Lilly Montenegro Prof Quirk Eng 100 MW 7:15AM 9 April 2013 Planet Technology “Any sufficient advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic’‚ Arthur C. Clarke. In today’s society‚ technology plays an enormous role. We can’t make a big deal out of the latest invention for too long because as soon as we know it‚ something else is already being advertised. Although many people fail to admit it‚ technology has slowly take over the way we communicate‚ the way we are being educated‚ and our
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Ever since the recreational use of weed was legalized in the states of Colorado and Washington I’ve wondered how it might affect athletes and sports in those areas. Would athletes be able to smoke as much as they want whenever they cross the states borders? Imagine a United States where the use of marijuana is legal in all 50 states. Athletes whether in college or playing professionally get a ton of publicity for everything they do and are idols to youth across the world. They’re essentially trendsetters
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STRATEGIC INTERACTION IN SPORTS The following paper deals with strategic interaction involved in penalty kicks in soccer. To clarify the term strategic interaction‚ the definition is: Strategic interaction occurs when an action displayed by one party are to be taken as meaningful communications by the other. http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/173368?uid=3738736&uid=2&uid=4&sid=21102930403661 This can be explained in the business field as one company being informed about the strategy another
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excellence in performance and physical fitness. Helping them are refined training methods and technologies. Never have athletes had more training aids at their disposal. Twenty years ago‚ drug testing in sport was in its beginning stages. Now‚ it is complex and in constant change. Keeping sport clean has become a never-ending race between drug testers and those who choose to cheat. And as much as the quest for the podium or championship should be the big news‚ often negative reports about positive
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Good morning class and Mr. Allen‚ now I’m sure a lot of you enjoy your sport. but you ever consider taking drugs to do better in said sport? or even spill out onto the streets and fight an opposing team after an unfavourable result? while I’d like to think your answers to both of those questions are "no" a lot of sporting fans and players alike would answer "yes"‚ be that in Australia or the rest of the world. this is the topic of my speech today. The Australian sporting stage is an extremely competitive
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Steroids are a commonly used drug in the sports world today. Steroids are laboratory made drugs. They are man-made versions of the human hormone testosterone‚ which aids growth of the muscles‚ bones‚ and skin (Dudley 22). There is also many other types of drugs used today. Legal drugs help people get better or heal things faster (Nelson 23). The Hormonal changes caused by the use of anabolic androgenic steroids have ruined the performance and potential of many athletes (Nelson 53). Most people agree
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Introduction Established in 1983 and starting its operation in 1984‚ the Court of Arbitration for Sport (“CAS”) is considered essentially an international “Supreme Court” for sport. Headquartered in Lausanne‚ Switzerland‚ the basic function of the court is to resolve legal disputes in the field of sport through arbitration. It does this issuing arbitral awards; these have the same enforceability as judgments of an ordinary court. Throughout the years‚ certain instances have questioned CAS’s
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his cycling career in which he won the Tour de France seven times. (Reuters) - Nike Inc is dropping its partnership with the Livestrong Foundation‚ the cancer charity founded by disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong‚ the latest repercussion from the doping scandal that last year stripped him of his titles. More trouble for Lance Armstrong: A Nebraska insurance company that covered bonuses for three of his Tour de France victories filed a $3 million lawsuit against the disgraced cyclist late Thursday
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Both team sports and individual sports are an excellent way to improve our health and our physical condition. Both type of sports have benefits‚ but on a personal level I believe that in terms of social opportunities and skills development‚ the advantages of team sports definitely beat those of individual sports. By playing in a sport team‚ learning how to do a teamwork is the first benefit you get: cooperation skills are strictly required in team sports because all the players have to cooperate
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Drugs in sport The nature of sports promotes a strong desire to win‚ and many athletes will do anything to rise to the top. Every elite athlete wants to get an edge over their competition‚ causing many athletes to turn to performance enhancing drugs to gain this edge. Drug use in sport can cost players their super stardom dream career‚ but more seriously‚ their own lives. The wide-spread illegal use of drugs has eliminated the question of which athlete has the strongest raw power‚ to the question
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