Serie A2 Basket
Serie A2 Basket is a professional basketball league taking place in Italy. It constitutes the second-tier of the Italian league pyramid, below the first division Serie A and above the third division Serie B, with promotion/relegation occurring with these leagues.
It is run by the Lega Nazionale Pallacanestro (LNP), itself regulated by the FIP, the Italian federation.
History
The league was created in May 1974 by the Lega Basket, the organisation in charge of running the Serie A (to this day), that decided created a new second division with 10 clubs, the two that were relegated during that season and 8 from the now-former second tier Serie B chosen with an on and off the court criteria. The 1975-76 season saw 12 clubs take part after a complicated system had seen a transfer of clubs from the Serie A1 to the A2.
In June 2001 the LegaDue was created to replace the Serie A2, Lega Basket now took part in running the league though promotion and relegation between the leagues stayed.
Basket
A basket is a container which is traditionally constructed from stiff fibers, which can be made from a range of materials, including wood splints, runners, and cane. While most baskets are made from plant materials, other materials such as horsehair, baleen, or metal wire can be used. Baskets are generally woven by hand. Some baskets are fitted with a lid, others are left open.
Uses
Baskets serve utilitarian as well as aesthetic purposes. Some baskets are ceremonial, that is religious, in nature. While baskets are typically used for storage and transport, specialized baskets are as sieves, for cooking, for processing seeds or grains, for tossing gambling pieces, rattles, fans, fish traps, laundry, and other uses.
History
Prior to the invention of woven baskets, people used tree bark to make simple containers. These containers could be used to transport gathered food and other items, but crumble after only a few uses. Weaving strips of bark or other plant material to support the bark containers would be the next step, followed by entirely woven baskets. The last innovation appears to be baskets so tightly woven that they could hold water.
Basket (hieroglyph)
Basket hieroglyph: list of uses
List of epithet uses
Pharaonic uses
The pharaoh is often shown in reliefs or in cartouche-related statements as Lord of the Two Lands. The basket hieroglyph is used as 'lord', or 'king'. Queens, or goddesses use the 'lordess' form, the feminine implied from the "t" hieroglyph but not needed for the basket. The basket is used for either.
Rosetta Stone use
Gallery: Lord of the Two Lands-(Neb Taui)
'Lord of the Two Lands'
'Lord of the Two Lands'
Gold ring:
Pharaoh-'Wonderful', Lord of the Two Lands, etc. (from right-to-center column)
Gold ring:
Pharaoh-'Wonderful', Lord of the Two Lands, etc. (from right-to-center column)
Gallery: (basket lines, squares)
Lines in wicker basket
Lines in wicker basket
Pectoral with lined basket inlays-(blue-red-white-blue)
Pin with ankh and Sa hieroglyphs on basket-(blue-green-red-blue)
Basket cheese
Basket is a cheese made from cow's milk available fresh or dry. Fresh basket has no salt taste, while dry basket is mildly salty. Basket cheese gets its name from the way it is formed (inside a basket).
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