokyo Electric Co) and electro-company Seisaku-sho Shibaura (Shibaura Engineering the Works). the Toyota - the name of the founder Sakichi Toyoda. Later it changed to a  Toyota. In Japanese it consisted of 8 letters (a lucky number in Japan). The Xerox - The inventor Chester Carlson (Chester Carlson), wanted to reflect the word "dry" (because only wet up there at the time) in the title. "Xer" - dry in Greek. Yahoo to - a word coined by Jonathan Swift (Jonathan Swift) in the book "Gulliver's Travels". So called repulsive, disgusting person. The founders of "Yahoo!" Jerry Yang (Jerry Yang) and David Filo (David Filo) chose this name because I called themselves yahoo'mi. Now, however, the name stands for Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle.

The Philips - the company was named for its creator names, Frederick Phillips and his son Gerard, who founded it in 1891 in Eindhoven for the production of light bulbs. Objection world people have not given up and still, but has expanded its range still a couple of hundred names. The Samsung -here everything is almost as simple as that and Creative Gigabyte: in Korean "samsung" means "three stars". The Sharp - origins etymology lie in the 10-ies of the last century, when Tokyo resident Tokudzhi Hayakawa started production of branded products - the ever-sharp mechanical pencil, does not require sharpening! the Siemens - significantly trimming called "telegraph construction company Siemens and Halske", coined by the founders Werner Siemens and Georg Halske. the Sony -the combination word sonus (latyni- in the root of the word "sound") and sonny -. diminutive of "son" of SUN -so called his office four sidekick-founder in honor of University, where they studied ( Stanford University) and occupation -Network. the TDK - acronym from Tokyo Denkikagaku Kogyo KK - it was the name of the office for the production of ferrite cores. the Toshiba -Get its name as a result of the reduction in 1978 of the former name Tokyo Shibaura Elektric Co., Ltd, obtained by merger Tokyo Denki, engaged in household appliances, and Shibaura Seisaku-sho, which produced heavy electrical equipment. the Xerox - derived from the Greek "Xer", that, contrary to vulgar conjectures, translates as "dry". The fact that at the time of composing the name for the future of the copier giant (late 40s) there were only wet copying, and the author would like to emphasize the use of dry powder dye technology. Sounds, by the way, is not a "photocopy" - this name is read according to the rules of the English language as follows: ". Ziroks" 3Com - there has not been without mathematics: they took the name "Computer Communication Compatibility Corporation", threw the last word, threw in the remaining all letters, except for the first three, and they brought these terms! 3M - mathematical notation acronym three quarters of Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing company (Minnesota mining company).

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