his legs amputated below the knee after consulting with many doctors around the world. Even after this Oscar became a very athletic individual getting involved with rugby and water polo as his two main sports. He also played cricket‚ tennis and participated in triathlons on the side. At the age of 16 he shattered his knee playing rugby. He then became very involved with running and track in general after having to do this for his rehab anyway. That got him to where he is. Now Oscar is
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goals by two opposing teams and they have to defend their own goal and try to kick the ball into the opposite goal‚ and rugby- in which players run with the ball and tackle each other. The first football game was known as the "Boston Game‚" and was played at Harvard University. Harvard accepted a challenge from McGill University‚ who played a sport somewhat like English Rugby Football. In the early years of football‚ each team used twenty-five players at a time. In 1873‚ it was reduced to twenty
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word football applies to whichever form of football is the most popular in the regional context in which the word appears‚ including association football‚ as well as American football‚ Australian rules football‚ Canadian football‚ Gaelic football‚ rugby league‚ rugby union‚[1] and other related games. These variations of football are known as football codes. Various forms of football can be identified in history‚ often as popular peasant games. Contemporary codes of football can be traced back to the codification
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you may observe in terms of: • Interests • Beliefs • Ages • Lifestyles • Personal‚ social and cultural identities. I live in an inner city council estate. Many people on the estate are interested in watching the local teams play football and rugby. There is a community centre nearby and pensioners get together to do light exercise classes and children take karate or cheerleading classes. Groups of teenagers take turns to use the basketball court. It is very rare to see children or anyone over
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Steroids – Should they be legal or illegal? The purpose of this research task is to investigate whether certain steroids should be legal or illegal. I will explore varying types of steroids‚ and the effect they have on humans as a whole. What’s important to note is that steroids do not only impact our bodies‚ but also psychological and external factors that will be discussed in the investigation. My main aim of this task is to differentiate as to which steroids are legal/ illegal and why this is
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Lachlan Access Program (LAP) 2012 HSC English Unit of Work – Term 3‚ 2012 Area of Study: N/A Module C: Texts and Society Elective 2: Into the world Prescribed Text: ‘The story of Tom Brennan’ J.C. Burke Related Texts: Looking for Alibrandi Dead Poets Society Bridal Train by The Waifs Window by Jeanie Baker Forrest Gump Bend it like Beckham Butterfly by John Tranter Cinema Paradiso Legally Blonde Mao’s Last Dancer by Li Cunxin The Arrival Shaun Tan Lighthouse by the Waifs Finding
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http://www.studential.com/personalstatements/template From a very young age‚ I have been interested in the way businesses are run: how shops are laid out‚ how they sell themselves to the customer‚ asking myself why are video games so differently priced? My enthusiasm for Business Studies and Management grew from a visit in my youth to my father’s newspaper office at Canary Wharf. I was intrigued by the amount of work and effort that was put into running a daily newspaper‚ wondering how it
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Christmas celebrations and also it has different type of ethnic group with over 40 language spoken which means Gloucester has really rich culture and a wide range of ethnic origin foods as well . Furthermore sport activities such as Premiership Rugby Team‚ Gloucester City AFC and Gloucestershire County Cricket Team also have a big part in Gloucester tourism in addition it has well known for numerous food and drink specialities‚ including double Gloucester cheese and Gloucester old spot sausages
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forms of the game ever played‚ to the multi million dollar organizations of today. The game continues to evolve and change with the times. Football is a sport that evolved from many different games. Football is mainly known as a different form of rugby or soccer‚ but there is more to the origin of the game than just those two sports. Football games were played around the world before the game was actually called football. " Football is believed to have descended from a Greek game called Harpaston
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r PREPARATIONS FOR BRITISH CULTURE AND SOCIETY 1. The features of the United Kingdom’s culture The culture of the United Kingdom is rich and varied‚ and has been influential on culture on a worldwide scale. It is a European state‚ and has many cultural links with its former colonies‚ particularly those that use the English language. The origins of the UK as a political union of formerly independent states has resulted in the preservation of distinctive cultures in each of the home nations. Britain’s
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