Sports: More Than Just a Game More than 7.6 million high school students played sports during the 2010-2011 school year‚ an increase of nearly 40‚000 students compared to 2009-2010 according to usnews.com. Why is this number so high? The benefits of playing sports are not just physical. While many students get involved in high school athletics for sheer love of the game‚ there are significant benefits from these extracurricular activities as well. Being an athlete teaches life lessons like
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I have done a lot of things in my life that has taught me lessons. One of them is More Than Pink. More Than Pink is a summer program to inspire girls to stay true to themselves and live free from social stereotypes. I have participated in it for three years and I will be doing it again this summer. I believe people should accept themselves. A similar lesson was taught when I was disappointed in my body when I saw a thin fit person. I wanted to be like her‚ so on accident‚ I exercised too much. The
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Ecological Services of Rivers R Kuzniar Abstract What is the concept of ecological services? What are ecological services of rivers and why are they important? What ecological services of rivers will decline due to human influence and why they will decline? Keywords: purification‚ wildlife‚ decline Ecological Services of Rivers What is an ecological service? An ecological service is an ecosystem which serves all living organisms through all types of environmental purifications. We
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FOREST ECOSYSTEM Submitted by: Submitted to: Forest Ecosystem Table of Contents (Outline) I. Introduction II. The Structure of Forests III. Kinds of Forest IV. The Distribution of the Forests V. Forests Succession VI. The History of Forests VII. Deforestation VIII. Conclusion IX. Endnotes X. Bibliography Forest Ecosystem I. Introduction A forest‚ also referred to as a wood or the woods‚ is an area with
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Hemp vs. Marijuana No plant is more misunderstood than hemp — or more confused with marijuana. In fact‚ for some‚ hemp is just another word for marijuana. But in reality‚ nothing is further from the truth. The distinction between marijuana and hemp is often muddled because while they’re both bred for different and specific uses‚ they’re still distant cousins that yield from the plant. So then‚ what exactly are the differences between these two strains? Each bred for specific purposes It’s true
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rights for the team/city that carries throughout the rest of the season. But it doesn’t just matter about the players and the results‚ but as a franchise of the Portland Timbers it can reach a new level with the adding of the fans‚ the stadium and the environment of the city on game day. The Portland Timbers are a better soccer club than the Seattle Sounders because of the players‚ the “keep it weird” Portland environment‚ and of course the fans. In soccer when you think about the bitter rivalries‚ the
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Kelp forest I chose the kelp forests because I that it would be cool to learn about life under the sea. In my essay you will learn about many different types of animals and why the live in kelp forests A kelp forest is an ecosystem in the ocean. Kelp grows in cold water. They are found all over the world in shallow open coastal waters. Kelp forests grow predominantly on the Pacific Coast‚ from Alaska and Canada to the waters of Baja California. Tiered like a terrestrial rainforest with
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300: More Fact than Fiction “300” begins by setting the vivid stage of what was to become one of the most inspiring battles of Greek history. Leonidas‚ the Spartan “king‚” is warned by messengers from the Persian empire to kneel before Xerxes‚ the Persian god-king‚ or to see his beloved Sparta be destroyed and it’s loyal people be captured as slaves. Leonidas denies these requests as a free man who will kneel to no one. Xerxes‚ seeing this as a threat to his newly established empire‚ wages war
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Anonymous: Some people believed that health is more important than money‚ I also have the same concept as them. Money cannot buy health despite having the ability to acquire the best medical system however; money is earned through hard work. If our health is affected‚ how would we be able to concentrate on our work to bring back the bacon home? Therefore is it vital that we remain healthy so that we can focus on our work to put food on the table. Health can also bring joy in our life for an example
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