There is one sure fire way to burn more calories by playing golf: If the course will allow it‚ forgo a cart in favor of walking. In 2010‚ sports scientist Neil Wolkodoff conducted a study using a group of amateur golfers‚ and found they burned over 700 calories per 9 holes when they walked the course versus just over 400 when they rode in a cart. This means you could burn about a Big Mac’s worth of extra calories by walking an 18-hole round instead of riding. Now that the obvious is out of the way
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When we think of beauty pageants we tend to think of the society’s idea of perfect little girls competing to see who the judges think is the most beautiful. Also‚ we think of crazy moms who push their children too hard and will do anything so that their child will win. All of this is true but there are more issues with beauty pageants‚ some that are more concerning. Beauty pageants are judged based on physical appearance‚ yet haven’t we always been told not to judge based on looks? They aren’t healthy
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tourism is one of the major industries in the world and also is a great source of foreign exchange for many nations which major possessions are the natural resources. Between Tourism and the environment has a complex relationship. There are many positives and negatives impacts of tourism will discuss in this essay. One of the main negative impacts of tourism is noise and air pollution. Tourism may cause the same forms of pollution such as air emissions and noise. Noise pollution from buses‚ cars‚ and
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Research Paper Final Draft October 29‚ 2007 Has Cheating Become the New Fair Play? Competition has long been a part of our culture. From a simple game of checkers to the Super Bowl and everywhere in between‚ there is competition. A competition is when two teams or two people compete for a single goal or a prize. This goal or prize can be anything from just being called the winner‚ to money‚ to the title of world champion. It can be anything. Through time and the evolution of sports‚ this
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Imagine playing a game of football‚ and you have the ball in your arms. You’re running and running. Then suddenly you get hit. You fall and immediately feel unbearable pain in your head. You black out and wake up in a hospital. A person comes in and claims that you were best friends‚ but you have no idea who they are. This happens to so many children and teens‚ because of the sport football. Kids get hit in the head‚ and they are never the same again. Football should be banned‚ because concussions
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Lorenza Ross November 15‚ 2011 ENGLD-110 Ms. Jamie Jones Should college athletes be paid for playing sports? College athletes today are competing in sports at high level. Athletes today feel as though they should get a payment for the sport they compete in. Paying athletes would be difficult for certain schools because there would be an issue involving money. If the student athlete can find a way‚ he or she should be able to endorse products or make money off their jersey if people want to
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eliminated such inhumane practices. The truth is that in today’s world‚ cats and dogs are not safe from animal testing. Neither consumer boycotts nor efforts from those opposed to such practices within the scientific community have
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introduction of the banning of guns. In recent years‚ the firearm related deaths in America soared to over 30‚000‚ but in Australia in the same year‚ we have only had 236 deaths resulted from firearms. This is a huge difference and the major reason why is because of the introduction of the gun laws which banned certain guns in Australia in 1996 where the deaths every year where cut in half in the years that followed. Putting forth a gun law will not make any criminals follow the rules. For example
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take you back to when and where this all started. A. November 2004‚ Alex and his dad were in a major car accident. The other people in the other car survived the accident ok. B. Alex’s dad survived the accident‚ but Alex had major injuries. C. Alex’s vertebra was detached from his head‚ and he remained in a coma for the next two months. III. Body Paragraph #2: For those 2 months he was in the coma‚ young Alex visited heaven. He met God‚ Jesus‚ angels‚ and even the devil. A
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endangered animals from zoos and wildlife parks. It is very unjust to the animal because it has lost its power to survive after being injured or drugged and is placed as an easy kill. I wouldn’t even call this hunting it’s just massacre of animals. Even though hunting should not be a sport‚ hunting helps maintain a healthy herd and promotes land‚ wildlife conservation. Because without hunting herds will over populate and become sick from starvation or spread disease. Hunters are a major supporter and
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